It's that time of the month! August has some really exciting titles coming out - and happily, I'm travelling to Edinburgh this month and will catch some of the Edinburgh Book Festival (I'll try to remember to take some pictures to share!) Let's take a look at what we can adorn our shelves with this month.
It's that time again! Writing these posts has turned out to be quite lethal, because since getting back into scouring the web for upcoming releases, my bookshelves have had quite a few extra additions to them ... the pre-order game is strong, friends.
There is nothing more delightful than when an absurd-sounding plot is pulled off magnificently.
This was as wonderful as it was bizarre. It reads like a collection of short stories, capturing a variety of people's reactions to the moon suddenly turning into 'cheese'. I loved how creative this concept was, and how well Scalzi has managed to pull off the entire thing.
The second book in the Lifelike series - this was okay for me, but a bit of a struggle to get through at times.
【 THE ONES WE'RE MEANT TO FIND 】 ★★★★ Genre: Young Adult, Sci-Fi, ThrillerAuthor: Joan HePublished: May 2021Publisher: Text PublishingPages: 375 [paperback] Thanks to NetGalley and Text Publishing for a copy of this in exchange for an honest review First thoughts Wow okay this was good in so many ways! This is also fast becoming … Continue reading Robots in The Ones We’re Meant to Find | Book Review
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini [representation • sapphic relationship] Genre: Sci-Fi Author: Christopher Paolini Published: September 2020 Publisher: Tor UK Pages: 880 [paperback] Review on Goodreads Thank you to Pan Macmillan for sending me a copy of this for an honest review Initial Thoughts upon Finishing I finally conquered this … Continue reading Strange Aliens in To Sleep in a Sea of Stars | Spoiler-Free Review
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel Genre: Sci-Fi Author: Sylvain Neuvel Published: April 2016 Publisher: Penguin Books Pages: 304 {paperback} Review on Goodreads Initial Thoughts upon Finishing This audiobook was absolutely incredible, I cannot get over how fantastic that performance was. The story is intriguing and shrouded in mystery for a large part of the book. … Continue reading Really Big (Kick-ass) Robots in Sleeping Giants | Spoiler-Free Review
Salvation Lost by Peter F. Hamilton Genre: Science-Fiction [hard] Author: Peter F. Hamilton Published: October 2019 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 896 {paperback} Review on Goodreads Big thank you to Pan Macmillan for providing me a copy of this in exchange for an honest review! Initial Thoughts Upon Finishing This was a step up from book … Continue reading Fight or Flight in Salvation Lost | Spoiler-Free Review [spoilers for book one]
Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton Genre: Sci-Fi Author: Peter F. Hamilton Published: September 2018 Publisher: Pan MacMillan Pages: 532 {paperback} Review on Goodreads Big thank you to Pan MacMillan for sending me a copy of this for review! Initial Thoughts Upon Finishing This book is one heck of an epic tale. I received this for … Continue reading Aliens and Portals in Salvation | Spoiler-Free Review
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