Barbarius rated The Sunbird: 5 stars

The Sunbird by Sara Haddad, Baraa Awoor
Adapted for young readers from her critically acclaimed adult novel, Sara Haddad's middle-grade story about a child's experience of the …
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Adapted for young readers from her critically acclaimed adult novel, Sara Haddad's middle-grade story about a child's experience of the …
I stopped reading this at bedtime, as I felt like my kids might still have been on the young side (and, TBH, there's enough exposure in daily news already to the horrors of how some humans treat others). But this is truly excellent; a great reimagining of the original.
I stopped reading this at bedtime, as I felt like my kids might still have been on the young side (and, TBH, there's enough exposure in daily news already to the horrors of how some humans treat others). But this is truly excellent; a great reimagining of the original.
Just rediscovered this on my desk. It was a gift from a friend that I had, truth be told, forgotten about entirely. Turns out procrastinating can really pay off!
Just rediscovered this on my desk. It was a gift from a friend that I had, truth be told, forgotten about entirely. Turns out procrastinating can really pay off!

This special and important photography book presents, for the first time, the very best contact sheets created by Magnum photographers. …

In his boldest and most far-reaching book yet, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis argues that capitalism is dead and a new …

Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …


After leaving the life of a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger behind, Kimberly Hart finds herself pulled back into the fray. …

After leaving the life of a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger behind, Kimberly Hart finds herself pulled back into the fray. …
@picklish@books.theunseen.city oh me too. I love a good SciFi AI, and I'm aware of the "AI" as a marketing term for LLMs, but I guess I was just surprised at my own sudden-and-now-different reaction.
When I thought about it longer, I even realised that I didn't think about it the same way with recent reads, such as ART in the Murderbot series.
What a time to be alive!
@picklish@books.theunseen.city oh me too. I love a good SciFi AI, and I'm aware of the "AI" as a marketing term for LLMs, but I guess I was just surprised at my own sudden-and-now-different reaction.
When I thought about it longer, I even realised that I didn't think about it the same way with recent reads, such as ART in the Murderbot series.
What a time to be alive!
@picklish@books.theunseen.city the anthropomorphisation of AI seems weird in a book published in 2026...
...a toy fish-tank (capable of firing real fish)...
— The Time Traveller's Almanac: The Ultimate Treasury of Time Travel Fiction - Brought to You from the Future by Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer (Page 93)
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