GingerBiccie
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Ode to the Half-Broken
Suzanne Palmer
Forty years ago, the world nearly ended.
Be is an old robot who was there, and doesnāt want to think about what happened, or what role they played in that conflict. They have settled into a life of isolation in the abandoned ruins of an old mill in the former New York Botanical Gardens, disinterested in what has happened in the outside world since they stepped away from the war. Someone out there, though, has not forgotten about them, and when they are attacked, their person vandalized, and one of their leg stolen, they set out to find the thief accompanied by a cyborg dog and a human mechanic.
The world has changed, but the recovery from the war is uneven and faltering, and Be begins to suspect a malicious hand trying to rekindle the old conflict and finish what was started. In order to stop them, Be needs to come to terms with both their own past and who they have become, and how everything and everyone else they knew has changed in their absence. Being left alone is no longer an option, and peace may be impossible.
This is a story about coming to terms with your past, with who youāve become and who you still want to be: a tale of resilence and hope, an ode to those struggling to become whole in a world half-broken.
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Question of the Day!
Good evening Bookaholics!!
How is everyone doing?
Today my day is consisting of rest and relaxation (a.k.a reading with a mega ton of snacks š) after finishing my summer placement!!!
I'm planning to maybe pick up one of my fantasy books that are sitting on my shelf, so my question pertains to the imaginative genre.
Which book do you think would be made better if a dragon had been included? See if you can think of both a fantasy book and a book from another genre š¤
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Finally getting a chance to read! Thoughts from 11% (page 60)
These tortoises CREEP ME OUT.
Also, where the moon at??
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Love Galaxy
Sierra Branham
A romantic science fiction thriller in which a young woman from a dead-end planet gets cast on a reality TV show to compete for the hand of the princeāor princess. But not everyone is there for the right reasonsā¦Smart, sexy, compulsively readable and fun, this is for fans of Everina Maxwell's Winter's Orbit and Arkady Martine's A Memory Called EmpireTemmi, a young trash collector stuck in a dead-end job on a garbage planet, finds herself with a golden ticket she never expected: an opportunity to compete in an intergalactic dating show starring the brother and sister heirs to the galactic empire. Twenty-four women will compete on a televised program to marry the prince and princessāand future emperorsāand to win the dynastyās favor for their home planet.Temmi may have been hand-picked to date the quiet, bookish prince, who is immediately taken by her brash personality and their shared passion for the sciences. But she canāt seem to keep away from the princessāand even though it couldnāt be a worse idea, their chemistry is undeniable.But when contestants start turning up dead, and conspiracies begin to swirl around anti-imperial motivations of several contestants, Temmi among them, so much more than feelings are at stake.In fact, very few of the participants of Love Galaxy have come on the show to find love. Sexy, snarky, and revolutionary, this fast-paced thrill ride will hook lovers of reality TV, fans of thoughtful sci-fi, and anyone who lives for drama.
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Titania
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āBecause I am, Iām sorry to say, a bit of a mess ā an emotional shipwreck ā a weak-limbed limpet!ā
Unfortunately, this is my type. Oh, Henerey, how Iāve missed you and your way with words!
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The Dragon Has Some Complaints
John Wiswell
In this heartfelt and humorous fantasy, a dragon whose three heads bear ratherā¦different personalities finds family in the most unexpected of places.
From the Nebula-winning author of Someone You Can Build a Nest In!
Garrodigh was once a four-headed dragon, among the most powerful in KardoŔa. After an unfortunate incident, he now has three heads, one stump, and a daily whirlwind of internal bickering. Centerhead wants to rain death upon all humanity, Bottomhead is like a feral cat, and Upperhead is under the delicate delusion that he is, in fact, human.
When a nearby battle goes awry, Garrodigh sneaks into an elite dragon rider academy, pretending to be tame to get free food and a warm bed. Lucky for him, rider Rania Albright is desperate enough for a dragon of her own that she overlooks his eccentricities.
As Garrodigh recovers under Raniaās care, all three heads start to turn, for the first time, in the same direction. Each wants to protect her from the invaders who killed their fourth headāthe same invaders who seek to conquer KardoÅ”a. When the academy comes under attack, can this wild dragon and his wilder rider save their homeland together?
This cozy fantasy intertwines epic battles with loving friendships, sharing an utterly unique perspective on what it means to be a āmonster.ā
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A Letter from the Lonesome Shore
Sylvie Cathrall
Dive into the charming conclusion to the Sunken Archive duology, a heart-warming magical academia fantasy filled with underwater cities, romance of manners and found family, perfect for fans of Emily Wildeās Encyclopaedia of Faeries.
