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 Prep: a novel: 4 stars
Prep: a novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
In the late 1980s, for reasons even she has difficulty pinpointing, fourteen-year-old Lee Fiora leaves her middle-class, close-knit, ribald family …
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 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 …
xianny rated Las correcciones: 4 stars
Las correcciones by Jonathan Franzen
The Corrections is a 2001 novel by American author Jonathan Franzen. It revolves around the troubles of an elderly Midwestern …
xianny rated At Freddie's: 3 stars
xianny rated Embassytown: 5 stars
Embassytown by China Miéville
In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a …
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 …
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece.
A father and his son walk alone through burned …
xianny rated A Gathering of Shadows: 4 stars
A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab (Shades of Magic, #2)
Four months have passed since the shadow stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah …
xianny reviewed The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Review of 'The Lincoln Highway' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
xianny rated The Light Brigade: 5 stars
xianny rated The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry: 3 stars
The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C. M. Waggoner
Sparks fly in this enchanting fantasy novel from the author of Unnatural Magic when a down-and-out fire witch and a …
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 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 …