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im easy to please and think life is too short to read books I'm uninterested in. that being said, i have Got to figure out a rating system that makes sense.
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Kal rated Metal from Heaven: 4 stars

Metal from Heaven by August Clarke
He who controls ichorite controls the world.
A malleable metal more durable than steel, ichorite is a toxic natural …
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Kal rated Stardust Grail: 4 stars

Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
Save one world. Doom her own.
From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-colonial space …
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Kal rated All Tomorrows: 3 stars

Contact by Carl Sagan
In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who …
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Kal rated The Dragon Republic: 5 stars

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang (The Poppy War)
Rin’s story continues in this acclaimed sequel to The Poppy War—an epic fantasy combining the history of twentieth-century China with …
Kal rated The Poppy War: 4 stars

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang (The Poppy War, #1)
A brilliantly imaginative talent makes her exciting debut with this epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of …
Kal rated The Illustrated Man: 4 stars

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of eighteen science fiction short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. A recurring …
Kal rated Tickets for the Ark: 5 stars
Kal finished reading Tickets for the Ark by Rebecca Nesbit
i love books that are grounded and hopeful
Kal started reading Tickets for the Ark by Rebecca Nesbit
I just finished chapter 1, and I already really like this. It immediately gets into why separating humans from the "wild" is illogical, and how that kind of puritanical belief has been used to justify genocide too.
I just finished chapter 1, and I already really like this. It immediately gets into why separating humans from the "wild" is illogical, and how that kind of puritanical belief has been used to justify genocide too.
Kal rated Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop: 5 stars

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum, Shanna Tan
There was only one thing on her mind.
'I must start a bookshop.'
Yeongju did everything she was …

