clair reviewed Arsenic Eater's Wife by Tonya Mitchell
First DNF of 2024
1 star
Between the awful husband and the wife's self harm. Made it 25% into it and I don't want waste the energy to try to push through it.
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I've already met my goal for the year, but I'm leaving it be. I used to read at most a single book per year. My ADHD would just get the best of me and I couldn't get myself to pick up a physical book (despite my absolute love for them). I bought a Kobo back in March and I've read more books since then than probably the past two decades.
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clair rated Mammoth Is Mopey: 5 stars
Read this for the photos.
4 stars
The writing isn't all that great, but the photography is spectacular.
clair rated Out Of Time: 3 stars
clair finished reading Out Of Time by Dave Sinclair
It was okay. I enjoyed reading it, however, I don't know that it or the series would have much "staying power" with me. I can't say I like these kinds of stories because I loved things like Farscape (TV) where the entire time, the protagonist was just trying to get home. I didn't see much character relationship building, or maybe it just wasn't as much as I'd like.
It was an offer from the Kobo store. Read the 1st in a series for free to get you hooked. I might check the next one out from the library when I'm not in the mood for something else.
clair 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 …
clair rated Parable of the Sower: 4 stars
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #1)
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. …
clair rated Pirates' Code: 4 stars
The star-spanning story of humanity's colonization of other planets, Ursula K. Le Guin's visionary Hainish …
Review of 'Ursula K. Le Guin: Hainish Novels and Stories Vol. 2 (LOA #297): The Word for World Is Forest / Five Ways to Forgiveness / The Telling / stories (Library of America Ursula K. Le Guin Edition)' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I had difficulty reading parts of this book (I blame me, not the author) and rage read other parts. However, the themes and lessons to be learned are valuable and relevant today.
clair rated Galaxy, and the Ground Within: 5 stars
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 …
clair rated Record of a Spaceborn Few: 5 stars
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #3)
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but …
clair rated A Closed and Common Orbit: 5 stars
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very …
clair rated The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet: 5 stars
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #1)
Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family …
clair rated Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries: 3 stars
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and discovers dark fae …
clair rated Someone You Can Build a Nest In: 4 stars
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—by Nebula Award-winning debut author John Wiswell
Shesheshen has …