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CBR15 Bingo: On the Road

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

September 18, 2023 by Malin 3 Comments

4.5 stars CBR15 Bingo: On the Road On a moon, (that seems quite like Earth in many respects) called Panga, people live peacefully together in harmonious small communities. There are remnants of a previous industrial age, and it’s suggested that there was a near apocalypse way back when, but humanity improved and started thinking about what was better for their environment, possibly helped by the exodus of their robots. At some point, in the distant past, many generations ago, the robots that had been working […]

CBR Bingo 15: On the Road

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

August 28, 2023 by reginadelmar Leave a Comment

This book could fit into several of Bingo categories, and sadly has been banned in some places (usual suspects). Written in 1993 and set in 2025, The Parable of the Sower is a frighteningly plausible story about a world impacted by climate change, political breakdown and economic and social inequity. The protagonist, Lauren Olamina, is a black teenager who has grown up outside of Los Angeles. Cars are a thing of the past, electricity is scarce and becoming scarcer. There is little rain to grow […]

To Catch A Killer…but make it funny

Killing Me by Michelle Gagnon

July 16, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR15Bingo: On the road. The characters here take a couple of road trips, don’t want to say where or why, lest I spoil a big part of the book. You know a writer is really good when you’re enjoying a book solely for the writing even if you couldn’t care less about the plot (and not much more about the characters). That’s high praise — or perhaps even damning with faint praise. But I really enjoyed the experience of reading Michelle […]

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