theo_the_artist1 rated The Kaiju Preservation Society: 4 stars
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That …
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theo_the_artist1 rated Waking Up: 3 stars
Waking Up by Sam Harris
For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Waking Up is a guide to meditation as a rational …
theo_the_artist1 rated The Tangled Lands: 3 stars
The Tangled Lands by Paolo Bacigalupi
"A fantasy novel told in four parts about a land crippled by the use of magic, and a tyrant who …
theo_the_artist1 rated Wordslut: 4 stars
Wordslut by Amanda Montell
The word "bitch" conjures many images for many people but is most often meant to describe an unpleasant woman. Even …
theo_the_artist1 rated The Golden Enclaves: 4 stars
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik (Scholomance, #3)
The one thing you never talk about while you’re in the Scholomance is what you’ll do when you get out. …
theo_the_artist1 rated Rule of Capture: 4 stars
theo_the_artist1 rated The Immortal King Rao: 3 stars
The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara
In an Indian village in the 1950s, a precocious child is born into a family of Dalit coconut farmers. King …
theo_the_artist1 rated The Windup Girl: 3 stars
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
What Happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when said bio-terrorism forces humanity to the …
theo_the_artist1 rated Tropic of Kansas: 4 stars
Tropic of Kansas by Christopher Brown, Christopher Brown
The United States of America is no more. Broken into warring territories, its center has become a wasteland DMZ known …
theo_the_artist1 rated The Goblin Emperor: 3 stars
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (The Goblin Emperor, #1)
A vividly imagined fantasy of court intrigue and dark magics in a steampunk-inflected world, by a brilliant young talent
The …
theo_the_artist1 rated A Prayer for the Crown-Shy: 3 stars
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #2)
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent …
theo_the_artist1 rated The School for Good Mothers: 4 stars
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
In this taut and explosive debut novel, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program …
theo_the_artist1 rated Pope at War: 4 stars
theo_the_artist1 rated Year of the Rabbit: 4 stars
theo_the_artist1 rated The Collapsing Empire: 3 stars
The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (The Interdependency, #1)
The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling …