The Reading Seamstress started reading Engines of Destiny by Gene DeWeese (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
After the apparent death of James T. Kirk on the U.S.S. Enterpris NCC-1701-B, Montgomery Scott …
Good ol' Trek, that's what I need.
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The Reading Seamstress stopped reading Blackout by Connie Willis
In her first novel since 2002, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with …
It's not bad, but it's slow and kinda directionless, somehow I don't have the patience right now to read on... So DNF at page 165, but maybe I'll continue to read it some day.
The Reading Seamstress rated The Cybernetic Tea Shop: 4 stars
The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz
Clara Gutierrez is a highly-skilled technician specializing in the popular 'Raise' AI companions. Her childhood in a migrant worker family …
The Reading Seamstress finished reading The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz
Clara Gutierrez is a highly-skilled technician specializing in the popular 'Raise' AI companions. Her childhood …
I want to see the main characters in a 400+ page space adventure, please and thank you
The Reading Seamstress rated The Man Who Died Twice: 3 stars
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman (The Thursday Murder Club, #2)
It's the following Thursday.
Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a …
The Reading Seamstress reviewed Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed—made obsolete—when her beacon repair crew picks up …
3 stars.
3 stars
Content warning (Review includes spoilers)
The book was okay, but that's basically it. Some of the tropes were overdone and the ending was dragging on much too long for my taste. By that point you already knew what caused all the horrors, I wouldn't have needed more of the same.
Also, [Spoiler] it's one of those books I personally get annoyed with because the author spends the whole 200+ pages building up a supernatural story only to reveal "Huh, it wasn't supernatural, after all, at least not all of it, not much mystery there, just your ordinary greedy capitalists" at the end.
CW: murder, suicide/suicidal thoughts, blood/gore, illness/death, loss/grief, ableism, mental illness, PTSD, hallucinations.
The Reading Seamstress rated Children of Memory: 5 stars
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #3)
The unmissable follow-up to the highly acclaimed Children of Time and Children of Ruin.
Earth is failing. In a desperate …
The Reading Seamstress rated Children of Ruin: 4 stars
Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #2)
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.
Thousands …
The Reading Seamstress commented on Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #2)
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival …
At first I was afraid that this would be the spiders all over again, just with octopuses, and it sort of is, but isn't quite... It took me a while to really get into the story, but now halfway in I can't put the book down.
The Reading Seamstress reviewed The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate …
Enjoyable.
4 stars
I didn't share some of the humour in it, but very much enjoyed reading this book. Some twists and turns, dark secrets, and a murder mystery solved by septua- and octogenarians? Count me in. I want to know how the Thursday Murder Club tackles their next case, so I'll surely pick up the second book in the series.
CW: murder/suicide, violence, illness/death, loss/grief
The Reading Seamstress rated Children of Time: 5 stars
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)
Who will inherit this new Earth? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find …
The Reading Seamstress commented on Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)
Who will inherit this new Earth? The last remnants of the human race left a …
Although it's not what I would call a page-turner, I still am hooked and have already ordered book 2 and 3 from my local bookshop...
The Reading Seamstress commented on Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)
Who will inherit this new Earth? The last remnants of the human race left a …
If you're freaked out by bugs and/or spiders, I guess you better avoid this book, that's what I can say for sure at this point. I find it interesting so far, wanting to know more.
The Reading Seamstress reviewed Shady Hollow by Juneau Black (Shady Hollow, #1)
The first book in the Shady Hollow series, in which we are introduced to the …
Nice!
5 stars
If you look for a "cosy crime" novel, look no further, 'cause this is the real deal. The murder mystery isn't a really complicated one (I could guess who did it), but it was a very entertaining story with charming characters and I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the series.
I'm not sure if this does even need CWs...
I didn't like this.
2 stars
Content warning (Review includes spoilers)
I read on and on, wanting to know what happened to Dee's sister, but wow, was the plot twist and end of Dee's story disappointing. Hers was the plot line that made me continue reading, and then this, wth. It just left me annoyed at having wasted my time. The other plot lines of the story mostly just drag on, there are multiple characters rambling, then there's the reveal, which consists of a trope you can guess rather early on, then there's more rambling, and even at the end and after reading the author's note I couldn't really understand what was the point of the book. It was disturbing in its very detailed descriptions of child and animal abuse.
And then after the reveal, [Spoiler] there was not a single word about Ted's dates and if he actually murdered them or just imagined he did? Did he even really go? What was that plot line for? Just to frame him as a weirdo and serial killer even more?
It was so confusing at times to the point it got frustrating, and I don't get why this book was so hyped. It was definitely not for me and I wouldn't recommend it, either.
CW: murder/suicide, illness/death, child abuse & death, animal abuse & death, violence, blood/gore, mental illness, kidnapping, drugs & alcohol, medical procedures used as torture, ableism, self harm. (I guess there's more, these are just the ones I noticed.)