Ell started reading The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik (The Scholomance, #2)
Return to the Scholomance - and face an even deadlier graduation - in the stunning …
Excited to dive back into this world!
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Ell rated A Closed and Common Orbit: 4 stars
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very …
Ell rated A Psalm for the Wild-Built: 5 stars
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk & Robot, #1)
It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
Ell rated An Unkindness of Ghosts: 5 stars
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
"Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used …
Ell rated Darius the Great Deserves Better: 5 stars
Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram
Darius Kellner is having a bit of a year. Since his trip to Iran, a lot has changed. He's getting …
Ell finished reading Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram
Darius Kellner is having a bit of a year. Since his trip to Iran, a …
This book was so wonderful. Open and honest and full of heart. I cried about how good everyone was, even when things were hard. I think Darius the Great just might be okay, finally, and I'm proud of him.
Ell finished reading A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (Teixcalaan, #1)
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover …
Apparently this is the third book I've read in the last month that had DongWon Song as its agent. They pick good books apparently!
Ell commented on Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith
"Peter Godfrey-Smith is a leading philosopher of science. He is also a scuba diver whose …
This book just described octopuses as having "haphazard sex lives" and like...yeah, I feel ya buddy!
Ell rated Probability Space: 4 stars
Probability Space by Nancy Kress (Probability Trilogy, #3)
In Probability Space, humanity's war with the alien Fallers continues, and it is a war we are losing. Our implacable …
Ell commented on Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota, #2)
"It is a world in which near-instantaneous travel from continent to continent is free to …
Wow. I was not prepared for this chapter, what a ride. So many tangles.
Ell commented on Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota, #2)
"It is a world in which near-instantaneous travel from continent to continent is free to …
This book!! Just constantly undermines your perceptions of the characters in the best way.
There are no sides, just people with their own interests and motivations all tangled up with each other, dancing around each other, taking the reader along for the ride. So excellent.
Ell commented on Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
While the Iskat Empire has long dominated the system through treaties and political alliances, several …
Oh shiiiiiit
Ell commented on Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
While the Iskat Empire has long dominated the system through treaties and political alliances, several …
Content warning romance spoilers I guess
Dammit, you big nerds, just kiss already!!
Ell commented on Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
While the Iskat Empire has long dominated the system through treaties and political alliances, several …
I'm enjoying this book so much, and the stakes are getting higher! Both main characters are naive in their own very believable ways and trying so hard, and I love how those interact, with each other and to drive the plot. And I love both of them, because I am both of them in different ways.
Ell rated Good Omens: 4 stars
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
Armageddon only happens once, you know. They don't let you go around again until you get it right.
According to …