Former correspondents E. and Henerey, accustomed to loving each other from afar, did not anticipate continuing their courtship in an enigmatic underwater city. When their journey through the Structure in E.ās garden strands them in a peculiar society preoccupied with the pleasures and perils of knowledge, E. and Henerey come to acceptāand, more surprisingly still, embraceāthe fact that they may never return home.
A year and a half later, Sophy and Vyerin finally discover one of the elusive Entries that will help them seek their siblings. As the groupās efforts bring them closer to E. and Henerey, an ancient, cosmic threat also draws nearā¦
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The Vegetarian
Han Kang
Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood-soaked images start haunting her thoughts, Yeong-hye decides to purge her mind and renounce eating meat. In a country where societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's decision to embrace a more āplant-likeā existence is a shocking act of subversion. And as her passive rebellion manifests in ever more extreme and frightening forms, scandal, abuse, and estrangement begin to send Yeong-hye spiraling deep into the spaces of her fantasy. In a complete metamorphosis of both mind and body, her now dangerous endeavor will take Yeong-hyeāimpossibly, ecstatically, tragicallyāfar from her once-known self altogether.
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The Vegetarian
Han Kang
Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood-soaked images start haunting her thoughts, Yeong-hye decides to purge her mind and renounce eating meat. In a country where societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's decision to embrace a more āplant-likeā existence is a shocking act of subversion. And as her passive rebellion manifests in ever more extreme and frightening forms, scandal, abuse, and estrangement begin to send Yeong-hye spiraling deep into the spaces of her fantasy. In a complete metamorphosis of both mind and body, her now dangerous endeavor will take Yeong-hyeāimpossibly, ecstatically, tragicallyāfar from her once-known self altogether.
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Never Have I Ever: Book Edition (Part II)
Check off the things you have and haven't done and give us your total score!
- Hugged a book
- Lied about what you're reading (or hid a book)
- DNFed a book
- Dog-eared a book
- Complained about the movie/TV adaptation
- Pulled out your book at a party
- Attended a book club meeting
- Dropped a book on your face while reading
- Smelled a book
- Stared into space after finishing a book
- Gotten a book-related tattoo
- Lost a book you borrowed (from a friend or library)
- Posted about your reading on (non PB) social media
- Picked up a book someone else abandoned somewhere
- Skipped an event or appointment to read
- Read when you expressly were not supposed to be reading
- Gone into a bookstore "just to browse" and came out with books
- Re-read a whole book just because you forgot what happened so that you can go into the sequel fresh
- Gotten an ARC through NetGalley
- Got second-hand embarrassment by a character's actions
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Rottenheart
Kat Dunn
Revenge me. For I am murdered . . .
Odette and her best friend, Cecilia, grow up between two grand homes, one in Hampstead and one in Suffolk, the ancient and imposing Herne House. Odetteās mother, Lydia, is almost parasitic in her neediness, but despite her, Odette and Cecilia come of age togetherāfree to roam, to learn, and to love. When Lydia inexplicably sickens and dies, a dark veil falls. Odetteās father retreats to his study, while her auntāthe cold and cruel Claudineāincreasingly takes charge of the household. Lost in grief and spiraling into madness, Odette disappears into the shadows, leaving Cecilia alone and with her affections tested.
As Claudine is announced as Odetteās new stepmother, the girls reckon with this final betrayal, and a sinister presence awakens. To her horror, Odette realizes that her mother never truly left. She now haunts the manor, ready to drag long- held secrets into the light and exact revenge against those who thought her dead and gone. A visceral tale of grief and madness, Rottenheart exhumes the heart of Hamlet to tell a fearless queer love story laced with an unforgettable haunting, asking whether we can truly outrun our suffering, or if we are forever indebted to the vengeful dead.
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The Vegetarian
Han Kang
Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood-soaked images start haunting her thoughts, Yeong-hye decides to purge her mind and renounce eating meat. In a country where societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's decision to embrace a more āplant-likeā existence is a shocking act of subversion. And as her passive rebellion manifests in ever more extreme and frightening forms, scandal, abuse, and estrangement begin to send Yeong-hye spiraling deep into the spaces of her fantasy. In a complete metamorphosis of both mind and body, her now dangerous endeavor will take Yeong-hyeāimpossibly, ecstatically, tragicallyāfar from her once-known self altogether.
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Prophet Song
Paul Lynch
A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning author
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Irelandās newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist.
Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and Eilish can only watch helplessly as the world she knew disappears. When first her husband and then her eldest son vanish, Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a collapsing society.
How far will she go to save her family? And what ā or who ā is she willing to leave behind?
Exhilarating, terrifying and propulsive, Prophet Song is a work of breathtaking originality, offering a devastating vision of a country at war and a deeply human portrait of a motherās fight to hold her family together.
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