Status Updates From The Book of Strange New Things

took a little while ( about 200 pages ) to get into, but now I’m invested.

Australia mention

This is a trip

Listening to the narrator deliver Peter’s last sermon entirely in the alien language while lost in downtown Nashville with cortisol at 300% was a really special experience that I hope to never repeat. .

Finding that audiobooks take a lot longer when I'm not driving 2 hours everyday.

❝creemos que hay que ser amable (...)
No cuesta nada y hace que la vida sea más interesante❞

This first time I read this was in undergrad and I remember it rocking my world. I had shut the book and thought "I don't get it." But then it kept popping up in my head for weeks to come and ended up really settling into me. Listening to the audiobook for the reread and really excited to hear how the narrator will tackle the Oasan language.

Een alien in dit boek noemt zichzelf Jesus lover one

It took 150 pages for something interesting to happen. 🙄

LOVING this.

Oh here we go I am sat

"someone at work said to me, 'where is god in all this tragedy following the earthquake?' I didn't rise to the bait. I can never understand why people ask that question. The real question for the bystanders of tragedy is 'where are WE in all of this?' I've always tried to come up with answers to that challenge" -Bea

"There was a red button on the wall labeled EMERGENCY, but no button labeled BEWILDERMENT."

Interesting so far. This is still the beginning and nothing of significance has really happened yet. Just some building of the settings and some of the characters but very little development in the actual plot so far.

i can’t find a good book to draw me in right now 😭 need help

dnf im sorry i cant do this after 250 pages

I am really enjoying this but not with some caveats. The female characters aren't written well. The wife jumps from sanity to hysteria and doesn't feel like a real character, but a caricature that helps move the husband's story along.

That being said, when it's good, it's really damn good. Hope the ending feels natural and not rushed. I'll know soon.

Weird, boring. Hopefully picks up soon. Don’t like sci fi space books Might not be for me

I needed something different from what I normally read. This one grabbed me, and though the audio version has some issues (the alien voices have a lot of "mouth noises" and the Asian / Black character voices are done in embarrassing fashion) the story and characters and atmosphere have me pretty tightly gripped. Hopefully it maintains this quality through to the end.

what in the hell is going on

I love the concept! Just wish it was written by a different author. It's like driving along a straight road and having to swerve around potholes. Mentions of 'breasts' and 'erection's that to be honest I am REACHING to try and find the point of. Apart from that, I am very invested.

this is a physical copy so yall already know I'm gonna take 3 months to read this

I’ve finally gotten to that point where I can’t put this book down - terrible timing since I need to go to bed! There’s more time tomorrow.

Not as intensely great as last time but still highly enjoyable! The descriptions feel so real it’s insane

Chapter 3:
Peter: minister chosen to go on space trip as a missionary
Bea(trice): his wife, a nurse. They are good ministry partners

I enjoy this so far but I’m worried that this is Christian Sci Fi and not just Sci Fi featuring a Christian missionary as the main character. Remains to be seen.

Na, dabar jau gena smalsumas

“Perfectly pleasant in a dull sort of way”

Lėtokai stumiuosi per tą visą dievą ir meilę

Switched to physical book; page number adjustment…

P303 - “I’ve eaten many slices of humble pie in my life, but that one was hard to swallow.”