Welcome to Litsy!

I will read anything this author writes.

In a not-too-distant future, California has seceded from the U.S. A group of bots awakens in the ghost kitchen where they‘d worked to find it abandoned. They decide to quietly open up their own biang biang noodle shop, each pursuing their unique passions in a way that complements the whole.

On the nose but sweet & timely with obvious political parallels of race & gender as the HEEI (Human-Equivalent Embodied Intelligence) fight for their rights.

I didn't read last month's #ClassicLSFBC selection due to a library delay, but I am reading this month's (not least because I nominated it, so I really should! ?).
I had an uncertain feeling that I had a "Potteries" bookmark that would be an appropriate match, and I was right - in my uncertainty! I don't have one. So the pictured is not the best example of #BookmarkMatching but it shows elements from the baked clay Minoan Phaistos Disk ⬇️

Awww - lots to love in this story of marginalized folks who found pride and courage and community in each other. (Also California is its own country in this… 👀) 🩷

Period. 😌

All the colours! 🤩
What could be better than a sci-fi novella or a niche non-fiction?
Both, with vibrant covers. ☺️

I adored this book. The author explored gender identity, racism, hate, homelessness, government corruption, PSTD, found family & more in an amazing way. It made me fearful at how we could end up in the 2065 world of this book (and it‘s not robots that make me scared) but it also made me feel hope. I recommend it , unless you are a hateful , racist, book banning , anti human rights person, then you probably won‘t like it,

Here are some books I don‘t have time to read this month. 😂

🪴 Galactic Pot-Healer - for #classicLSFBC
🗽 Language City - for book club, p. 115/378
⚠️ A Psalm for the Wild Built - for Banned Books Week which is in October this year? Rescheduled accordingly
⭐️ Where the Forest Meets the Stars - for the #keywordchallenge
🔥 The Fireman - for IG group read, p. 463/750
🤠 The Gunslinger Born - for #losersclub with @BarkingMadRead

#tbr

Checked out once and discarded. Someone loved it enough to share it. After 25 years, it's cared for again.

September's selection for #ClassicLSFBC is Philip K. Dick's Galactic Pot Healer. I confess I'm totally unfamiliar with this book, so it should be interesting going in totally blind. Being PKD, I'm sure it's going to be wild and weird. I hope everyone enjoyed August's selection, The Left Hand of Darkness. I think it's one of LeGuin's best novels, and a totally unique world creation.
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