Lisa Eckstein > Recent Status Updates

This is fun and odd. I'm hoping for a story that expands as different POVs appear.

This is rather slow, mostly vibes rather than plot.

So far this is very heavily about the setting and the narrative voice. Curious to see where the story is going.

Getting exciting as the plot tension builds!

"...instances usually appear at immigration checkpoints. That was part of the point of an immigration checkpoint at an airport or railway, it was a controlled space for an instancing. It was a type of social technology. A solidified border, so that instances didn’t appear spontaneously in the air or so they didn’t pop into existence upon reaching the second landmass.x

I love the details of how the existence of instancing has shaped the history, culture, and storytelling of this world.

This is growing on me as the journey continues.

Fascinating premise of selves bifurcated by immigration. Can't wait to see where it's going!

Interesting to see familiar locations as Annie traveled through New England.

This is a book club pick, and a change of pace for me, since I don't read much nonfiction or biography.

I'm really loving how this story of family secrets is unfolding!

I love Patchett writing about family relations!

Beautifully written, a haunting story.

A wonderful, smooth storytelling style that's pulled me in immediately!

Definitely intrigued by what's going on in the main situation. But the alternating chapters of flashback are less interesting

This is strangely slow at the beginning. It will be interesting to see if the TV adaptation is paced differently.

Not as quickly drawn in as with LaValle's other books, but I'll stick with it to see where it's going.

So curious to see where this all is going!

Interesting set of characters and situations. No idea where it might be going!

As always with Ann Leckie, this story immediately plunges the reader into an unfamiliar and fascinating world!

I'm having a lot of fun with this!

This is quite a self-parody. I laughed out loud at "Lesbian PETA Members to Watch Out For"!

Glad one big inevitable event has finally happened, impatient for the rest to unfold.

Yikes, tough stuff happening!

Interesting seeing how this is developing, in both timelines.

Great mix of comforting familiarity and exciting new settings and characters!

Book club pick. I've already heard a lot about this book but somehow hadn't heard that it starts off with a space disaster in the first chapter.

Yay, new Murderbot! This will be even more fun since I just finished rereading all the previous books.

”Yeah, I’ll just code a patch to stop feeling anxiety, wow, why didn’t I think of that earlier. (That was sarcasm, I have too much organic neural tissue for that to work.) (Of course I’ve already tried it.)"

Glad to be rereading these in quick succession, because this story picks up right after NETWORK EFFECT, and the first time I read it, I barely remembered any of the context.