@Sproid I have started and stopped reading this one twice now. It came well recommended but just was a slog for me.
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Former teacher of high school English (and technology director), retired and relaxing more likely than not with a graphic novel or science fiction (inveterate Star Trek fan), but still with a fondness for poetry, Chaucer, Langston Hughes, Faulkner, Alice Walker, and more.
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alrowell wants to read Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the …
alrowell wants to read Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy …
alrowell wants to read Redshirts by John Scalzi
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since …
alrowell started reading Super-Infinite by Katherine Rundell
alrowell finished reading A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
A Memory Called Empire is a 2019 science fiction novel, the debut novel by Arkady Martine. It follows Mahit Dzmare, …
alrowell started reading A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
A Memory Called Empire is a 2019 science fiction novel, the debut novel by Arkady Martine. It follows Mahit Dzmare, …
alrowell finished reading Open Secrets by Dayton Ward
Open Secrets by Dayton Ward
"With tensions mounting between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, Ambassador Jetanien works frantically on Starbase Vanguard to halt the …
alrowell wants to read Man Who Broke Capitalism by David Gelles
alrowell wants to read The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher
The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher
From a New York Times investigative reporter, this “authoritative and devastating account of the impacts of social media” (New York …
alrowell started reading Open Secrets by Dayton Ward
Open Secrets by Dayton Ward
"With tensions mounting between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, Ambassador Jetanien works frantically on Starbase Vanguard to halt the …
alrowell wants to read Unholy by Sarah Posner
alrowell finished reading Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at …
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at …