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Love in the stars

Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik

Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik

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I’ve heard only great things about Jessie Mihalik’s books from Cannonball Read. I already had Polaris Rising on my shelf, but I read Hunt the Stars first. Since it was selected by The Ripped Bodice’s fantasy romance book club, it got moved into the rotation. The first Starlight’s Shadow book introduces us to Tavi and her space crew. They are space war veterans who use their skills now as bounty hunters. The war may be over with the Valoffs. However, most humans don’t trust this […]

The odd feeling when you give a book a one just because you’re not “feeling it” not because it’s a bad book

Spacebot by Mike Twohy

Cityscape: Where Science and Art Meet by April Pulley Sayre

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I know not every book can be a winner for every reader. However, I like to think that I can find something to like about books that I am not 100% behind. Of course, that is not always the case, but I at least try and go into a book with an open mind. And while I did that with the below picture books, I had to close my mind up to liking them after reading. They did not “do it” for me. And therefore, […]

Ho Hum. So Much Nostalgia, So Much Meh.

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Do I love The Last Starfighter?  Do I need a new novel version of it?  Meh. Do I love 80’s games and remember them fondly?  Hell yeah, but even I got a bit tired of the references and repetitiveness in this book. This may be unrelated but these were my personal favorites: I listened to the audiobook of Armada because I so enjoyed the previous audiobook by Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, also read by Wil Wheaton.  This novel also threw in a lot of nostalgia for […]



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