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I went into this expecting a quick, lighthearted read, which it was! Funny with good-hearted characters in some silly circumstances. And I loved the dragons!

There is also an expected depth in here-a commentary of sorts on living in rural America with drug addictions, poverty, and an understanding of rural diversity which I believe is far more accurate than not. I enjoyed it! 🐉

Not as space opera-y as I was expecting from the cover. A nice foodie hope-filled novel.

#Booked2022 - A HOPE PUNK NOVEL

This was a low pick. I was a bit confused on some things through this whole book. I picked this up for a hope punk novel for #booked2022

Kenna is super poor and starving. He stumbles upon an advertisement to eat at a super exclusive restaurant. He‘s never tasted good that wasn‘t processed. He finds a whole world where he finally fits in. His journey is very long but also only the course of a month.

Kenna is trying to discover his own Inevitable Philosophy when he wins a free dinner at the best restaurant in the galaxy. To save the Sol Majestic from approaching financial ruin, he discovers more about himself than he thought possible.

The middle 1/3 was muddled & slow. A bit plotholey.

But I love finding works that have the reverence for food that I do. Characters were quirky. Food was exquisite. And the resolution was a surprise! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

A quirky, inventive sci-fi novel about a dying religion, a starving boy, & the best restaurant in the galaxy. The middle dragged in places (though maybe blame that on the fact that I listened to the first 3rd in audio & read the rest), but I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Never seen a book so focused on the future of food & it was wonderfully & fascinatingly done--with time freezing cloches, alien yeast, & antigravity appetizers.

4 stars / ⭐⭐⭐⭐

1. Gideon the Ninth, The Sol Majestic, and Dead Astronauts

2. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

3. The Deep by Rivers Solomon

#weekendreads

I found myself sort of, puzzledly delighted by this book‘s quirkiness at the outset? but after sitting in that weird spot for several hours, it slid off the rails and I couldn‘t be sure what to think anymore. I didn‘t bail, and I didn‘t wish I had read the physical book for no other reason than that I wanted to throw it against a wall, but I definitely do not know exactly what I just finished.

Starting this one on my commute to campus thanks to a review of interstellar restaurants in the Tor newsletter 🤓

I had problems with this book. It felt like it was aimed at educated kids who couldn‘t get white collar jobs and were hesitant to perform other types of labor, like cooking. The ending redeemed it. But it‘s a tricky game, balancing drudge work, poverty, slavery, Art, aesthetics, and classism.

#BookMail Pt9 This book was a spur of the moment purchase, but with a description of “a cross between The Chefs Kitchen & The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe directed by Baz Luhrman” how could I pass it up? Destitute teenager Kenna wins a dinner at The Sol Majestic, the galaxy‘s best restaurant. But her favourite place is facing bankruptcy unless she can pull off a scheme to get investment from some intergalactic billionaires.👽🍱💰

So many great observations in this book. Guess that‘s one of the reasons I‘m savoring it like a delicious meal. #foodie #foodbook

A new book can't cure the pain we feel or cure the incurable, but it does have a pretty cover and it temporarily made me feel better. I hope it's good.

Hmm. This is tough to rate because it's so odd. It gets a Pick for originality, that's for sure. At first I thought the style was really dorky but then all of a sudden I got swept away by the story. Some parts dragged a bit but I had a fun time overall.

Won from a #goodreadsgiveaway hence the weird cover