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155 - Yuno says there is another soul inside them and himself. The elves say this is one stubborn human soul. Licht also isn’t reacting. Yuno and Asta attack together! (It is pretty funny when Asta points out all the elf differences and Yuno says who cares? The sprite wants attention and is really demanding, while Mimosa would really like to be helped down.)

154 - Asta is pulled into a portal by one of survivors but Xerx and Mereoleona get away. It takes him to Mimosa pinned up on a cross. Yuno is one of the possessed... but he’s holding back. When Asta arrives he defends Mimosa. And states his goal of becoming wizard king! About to be hit by mega magic, Yuno suddenly defends him because he’s going to be wizard king!

153 - I love Asta... of course he doesn’t do what Xerx proposes ... she doesn’t get to decide to sacrifice herself! He wants to jump in and use Xerx’s double back spell! All 4 have to attack at the same time ... and they do after Mereoleona does her last impressive stand! Will it work?!

152 - Mereoleona cuts off her and the elves she’s battling from Xerx and Asta. Xerx explains they are escaping and not returning because she gave them this way to get out and tell someone what’s happening. She holds her own even though it’s evident they will wear her down.

151 - Xerx and Asta are up against other knights used in the reincarnation spell. When Asta’s sword doesn’t break the possession they realize they’re in trouble and want to retreat rather than kill their comrades. Mereoleona won’t have that! She’s fully planning on killing them all (Xerx and Asta can retreat!)

Wow! The prologue totally sucked me in. Her dedication to becoming the house’s caretaker. To Wyn’s worry for her. To the sentient house which reacts like a really large, magical person! It’s all so clear at 8 years old...

The world building is pretty fascinating. It really sounds just like our world except there are robots and androids. Robots seem to be considered inferior and Tang has been hurt by s9me of the things said about him. They even go to an android hotel where men are with escort androids!! They even mentioned an android cemetery because people get attached like they’re pets.

I love when Tang clings to Ben’s leg, when he says no! and how he mimics Ben at times. Ben gives way to Tang just like a dad would. It’s adorable! Kyle the dog was a cute little road warrior they met on their road trip. Going through the radiated area was scary. I liked that Ben goes to California and gets the premium seat Tang wanted, and gets a lead about where to get help for Tang.

Uh wow! I’m loving this little book about a deadbeat loser who finds a little vintage robot in his garden. He slowly gets it to talk and bonds with it as his marriage rightly falls apart. Tang is a lovable little guy who reminds me of a child. His cylinder is cracked and the gold liquid is disappearing and he said if he doesn’t have it he stops. I’m worried sick about the little guy!

I liked Toby’s idea of how to restore the Roane and keep the selkie. The novella with Raj was fascinating if a little dull. I liked getting to read his POV even though it felt like Toby.

Torin at Eira’s behest. Sigh. At least Pete came back and did right by everyone.

Thanks Dianda you making crazy stupid choices got things going.... finally!! And a selfie also gave her life to make things more exciting. This is more Toby’s pace...

Gahhhhh this is so bad... at 33% nothing happened except the sea witch told the selkies they could brawl it out... we’ve had so much duplication I want to beat my head in. Over and over and over and over again the same stuff! Finally at 38% Dianda, Dean’s mom is arrested by her brother on trumped up charges. They can’t fight him on it otherwise some bogus merrow culture will all him to kill her husband and son.

“Does anyone ever really know anyone else, or do we act like cartographers, drawing maps of unfamiliar shores, pretending it teaches us their secrets?” L

GAHHHH another 3% to introduce characters we already know. Boooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnngggggggggg!

Duchy of Ships

“There’s an island,” she said. “A very small one. Big enough for a single lighthouse and a single dock, where a single ship could be moored. The rest of the Duchy grew up around it. Piece by piece, they found ways to anchor the structures they’d need. Merrow placed the stones for their foundations, and Cephali tied the pylons into place, and the Duchy took shape, like a pearl being formed a single layer at a time.”

“There’s an island,” she said. “A very small one. Big enough for a single lighthouse and a single dock, where a single ship could be moored. The rest of the Duchy grew up around it. Piece by piece, they found ways to anchor the structures they’d need. Merrow placed the stones for their foundations, and Cephali tied the pylons into place, and the Duchy took shape, like a pearl being formed a single layer at a time.”

Together, we could handle whatever the Luidaeg—and the Undersea—wanted to throw our way.

I feel like the story finally started? I’ve been bored out of my skull for this 20%... finally a cool ship came and it’s a floating knowe! So they are in the Summerlands! Other than that I’ve been recapped in many of Toby’s books so no worry if you’re coming back to the series after a long break.

So we learn what our seawitch wants and why Toby should be freaking out about it... not terribly compelling to me. 😱😭🥺

I really loved ART though and how the bot helped Murderbot the entire time!

I liked the little group of humans Murderbot found to get to the mining moon. They were jacked of their personal property they were writing and wanted to get it back. The owner of the company they worked for wanted to kill them. It was fascinating what Murderbot learned about him killing those humans... it wasn’t him but a malware.

I’m loving ART (Asshole Research Transport) who has a high functioning computation brain and is bored without humans during these specific runs. He gets Murderbot to trust him to tell him about himself. To pass at the mining facility he does surgery to change Murderbot’s height.

The first chapter is a little boring as we pick up where we left off... but since I’m reading these back to back I assume it’s needed to get back into the story...

Awww that was neat! It was a sad way to end considering I think Dr. Mensah would have allowed Murderbot to make its own choices. Still I understand the need not to have others hanging over you and judging those choices.

Gosh this is good! I saw it coming who killed the other team but I didn’t expect what came next! It’s good that Murderbot’s humans are good people at this point. And especially that Mensah, their leader is such a good commander. She’s already saved Murderbot and her own people twice!

Wow that start wasn’t good... but the Murderbot is super funny! And awkward which I love and really relate too! His rescue of the one woman was really neat and saved the beginning... because the first couple pages were well written. There is a disjointedness to the writing which is quite off putting but the Murderbot makes up for it!

Wow that was good! I. So glad Mr Morgan was perceptive enough to realize Cora would be softened having Hang around for the summer. And she is an excellent gardener. I love how much they love Clint Eastwood’s The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly! That inscription and book gift is really neat!

I love the limited extra POVs besides LeeRoy and Hang... the old woman, Cora and Mr Morgan! It added just a little depth to their part of the story that I love!

“No H, it’s time I hang it up. I’m no more a cowboy than you are.” Quivers claim his voice. She understands him all the better for feeling disappointment, for wanting something out of reach. “Du o ầy ri-eo cao-bồi chu mi.” He smiles a sad smile. “It does have a nice ring to it. ‘You are a real cowboy to me.’ And don’t think I didn’t notice you saying ‘are’ and ‘a.’”

At any time in any place an act of horror is being committed. At any time in any place an act of sublimity is being felt. Each circulating, sniffing the other like dogs, but one cannot destroy the other.

Her brother sings with her for the first time and allows her to hug his arm!