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Hooked_on_books
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Following Volume I, where Tara found herself stuck reliving November 18 over and over, she now enters her second year of reliving the day. Most of this is riveting, though she does go off on a tangent at one point I found less interesting. The ending makes me crazy to read the next volume, which isn‘t out in English yet! Arg!

AnneCecilie I‘m hooked on this series and has volume 5 out from the library now. 4d
Hooked_on_books @AnneCecilie I‘m hooked, too! I‘m desperate for volume 3, but the English doesn‘t come out until November! I may have to learn another language to finish the series. 😂 4d
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Robotswithpersonality
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YES. More of this PLEASE. By which I do not mean that this book needed to be anything more than it was, I just want more works like it. I knew that I loved sci-fi stories that drift about in that space of humans/humanoid/android/clone/cyborg examining identity, the nature of life and existence, of being, and one's right to do so; that I love stories where the horror has the idea of employment, being a worker, a cog, as a central theme, 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? and honestly Defekt by Nino Cipri should have indicated how much I love when such themes are combined, but this was at another level. (Citing Defekt also makes me wonder whether this kind of theme is best expressed in novella format, where you don't have too many pages; you're left not unsatisfied by unanswered questions but rather with things to think about, as long as the writer did it well, and yes the writing is superb). 1w
Robotswithpersonality 3/? Add in the interview format, and that ache for connection, the distinguishing feature of civilization that is finding meaning in art, blended with a more sinister suggestion about what the ultimate purpose of the 'objects', and their placement are, and a well-crafted gradual reveal of what spare world-building is necessary to explain why these people find themselves where they are...I just loved all of it. 1w
Robotswithpersonality 4/4 Worth noting whenever it happens: this is a translated work wherein at no time did I feel there was an awkwardness in the text that could be explained by the shift in language. Well done, Martin Aitken.
⚠️mild body horror
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willaful I really liked Defekt too. 1w
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Robotswithpersonality
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Would just like to point out the cover indicated in the digital listing in my library catalogue vs the version that showed up on the hold shelf. They did us both dirty Olga, glad you got another cover. [I think there's a third one with black gunk in a water cooler, might be more on theme, but it's a little basic for my taste.]

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DimeryRene
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This was such a cool, little book. Employees (both human and humanoid) working on a spaceship are interviewed. The interviewer asks questions about productivity, the items the ship carries, and relations between humans and humanoids. At times we don‘t know whether an human or humanoid is speaking. Sort of an “us verses them” story, told in sound bites. This allowed the story to unfold slowly and in random pieces. Slow, but catastrophic.

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Hooked_on_books
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Pickpick

In this trippy little book, Tara has traveled to a Paris on a book-buying trip for her rare books business with her husband. But when she wakes up one morning, she discovers she‘s reliving November 18, which was the day before. No one else remembers they‘ve already done this. Watching her navigate the time loop is fascinating. I really hope the whole series gets translated.

NBA longlist, translated literature

mom2bugnbee November 18 is my wedding anniversary, so I think that means I'm required to read this! 😂 4w
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AnneCecilie
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This is the 4th book in the series and Tara has been stuck in 18th November for years. She isn‘t the only one. Several people who is experiencing the same is living in a house in Bremen. They begin to discuss what has happened, what to call it, what is the real time - the ones doing the same thing every day or this group. And if they can find answers to these questions and understand what has happened will it be possible to start time again?

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Tamra
The Liar | Martin Alfred Hansen
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5 hours at the Mall of America for the sake of my daughter & friend to have fun in Nickelodeon Universe. I am so very thankful for A. the fact they are old enough now not to require my direct supervision and B. Barnes & Noble is right by one of the entrances! 😅😅

I‘m really looking forward to both of these titles.

TheKidUpstairs I bought The Girls recently, too! How great is that cover?! 6mo
Tamra @TheKidUpstairs who can resist Edward Gorey? 😉 6mo
Aimeesue I have this edition of The Girls because Gorey, but haven‘t read it yet. I should do that soon 😂 6mo
Tamra @Aimeesue I‘m intrigued with the story from the blurb. 😁 6mo
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Emu
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This series about Tara who is stuck in 18 November is some of the best books I‘ve read in at long time. #danishbooks

AnneCecilie This series is great, I‘m waiting on the 4th volume from the library (edited) 6mo
Emu I love it. Waiting for the next one to get published 😊 6mo
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Octoberwoman
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

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AnneCecilie
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This is the 3rd book in the series

Tara is still stuck in 18th November, but now she‘s not the only one. She has met a man who is also stuck. They share experiences and discover that they are not the only ones. How many people might be stuck with them?

I‘m already waiting on the 4th book from the library. I can‘t wait to find out where Balle is taking this story

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