Welcome to Litsy!

The Wayfarer is an old, patched up ship with a diverse, motley crew. Book 1 of this series is seen through the eyes of a newbie hire, Rosemary Harper. With her experiences we learn that family is not necessarily blood-related or even human. Low on science, high on world-building and relationships, this is a fun read.

Johnnie Rico is recruited into the infantry for the intergalactic Arachnid war, but first he must survive base camp. This novel is different from the movie as it focuses mostly on the philosophies of military life, the development of a soldier, as well as many other commentaries about life. He does a nice job in illustrating futuristic weapons and there are some engaging battles with alien bugs. I found it readable but not my favorite.

Okay, just a first warning: this book includes a dinosaur having cancer (an osteosarcoma). That might be worth knowing since it does make it a tad less cosy to me.

Anyway, still a fun volume, but it's worth knowing. I liked the way Suma and that guy came to somewhat of an understanding but it still wasn't, like, warm liking.

A group of space-bound travelers find themselves unexpectedly isolated together and learn to find comfort in each other‘s company. What a beautiful look at the human experience (without a single human character)! Each character‘s background and complicated social experiences are explored deeply and their relationships with fellow bubble mates is well paced and highly rewarding. Very much worth a read, but know it‘ll remind you a lot of 2020.

Just discovered this collection from Amazon and am excited to read each story. Anyone else love #TimeTravel ?

Characters were okay, they felt relatable with their worries.

I loved all that action, this was pretty thrilling to read & I wanted to see what was going to happen next.

I liked characters and rooted for them. Atmosphere was also really well created: this was a dark book!

Plotwise this felt like being a bit everywhere and that made me like this slightly less than previous book.

I really liked the writing and main character's “voice“. She was relatable and I really rooted for her. In the last part of the book I started to forget who was who because there were so many new characters and didn't know much of them.

Atmosphere was awesome and so well created - I even had nightmares while reading this.

As a story this was pretty simple but intriguing enough. This really was worth reading.

I had no idea what this book would be when I picked it up but it turned out to be everything I wanted.
When it comes to genre distribution I think it's an even split between sci-fi and horror with a sprinkle of fantasy. I adore the writing, how the multiple POVs and time jumps were expressed via the formatting, the sci fi twists on classic horror/adventure figures, the banter, the occasional dark humour, the emotional heart, 1/?

There's another funny chapter opening image too.

I liked this volume a lot, though I kinda hope Suma doesn't immediately win over this guy too. 😅