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I live in Mexico and enjoy traveling and watching anime. Oh, and I also like cats. I write books in English and Spanish.

Soy autora Mexicana y Estadounidense, crecí en el DF pero aquí ando puebleando en un rancho. ¿Por qué? Pues, tiene buen clima y la comida está chida, así que ahí le ando dando átomos. Casi siempre reseño en Inglés, pero de vez en cuando también reseño en Español. ¡Saludos!

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	An Ominous Book (An Ominous Book, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fragmented Fates (Fragmented Fates Duology, #1) by Nancy Foster (Goodreads Author), Орм (Illustrator) 3.54 avg rating — 24 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Separation (An Ominous Book, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exile (An Ominous Book, #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diaspora (An Ominous Book, #4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Calamity (An Ominous Book, #5) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quandary (An Ominous Book, #6) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harlequins (An Ominous Book, #7) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Savior on the Zenith (Fragmented Fates Duology, #2) by Nancy Foster (Goodreads Author), Орм (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Older posts I have meandered about some inner aspects of my worldbuilding. If I am in the mood sometime, I might get back to writing more ramblings. At least if I die abruptly and my books become surprise cult hits, there is canonical material out there.

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Fall of the Imperium (Dissolution Cycle #3)

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Nancy Foster said: " I am one of the judges of team Space Girls for the SPSFC5 contest. This review is my personal opinion. Officially, it is still in the running for the contest, pending any official team announcements.

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Yup, we have yet anoth I am one of the judges of team Space Girls for the SPSFC5 contest. This review is my personal opinion. Officially, it is still in the running for the contest, pending any official team announcements.

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Read: 32%

Yup, we have yet another review! I don't have a word count spreadsheet with me, but it wouldn't surprise me if this book is 55,000 words long at the most. I reached the 30% cutoff point within just 50 minutes of reading.

It seems like the book occurs within a futuristic oligarchic hopepunk setting where everyone has Minority Report style embedded eye chips. These devices send an endless stream of information controlled by sophisticated AI. Everyone idealizes executives like some kind of unattainable demigod and even redundant mistakes can have even the highest caste get zapped with painful demerit points. It's kinda like a sort of weird dystopic utopia with scant upper mobility but most other societal problems like pollution and discrimination are gone.

Tom is just an ordinary office data archivist traveling a shuttle car to work when a once-in-the-lifetime opportunity pops up... which I won't spoil. Only that it seems like he's getting a too-good-to-be-true offer he can't refuse. The sample cutoff was reached right when he was getting the jist of this unexpected new dynamic that is related to the book's title.

The plot seems pretty interesting and a bit different from most other sci-fi fare. It isn't that often I see books starring a protagonist that somewhat ends up acting as a book writer. I think the closest book I read with an accidental author was The Book of Kalendeck series. There seems to be a more comedic angle in this book in case readers want something veering on the lighter & shorter read scale.

If it hadn't been for the fact I still have around 19 books to sample before the agreed upon time limit, I probably would have finished this book in one go since finishing it would take less than 90 minutes. It's a book I'd certainly like to finish due to its brevity and also be fully on scale whether to vote Yes or No.

One caveat I have regarding this book is the writing style. I think some of the word count could have been trimmed without any loss of story comprehension and excessive usage of rung on sentences shortened. I myself have a tendency towards writing long sentences and I know it can be difficult to notice these tics when writing. However, I felt the frantic higher stakes scene early in the book that changes's Tom's life lost a bit of its urgency by not adding some sentence length variability.

I occasionally started counting sentences and the longest one was around 53 words long. I don't find a 25 word lugger to be a flat no by themselves. But when 60% of the sample you read so far topples the 20 word threshold, it can make what is otherwise a fast paced short read a bit longer and less immersive.

With that said, once I finish my scouting phase, I will finish reading the remainder of this book and place my vote. ...more "

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