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Sonya Rhen

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September 18

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Science Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Poetry

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Sonya Rhen lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two children. They also share their home with two dogs, two cats and a lonely catfish. Sonya looks for the humor and humanity in daily life. When she’s not writing or hanging out with the family, you might find her dancing.

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Average rating: 4.47 · 51 ratings · 20 reviews · 11 distinct works

	Coven of the East: Reimagining Asian Women's Magical Histories by Benebell Wen (Goodreads Author), Angela Yuriko Smith (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Pauline Chow (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — 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
	Tasting Evil: Volume 1 by Sonya Rhen (Goodreads Author), Matthew Buza (Goodreads Author), Toni Kief (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings	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
	Space Tripping With the Shredded Orphans (Shredded Orphans, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Tasting Evil: The Complete Collection by Joel Swetin (Contributor), E.G. Sergoyan (Contributor), Sonya Rhen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	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
	Waiting for Spring it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
	Holiday Sampler: A Holiday Anthology from the Writers Cooperative of the Pacific Northwest by WCPNW Writers COOP, Sonya Rhen (Goodreads Author), Toni Kief (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2018	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
	Requite Me: Poems of Love, Jealously, and Angst 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Holiday Sampler: A Holiday Anthology from the Writers Cooperative of the Pacific Northwest by Sonya Rhen (Goodreads Author), Toni Kief (Goodreads Author), Susan Brown it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	The Shredded Orphans and the Space Pirates by Sonya Rhen (Goodreads Author), Bri Nobile (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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
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Our Wives Under the Sea

by Julia Armfield

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I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

by Baek Se-hee

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The Anatomy of Genres: How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works

by John Truby

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Sonya is currently reading Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield	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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Sonya rated a book really liked it If Wishes Were Retail by Auston Habershaw (Goodreads Author)	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
This bo0k was funny and a lot of fun to read. I completely agree with the author's views on malls. It's where I spent most of my teens. The MC was a rude teenage girl, which maybe felt a little off. The funny parts ranged from slapstick funny to toil ...more
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Sonya rated a book it was amazing Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston (Goodreads Author)	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
I loved this love story, which is as much about caretaking and grief as it is about magic, music and love. The characters felt real and the love was funny, cute and big at the same time.
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Sonya rated a book it was amazing The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver	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 very interesting look at colonialism, especially since the author was able to show some of her own experiences from the Congo.
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Sonya wants to read Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi	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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Sonya wants to read Luminous by Silvia Park (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Science Fiction	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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Sonya rated a book it was amazing Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman	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
Loved this book! At first you kind of dislike Eleanor. She's a bit rude and judgemental. But by the end I was rooting for her. You may need tissues! ** ReRead ** My reread of this was enjoyable, even though I forgot some of what happened at the end ...more
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Sonya rated a book it was amazing Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon (Goodreads Author)	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
I really loved Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star. This book does not quite top that. I enjoyed this YA romance, but it does have a melancholy bent to it. The main character is down on love because of her parents' divorce and her father's imminent ...more
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“The universe could be a cruel place, but there were always pockets of good. Some pockets were deep and some were shallow, some you had to force open to let the good out, but you could find them if you were looking.”
― Sonya Rhen, The Shredded Orphans and the Space Pirates

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