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Sci-Fi usually not my thing but I loved this one!!

I enjoyed this December #aardvark pick. Is it truly original? Absolutely not. Was I entertained? Yes. This is a climate disaster combined with female utopia that goes pretty wrong. I definitely liked it.

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I wonder if I might have liked this one better if I'd read it before I read Cloud Cuckoo Land? It's got similar themes presented in a slightly different way. I feel like Korn glossed over a lot of possible technical and emotional complications in the world of the novel in favor of focusing on her chosen social point. There were some coincidences and some a-little-too-quick changes of heart that left me behind a bit. Enjoyable, but not awesome.

I finally got the chance to audio-construct my birthday present from early December. I finished All Sinners Bleed and began the tagged while I worked. LEGO is pretty clever because now that I'm done, all I really want to do is build something else. Although maybe I'll play around with adding fairy lights to this one first.

This work of lesbian climate fiction is a soft pick: 3.5 stars. I enjoyed it mostly for the ideas & how it reminded me of classic feminist utopias/dystopias that I‘ve read previously. Interesting queer characters, a less interesting one-dimensional white feminist villain, & an exploration of eugenics, bodily autonomy, racism, classism & transphobia. The audiobook narration by Jasmin Savoy Brown helped pull me through. #LGBTQ Speculative fiction

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After errands & holidays tasks all day, I got back to find my #Aardvark box has arrived. 🤗 I‘m excited for both of these but I won‘t get to them this month.

#BOTM actually beat Aardvark in arrivals the past two months. I didn‘t post it but I got my BOTM box midweek.

You have to have a Star Trek level of suspension of disbelief to read this, but I enjoyed it. The first two sections read a bit YA, but I appreciate the points Korn made about gender and patriarchy.

The climate crisis has come to a head and people are chosen to live permanently inside an enclosure in Manhattan. However, the woman running it has some curious ideas about how the new world should be and it doesn‘t include any men! #aardvark

A beautiful story of survival that takes place at the end of the world with a handful of well crafted characters. An easy read. Most stories of the apocalypse begin after the fact. This one starts right at the beginning of the end. #yoursforthetaking #gabriellekorn

The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what‘s left of Brooklyn, and though they love each other, it‘s hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly eclipse their world...

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The tagged book really excited me as far as this month‘s #aardvark picks! I also added on the humorous mystery because it has a social media aspect, which I usually enjoy in books. Plus I could use some laughs!! 👍🏻👍🏻

Happy 1st day of the last month of 2023. It's #aardvarkbookclub day! These are my two picks.

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