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Dark Horse

“Dealing with a crisis, wrapped in a disaster, surrounded by a mystery”

Dark Horse by Michelle Diener

April 25, 2022 by llamareadsbooks 1 Comment

I’m not usually a fan of alien abduction books, but I originally picked this up back in 2020 and it was absolute brain catnip. Watching these characters “dealing with a crisis, wrapped in a disaster, surrounded by a mystery” was ridiculously fun, so when I heard the final book in the series was coming out, I decided to dive back in and read the whole thing. Dav, captain of a Grih exploration ship, doesn’t know what to think when he encounters a Class 5 Tecran […]

Filed Under: Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Aliens, Michelle Diener, Romance

llamareadsbooks's CBR14 Review No:30 · Genres: Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Aliens, Michelle Diener, Romance ·
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Saving Grace

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

January 16, 2022 by Zirza Leave a Comment

I’ve read all of Andy Weir’s books. He’s written three so that’s not exactly a major achievement, but it does give me the opportunity to compare and contrast them. Like most people I enjoyed The Martian but did not care very much for Artemis (which, well-intentioned though it may be, is a textbook example of how not to write a strong female character). I loved Project Hail Mary, though with a couple of caveats. But hey, that’s what reviews are for.  First up: it’s really […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Aliens, Andy Weir, bad science, Project Hail Mary, space travel

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Aliens, Andy Weir, bad science, Project Hail Mary, space travel ·
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What would you do with a spaceship full of psychic cats?

Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

January 1, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

It might end up sounding like I didn’t like Chilling Effect, but I want to be clear from the beginning that this was a fun and mostly entertaining read. The basic premise might sound familiar: space-ship captain and rag-tag crew/found family go about their existence but then everything changes when they are faced with a seemingly impossible mission and chaos/adventure ensues. The same goes for most of the characters, including Eva Innocente, tough captain with some sort of tragic past who can’t seem to get […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Aliens, Chilling Effect, space adventure, spanish, Valerie Valdes

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Aliens, Chilling Effect, space adventure, spanish, Valerie Valdes ·
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A city that comes alive

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

December 26, 2021 by teresaelectro 2 Comments

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin is a unique science fiction novel that brings cities to life. When a city becomes “great” a human inhabitant becomes its avatar. Except at the start of this novel, the homeless Black boy is chased into hiding. Enter the awakening of the human avatars of each of the five boroughs. The book follows each avatar as they discover their connection to the city. There is a mysterious entity that doesn’t want the city to fully become a great […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Aliens, audie award, gentrification, n.k. jemisin, N.K. Jemison, New York City, robin miles

teresaelectro's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: Aliens, audie award, gentrification, n.k. jemisin, N.K. Jemison, New York City, robin miles ·
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Axiom's End

“Truth is a human right.”

Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis

October 21, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 3 Comments

I have no idea who Lindsay Ellis is, so I picked this up solely based on the blurb. I have a definite soft spot for first contact stories, especially ones where the humans involved are not, well, exactly who you’d pick to represent humanity. “Truth is not freely given in our society; it must be taken. Where walls are built, tear them down. Where borders are drawn, erase the line. Where you see wax, break the seal. Truth is a human right.” It’s 2007, and […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Aliens, lindsay ellis

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:111 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Aliens, lindsay ellis ·
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Still not entirely sure what is going on in this story, but it’s an intriguing set-up

Paper Girls, vol 1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang

October 5, 2021 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars CBR13 Bingo: Gateway It’s just after Halloween 1988, and four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls have a very unusual night, full of surprises, peril, and unexpected occurrences. I went into Paper Girls knowing literally nothing about it except that it was written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Cliff Chiang, both artists whose work I’ve liked in the past. Did I know it was set in the late 1980s? Nope. Did I know the protagonists were pre-teens? Big old no. Had I given […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, 1980's, Aliens, Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Cliff Chiang, comic book, friendship, Gateway, Graphic Novel, LGBTQIA, Malin, paper girls, time travel

Malin's CBR13 Review No:39 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, 1980's, Aliens, Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Cliff Chiang, comic book, friendship, Gateway, Graphic Novel, LGBTQIA, Malin, paper girls, time travel ·
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