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Nisi Shawl: Everfair (2016)
Everfair by Nisi Shawl
An "alternate history novel that explores the question of what might have come of Belgium's ... colonization of the Congo …
Conni rated Pawels Briefe: 3 stars
Conni rated The Obelisk Gate: 5 stars
The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #2)
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS ... FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker, as civilization …
Conni rated Im Krebsgang: 4 stars
Conni rated Der Verlorene: 3 stars
Der Verlorene by Hans Ulrich Treichel (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch -- 3061)
Conni rated Am Beispiel meines Bruders: 4 stars
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void is a nonfiction work …
Review of 'Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Conni rated League of dragons: 5 stars
League of dragons by Naomi Novik (Temeraire series -- 9)
"With the acclaimed Temeraire novels, New York Times bestselling author Naomi Novik has created a fantasy series like no other, …
Conni rated Black Widow Tome 1: 5 stars
Dawn by Yoshiki Tanaka, Yoshiki Tanaka (Legend of the Galactic Heroes, #01)
“The Golden Brat” Reinhard von Lohengramm, a military prodigy and admiral of the Galactic Empire, has ambitions beyond protecting the …
Review of 'The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
The story is exactly the kind of thing I like, though I would prefer less crapsack. Every few hundred years there's a natural disaster and the world goes all mad max. And the people who can do earth magic are slaves, basically.
The thing keeping me from giving 5 stars is that I hated the narration style in the second person chapters.
C. A. Higgins: Lightless (2015)
Lightless by C. A. Higgins
"Serving aboard the Ananke, an experimental military spacecraft launched by the ruthless organization that rules Earth and its solar system, …
Conni reviewed Our Lady of the Ice by Cassandra Rose Clarke
"A female P.I. comes into conflict with a ruthless gangster just as both humans and …
Review of 'Our Lady of the Ice' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
It took a while to get going, but I'm glad I stuck it out.
Conni reviewed Planetfall by Emma Newman
One secret withheld to protect humanity’s future might be its undoing…
Renata Ghali believed in …
Review of 'Planetfall' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
The writing and mystery were compelling - very much a page turner - but the ending was out of nowhere.