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ArturoB rated Normal People: 5 stars
Normal People by Sally Rooney, Sally Rooney
Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in rural Ireland. The similarities end there; they are from …
ArturoB rated Drowned Country: 4 stars
Drowned Country by Emily Tesh
Even the Wild Man of Greenhollow can’t ignore a summons from his mother, when that mother is the indomitable Adela …
Malarky by Anakana Schofield
Our Woman refuses to be sunk by what life is about to serve her. She's just caught her son Jimmy …
ArturoB rated We Shall Sing a Song into the Deep: 3 stars
ArturoB rated A Time of Blood: 3 stars
ArturoB rated Fugitive Telemetry: 4 stars
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall.
When …
ArturoB rated The galaxy, and the ground within: 5 stars
The galaxy, and the ground within by Becky Chambers
With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going …
ArturoB rated Exciting Times: 3 stars
ArturoB rated Holidays on Ice: 3 stars
ArturoB rated Barrel Fever: 3 stars
Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
In David Sedaris’ world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred.
A manic cross between Mark Leyner, Fran …
ArturoB rated A Psalm for the Wild-Built: 5 stars
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)
It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
ArturoB rated Shit I've Cried About, Vol. 1-5: 5 stars
Shit I've Cried About, Vol. 1-5 by Smeyer
A zine dealing with the author, a self-described "sensitive person," and her encounters with current events, art, and personal developments.
ArturoB rated Beautiful World, Where Are You: 4 stars
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney, Sally Rooney
Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to Rome …
ArturoB rated Roadside Picnic: 5 stars
Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Roadside Picnic (Russian: Пикник на обочине, Piknik na obochine, IPA: [pʲɪkˈnʲik nɐ ɐˈbotɕɪnʲe]) is a philosophical science fiction novel by …