Less overtly racist and sexist than Rules of Civility, but still a boring nothing compendium of nostalgia for a world where only white men are real people. Life is too short to read this.
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xianny rated Little, Big: 3 stars
Little, Big by John Crowley
John Crowley's masterful Little, Big is the epic story of Smoky Barnable, an anonymous young man who travels by foot …
xianny rated Artificial Condition: 4 stars
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
Artificial Condition is the follow-up to Martha Wells’s Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times bestselling All Systems …
xianny rated Orconomics: 2 stars
Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike
A disgraced Dwarven hero. A band of deadbeat adventurers. His last shot at redemption could get him killed.
If Gorm …
xianny rated Beggars in Spain: 2 stars
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress (Sleepless, #1)
In a world where the slightest edge can mean the difference between success and failure, Leisha Camden is beautiful, extraordinarily …
xianny rated A Darker Shade of Magic: 5 stars
A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab (Shades of Magic, #1)
STEP INTO A UNIVERSE OF DARING ADVENTURE, THRILLING POWER, AND MULTIPLE LONDONS.
Kell is one of the last travelers--magicians with …
xianny rated Wills and Testaments: 1 star
xianny rated Strumpet City: 5 stars
Orfeo by Richard L. Powers
Orfeo is a novel by American author Richard Powers. Orfeo tells the story of 70-year-old avant-garde composer Peter Els, whose …
xianny reviewed The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Review of 'The Lincoln Highway' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
xianny rated Project Hail Mary: 4 stars
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will …
xianny rated The Light Brigade: 5 stars
xianny rated Semiosis (Semiosis Duology, #1): 5 stars
Semiosis (Semiosis Duology, #1) by Sue Burke
In this character driven novel of first contact by debut author Sue Burke, human survival hinges on an bizarre alliance. …
xianny rated Waking Gods: 3 stars
Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel (The Themis Files, #2)
As a child, Rose Franklin made an astonishing discovery: a giant metallic hand, buried deep within the earth. As an …