In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a family, hidden and safe. The day Vic salvages and repairs an… Continue reading In the Lives of Puppets, T.J. Klune
Tag: Sci-Fi
The Angel Maker, Alex North
Growing up in a beautiful house in the English countryside, Katie Shaw lived a charmed life. At the cusp of graduation, she had big dreams, a devoted boyfriend, and a little brother she protected fiercely. Until the day a violent stranger changed the fate of her family forever. Years later, still unable to live down… Continue reading The Angel Maker, Alex North
January TBR
Plans! I'm making plans this year, and one of them is to organize my TBR better. I've made a plan to request fewer books from Netgalley and Edelweiss, so I can knock out this terrible TBR. Also, (trying) to post my TBR every month will not only get yall interested in what I plan to… Continue reading January TBR
A Sliver of Darkness, C.J. Tudor
I don’t read many short stories. When I do, I pledge to read more, and then don’t until an author I enjoy reading releases a short story collection, such as A Sliver of Darkness. With varying horrors as the theme, this collection ventures into the dystopian and fantastic. I confess to being lukewarm to the… Continue reading A Sliver of Darkness, C.J. Tudor
Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
*runs around the room screaming* I don’t know how to review this. I seriously contemplated just posting a bunch of quotes. Is this my first Weir book? Yes. Did I convince my s/o to try The Martian last year because “he wasn’t a reader?” Even though I hadn’t read it? Also yes. But that’s because… Continue reading Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
The Other Side of Night, Adam Hamdy
Okay wow! Unfortunately, I have to say little about this book, so I don’t spoil anything because many reviews do. I’ve been sitting on this review for a few days and still don’t have the right words. For the first 50% of the book, I didn’t know what was going on and didn’t care in… Continue reading The Other Side of Night, Adam Hamdy
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
This year I’ve found myself reading a lot of classic retellings and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is no exception. With a small cast of characters that widens the more you discover Moreau’s experiments, this one has the reader sympathetic with many of the characters. However, it took me a while to get into the… Continue reading The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Sea of Tranquility, Emily St. John Mandel
I don’t really know how to review this book, and I’m afraid I don’t have much more to add to the conversation. I loved Olive’s quick wit; her answers in the interviews were amusing, although sometimes tedious. I liked Gaspery’s persistence, that he kept going, and that he knew an opportunity when he saw one… Continue reading Sea of Tranquility, Emily St. John Mandel
Constance, Matthew FitzSimmons
Honestly, I read this because it was part of the kindle reading challenge for a best of 2021 book. From my search, only 3 books on that list were in KU, so I went with this one. It’s not a bad book. And I didn’t realize that there was a book 2 in the works… Continue reading Constance, Matthew FitzSimmons
Upgrade, Blake Crouch
Before we get into my review, I have a personal note to add. Yesterday my best friend's daughter called to tell me that he passed away. And I keep picking up the phone to ask him if he heard the news. I've known him my whole life, we were married when we were 5 years… Continue reading Upgrade, Blake Crouch
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