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Everything You Ever Wanted
Everything You Ever Wanted | Luiza Sauma
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A beautiful new planet A meaningful new life Are you ready? ____________________________________________ 'Her writing is beautiful' Rachel Seiffert, author of Dark Room and A Boy in Winter 'Uplifting, unputdownable and mordantly funny' Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti ____________________________________________ You wake up. You go to work. You don't go outside for twelve hours at a time. You have strategy meetings about how to use hashtags. After work you order expensive drink after expensive drink until you're so blackout drunk you can't remember the circumstances which have led you to waking up in bed with your colleague. The next day you stay in bed until the afternoon, scrolling through your social media feeds and wondering why everyone else seems to be achieving so much. Sometimes you don't get out of bed at all. Then you hear about Life on Nyx, a programme that allows 100 lucky winners the chance to escape it all, move to another planet and establish a new way of life. One with meaning and purpose. One without Instagram and online dating. There's one caveat: if you go, you can never come back. But you aren't worried about that. After all, what on Earth could there possibly be to miss? ____________________________________________ 'I loved it' Megan Hunter 'Daring and original' Laura Kaye 'One of the most original and urgent novels I've read this year' Clare Fisher 'I'd follow Sauma's voice down any wormhole' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan 'Sublime' Otegha Uwagba 'Beautifully written' Bookseller 'Luiza Sauma takes us on a breathtaking voyage through both the farthest reaches of space and the innermost depths of the human soul' Peng Shepherd
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BekaReid
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"Memories are so strange. Some of them, even good ones, slip through her fingers like liquid, while others cling on for mysterious reasons."
My reading buddy this morning. Edgar had 2 modes: cuddlebug and super cat speed ?

dabbe Edgar, you are too adorable for words! 🖤🐾🖤 1y
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BekaReid
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This evening's reading buddy

dabbe Hello, sweetest kitty! 🖤🐾🖤 1y
IndoorDame What a beautiful kitty!!! 1y
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Bertha_Mason

"*I don't want to be a leader*, Iris wanted to say. *Is that allowed?*"
Eternal mood.

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Bertha_Mason

"It was like being a detective, but instead of solving a murder, she was trying to work out what she did for a living."

batsy I want to read this based on that quote alone! 5y
Bertha_Mason @batsy I definitely recommend it so far. :) 5y
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charl08
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Although lots of this book was bleak, I loved this bit about Hampstead ponds.

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charl08
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This book was so bleak! Young woman leaves an unsatisfying life on Earth, but it turns out there are disadvantages to life on a new colony too...

(Picture: view from Southport pier)

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charl08
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Homesickness on planet Nyx...

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charl08
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This book is pretty close to the bone re mental health and "passing for normal".

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