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“What if it’s enough to just be…Us.”

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

March 17, 2023 by anana 1 Comment

The previous book in the Monk and Robot series by Becky Chambers was one of the first books I read and reviewed in 2023, and I adored it. I immediately put a hold on the second (and so far, last) book in the series, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy. I eagerly waited for it to make it through my queue, fully confident that I would love it based on my feelings for the first book as well as my experiences with Chambers’ Wayfarers series.  After […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Becky Chambers, hopepunk, monk and robot, Women's History Month

anana's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Becky Chambers, hopepunk, monk and robot, Women's History Month ·
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“And to that end, welcome comfort, for without it, you cannot stay strong.” Bingo #4

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

November 2, 2022 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

CBR14Bingo: “Dough” – There is no money in Panga.  Instead there is an exchange system of ‘pebs’ (digital pebbles) to “acknowledge someone’s labor and thank them for what they bring to the community”. They were running up against a wall, and it didn’t matter whether they understood where the wall had come from, or what it was made of.  The only way to get through it was to stop trying, for a while.  …  They would focus on Mosscap and let the remainder wait. … […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Becky Chambers, cbr14, cbr14bingo, Dome'Loki, monk and robot

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:45 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Becky Chambers, cbr14, cbr14bingo, Dome'Loki, monk and robot ·
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The book, "A Psalm for the Wild-Built" by Becky Chambers standing next to a mostly filled out book bingo card.

“You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. … You are allowed to just live.” – Bingo #3!

A Psalm for the Wild-built by Becky Chambers

October 30, 2022 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

CBR14 Bingo: “Cozy” – This book is like a warm, reassuring hug. I first read A Psalm for the Wild-Built in December 2021.  This is a reread in preparation for A Prayer for the Crown-Shy.  The first time reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built, I was blown away.  Chamber’s evocative writing, meditations on purpose and our place within the natural world, along with the depictions of the soothing powers of tea spoke directly to me.  A Psalm for the Wild-Built was just as affective the second time as […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Becky Chambers, cbr14, cbr14bingo, Dome'Loki, monk and robot

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Becky Chambers, cbr14, cbr14bingo, Dome'Loki, monk and robot ·
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A Poem and Prayer and some F@cks

A Prayer for the Crown Shy by Becky Chambers

October 16, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 22: Verse I think I’ve found my preferred Becky Chambers series; the two Monk & Robot books I’ve read so far are philosophical, gentle reads that are still interesting with character and a little plot. The second one though is suitable for a ‘poetic’ category given that it opens with a poem and has a rhythm to it both in terms of the prose and the general story. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy has a really good opening; first the prayer itself that introduces […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: a Prayer for the Crown-Shy, Becky Chambers, cbr14bingo, monk and robot, Philosophy, poetic, Religion, speculative

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:74 · Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: a Prayer for the Crown-Shy, Becky Chambers, cbr14bingo, monk and robot, Philosophy, poetic, Religion, speculative ·
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“Finding the ocean was as simple a matter as letting a river lead you in the direction it wanted to go most.”

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

August 13, 2022 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

This one didn’t make me cry nearly as much as its predecessor, Psalm for the Wild-Built, but that shouldn’t make you think that it didn’t have an emotional impact, it did make me tear up on more than one occasion. Because this novella is a meditation on what we call the human condition. It is also a look at how we can live if society puts happiness and contentment first. If we don’t compete but instead cooperate. But its also the kind of novella that […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: a Prayer for the Crown-Shy, Becky Chambers, cbr14bingo, faintingviolet, human condition, monk and robot, Time

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:51 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: a Prayer for the Crown-Shy, Becky Chambers, cbr14bingo, faintingviolet, human condition, monk and robot, Time ·
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A Prayer for the Cannonball

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

April 22, 2022 by Emmalita 9 Comments

I opened A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, read the first sentence and felt my shoulders lower and my jaw unclench. This is a difficult book to review because my response to it is a blend of intellectual and emotional that’s hard to capture. It’s easy to describe one or the other and harder to get communicate “I’m thinking deep thoughts and feeling feelings all over the place!” So just assume that all the thoughts and responses are happening at once. And if I were the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: a Prayer for the Crown-Shy, advance reader copy, Becky Chambers, monk and robot, NetGalley

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:52 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: a Prayer for the Crown-Shy, advance reader copy, Becky Chambers, monk and robot, NetGalley ·
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