pickFinished this afternoon and haven't been able to stop thinking about it.
so-soI found this novel quirky and charming, but plodding as well. It's billed as sci-fi, but it mostly shows the insightful perspective of a woman who is different from everyone else.
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My goodness - I can't remember the last time I was this sick. It feels like a freight train ran me over and backed right back up over me. The worst part of being this sick is not being able to read because your head feels like it's swimming! Here's to hoping for healthier days ahead so I can get back to my books!
pickI would‘ve skipped over this one if it hadn‘t been on the #tob25 shortlist and I would have missed out big time. A coming of age story about Adina, a girl who never quite fits in. She knows why she is different, she is an alien sent to earth to report to her superiors. It sounds gimmicky and in other hands it could have been but instead this is a story that balances the loneliness and the beauty of growing up and experiencing the world. Loved it.
pickI think I would have enjoyed this as a decent coming-of-age story, even without the alien “twist”. It did make me feel quite sad at times.
#ToB25
pickThe second half of the 5th wave was focusing on a theme of how resilient people can be and how just a sliver of hope can go a long way. This is shown in the main character, Cassie‘s persistence to continue to fight for the human race. Once the main character, Cassie, finds out Evan Walker who is another important character, is actually the one who shot her and that he is actually an alien,the whole book is flipped on its head.
pickAn amusing bit of strange. Part way seems to want to point out how we take for granted treating 'man's best friend' a particular way, in the certain belief that they enjoy it, and part way a standard tale of alien experiencing what we see as familiar, and part way a commentary on the revelations available when we interact with a new being and recognize when we're expecting them to react as others have (especially those who look similar) 1/?
pickI read this one for #bookspin. It‘s on the shortlist for #tournamentofbooks. It is an interesting story of a teenage alien in the 1990s and early 2000s, learning to be human.
pickDefinitely a top book for the year ALREADY! 😆 Also a possible contender for #PieinLit Award nominee 🥇🥧 #OatmealPie #PieCharts #Jan2025 Book1 #ReadICT category: #StrongWoman
I would love to discuss this one. #LitsyToB? 😊
