charli reviewed A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) …
Vonnegut at his best. Could not put this one down. Will need to read it again.
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charli reviewed Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut
Marvelous
5 stars
charli reviewed Endymion by Dan Simmons
The multiple-award-winning SF master returns to the universe that is his greatest success--the world of …
a fun adventure story, no more and no less
4 stars
charli reviewed The Strange Bird: A Borne Story by Jeff VanderMeer
beautiful and strange
5 stars
like the best of VanderMeer's work, i'll need to revisit this one. highly recommend reading Borne first, as well as Dead Astronauts, but i do think this could stand on its own.
charli reviewed A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …
is it possible to be nostalgic for another world?
5 stars
sweet, beautiful, simple and short. this story came to me on the heels of a hard year, which itself was following a couple more hard years. sibling dex and mosscap were precisely the guides i needed to recenter at the end of this year and think about how to bring a little bit of tea monk energy into the next chapters of my life. i'll be rereading this one.
charli reviewed Revelator by Daryl Gregory
Engaging, moving, thought-provoking
5 stars
Revelator hooked me from the synopsis, and did not disappoint.
charli reviewed Work Won't Love You Back by Sarah Jaffe
Brilliant, thorough, a call to action
5 stars
charli reviewed Bike Battles by James Longhurst
Americans have been riding bikes for more than a century now. So why are most …
Engaging, but perhaps incomplete
4 stars
brilliant, joyful, unrepentant fun
5 stars
charli reviewed Nimona by ND Stevenson
From the Publisher:
A National Book Award Longlist Title
The graphic novel debut from rising …
heartbreaking and wonderful
5 stars
Stevenson's style is the perfect fit for this fairy tale
charli reviewed Walkaway by Cory Doctorow
Walkaway is a 2017 science fiction novel by Cory Doctorow, published by Head of Zeus …
a frustratingly bad book about some genuinely interesting ideas
3 stars
i really wish someone got Doctorow an editor and deleted the sex scenes
charli reviewed The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit is a tale of high adventure, undertaken by a company of dwarves in …
an evergreen masterpiece
5 stars
mystical horniness
3 stars
charli reviewed Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer
