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Bookish Song Nr 53: Hall of Fame

You can go the distance, you can run the mile
You can walk straight through hell with a smile
You could be a hero, you could get the gold
Breaking all the records they thought never could be broke
Yeah, do it for your people, do it for your pride
How you ever gonna know if you never even try?
Do it for your country, do it for your name

Can't stop thinking about Nicole whenever I hear this song.

Alright, why did I wait this long to continue reading this series? All the books have been great so far and this one was as well. This is the perfect genre mix for me: sci-fi and alternate history. It's inclusive, the characters are remarkable and I still remember them after having a very long break between the novels. Some parts were difficult for me to read, since I've been fighting with the same problem as Nicole. But she's great 💙

I just adjusted my reading plans so that they fit better into my new and more lively lifestyle (there are activities besides reading that are fun?!), so I haven't yet finished my current #roll100 but I'll be definitely done by the end of the month.

For October I got The Relentless Moon and am really happy with this roll. Next year the 4th volume will be published and it's good that I can catch up with book number 3 until then.

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#MoonDay

My current read. A tricky one to pair with yarn, but I couldn't go past this hand dyed yarn by Shirsty Cat Designs, because it's called “The Void Stares Back“. Couldn't be more appropriate for this alt-history post-apocalyptic space mystery novel. #litsycrafters #booksandyarn

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#MoonDay

I‘ve loved every single one of the Lady Astronaut books and this one was no different. We follow Nicole Wargin as she goes on a mission to the moon colony while there‘s someone trying to sabotage their home and trips. There‘s a mystery, you get a lot of personal stories about her health as she suffers from anorexia and how she also use to be a spy in the war. Kowal knows how to tell a story and immerse you in the world!

This third book in the Lady Astronauts series follows Elma‘s friend Nicole Wargin, pilot, astronaut, and wife of the governor of Kansas, as she encounters sabotage on Earth and the moon during the first Mars expedition. This novel definitely drags more than the first two and I have a couple questions after finishing, but I loved Nicole and now have a total Lady Astronaut hangover! Up for a Hugo this year for this book and the series!

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#Moon

Just a few of the books I have read with the word moon in the title.

This third novel in the Lady Astronaut series, nominated for the Hugo Best Novel award, is an excellent mix of sci-fi, alternate history, mystery and thriller. It was hard to put down! #hugoawards #hugo2021

Third book finished for the #AwesomeAugust readathon! @Andrew65

The third book in the Lady Astronaut Series.

The Earth First Movement is sabotaging the international space efforts by causing trouble on Earth and the lunar station, causing accidents, chaos, disease, and casualties. Nicole, the MC of this book (Elma is on the Mars mission), has to find the saboteurs on Moon.

Practically a looked room mystery on a lunar station. It was marvellous seeing Nicole puzzling out whodunit.

This one‘s right on the border between a Pick and a So-So. It‘s got all the same delectable ingredients as the first two Lady Astronaut novels, but somehow they don‘t produce quite the same flavour. I can look at each component part and tell I should‘ve loved the book, but the sparkle just wasn‘t there. I struggled to pick it up, even once the spy stuff kicked in and I resolved to try really, really hard to love it.

Sadness.

I‘ve been reading THE RELENTLESS MOON for days upon days and I‘ve still got a third of the book to go. Is it really only 384 pages, like Litsy says? It feels waaaaaay longer. I can see how I oughta love it, but I feel like I only creep a couple percentage points further for every long reading session and that‘s kicked my enjoyment meter down quite a few notches.

ETA: LibraryThing says it‘s 544 pages, not 384. That explains the pacing.

Well, my second shot kicked my ass. I feel like I‘ve got the flu. Gonna spend my day sleeping, reading, and maybe watching some TV.

Hopefully I can sink into THE RELENTLESS MOON. I started it last night, as pictured, and I dunno if it fits my mood any better than the GGK reread I‘ve paused for now. Argh. I normally read awesome stuff in June, but this year my concentration‘s shot and I can‘t seem to super-duper love anything. 😔

Another excellent book in the Lady Astronaut series. I love how Kowal plays with the history we know and explains it in her author‘s note. And I loved the cat in this installment!

Reading about mysterious flu-like diseases and lockdowns and asymptomatic carriers is a lot of fun right now 😬😬😬

#sundayfunday @ozma.of.oz

📚 Fantasy because it is the best escape reading.
📚 I can't narrow it down to just one. LOTR, The Throne of Glass, Dragon Riders of Pern, Green Rider or just a few of my favorites.

Taking a reading break for some #LitsyLove writing. I mailed out some letters overseas this morning. Who knows how long they'll take, but they're at least on the way! Now I'm working on a few letters to go south of the border 📬

Yes! I love how they refer to these men here as "so-and-so's husband" ? So often women are reduced to being simply wife, it gives me a smile to see it reversed.

My OverDrive holds came in for this one, so everything else is set aside. I love this series, and I'm so happy to see Nicole take front and centre, I've always liked her character and I enjoy reading from her perspective (and hopefully no more "ready for launch" cheesy innuendo!).

While I missed having the "Lady Astronaut" as the narrator, shifting the perspective to another character kept them focused on what's going on back on Earth vs. the Mars mission. The self-focus of Earth First has hit a boiling point & violent action is taken up through sabotage, an infectious virus, & assassination. The folks on the Moon bear the brunt of most of this, & the story revolves around finding the culprits & surviving the damage done.

I may have actually loved this MORE than the first two. Nicole Wargin was amazing! And Eugene, Myrtle, and Helen really got to shine in their own right too in this one.

This takes place during The Fated Sky and relates some of the events that happened in Earth, but mainly focuses on the Lunar Colony. This book does not pull any punches and it's nonstop from page one. I read this in one go, all 542 pages.

This is SO GOOD

This just arrived. EXCITED SQUEALING!

Great story with plenty of action and intrigue to pull you in. The 3rd book in The Lady Astronaut series. This one is about Nicole Wargin, wife of a powerful politician, who secures a space on the 1st rocket carrying civilians to the moon. But there is someone(s) out to sabotage the moon colony and Nocole is tasked to find out who it is. Read my full review on my blog at www.thespineview.com. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Today‘s #JulyARC will be released on 7/14. This is especially exciting for Lady Astronaut fans.

It is time for #Two4Tuesday and here are the questions. My answers:

📘 A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands. I find her books always have a touch of humor.
📘 The book I am currently reading, The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal

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"I see the horizon."

Look what came today! I am so excited about this book. I was doing the happy dance when I got home from work! This one is going to the head of the que!

The distance continues. I‘m finding it hard to sustain focused concentration to read because my mind is all over the place right now. I don‘t like the uncertainty at all.

The last one in this series wrecked me a bit. I suspect I‘m in for an emotional ride.