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Shay is starting Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
Rereading this bc its great and I recommended it to somebody and its been a while since I'd read it the first time.
Sep 07, 2021 09:58AM Add a comment
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)

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Shay is 60% done with Kings of the Wyld (The Band, #1)
After having to renew my library loan of this twice I'm giving up and putting it in the DNF stack. I'm a bit bummed because its clear that this is a well written book, I just don't think I'm the intended audience. I'm over halfway through the book and I still just don't care about these characters.

I'll be recommending it to other people as I see fit, but its just not for me.
Jan 23, 2021 09:59AM Add a comment
Kings of the Wyld (The Band, #1)

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Shay is starting Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower
First page and I'm already hooked by the absurd hilarity of this conversation between the witch and Floralinda.
Dec 30, 2020 07:27AM Add a comment
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower

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Shay is 85% done with Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)
“I’ll be right back,” he said. “Try not to get eaten by a bunyip because you think it needs a square meal, a’right?” He turned and lumbered back into the swamp.
Jul 01, 2020 11:55AM Add a comment
Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

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Shay is 15% done with Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)
Thou Shalt Not Denude the Airplane’s Cheese Selection.
Jun 30, 2020 11:59PM Add a comment
Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

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Shay is 20% done with The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
And right here is the point of the book. I'm sold.

“Gentlemen. Mrs. York. There is a saying in Switzerland, ‘Ne pas mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier,’ which you will know in English as, ‘Do not put all your eggs in one basket.’ The United Nations feels that, in addition to reducing the damage here on Earth, we must also look beyond our planet. It is time, gentlemen, to colonize outer space.”
Apr 27, 2020 12:43AM Add a comment
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)

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Shay is 15% done with The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
“No, but I think this could be an extinction event.”

Well, shit. Maybe this isn't the right time to be reading this book. Too late now, I'm already too engrossed.
Apr 27, 2020 12:21AM Add a comment
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)

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Shay is on page 51 of 608 of Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
I love the word Arachnomorphic!
Feb 03, 2020 11:18PM Add a comment
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)

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Shay is on page 23 of 608 of Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
Just finished reading chapter 1.2 "Brave Little Huntress", and I'm really loving the writing style.

The POV character (because calling her a protagonist is somehow wrong) in chapter 1.1 reminded me a lot of the cold, brilliant, calculating scientists in Seanan McGuire's fiction, which is a mind I want to see more of. I love an "evil" scientist whose motives are so utterly relatable.
Feb 03, 2020 10:52PM Add a comment
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)

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Shay is 72% done with A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers, #1)
Something about the pacing of this book is throwing me off. Not necessarily in a bad way, just in a way that I'm not used to. But I really like the role that Armin is playing in this story, and I'm really glad that Nilah has had something to contribute and has seemed to be growing up through this whole ordeal.
Dec 01, 2019 11:19AM Add a comment
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers, #1)

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Shay is 33% done with The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
"Because if she could just erase her past then she could write herself into whoever she wanted to be in the present. "

This book is hitting me right in the gut. I just relate so much to Rin. Growing up mistreated and knowing that you were more than that and fighting tooth and nail to get beyond it is my story, and Kuang keeps using the same mental verbiage I use and that just knocks the breathe out of me.
Nov 11, 2019 08:50PM Add a comment
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

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Shay is 16% done with The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
This books has a similar flavor to The Stone in the Skull by Elizabeth Bear to me, but I can definitely also see it appealing to people who liked A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan. I'm a fan of both so I'm really enjoying the world that Samantha Shannon is building here.
May 21, 2019 02:41PM Add a comment
The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

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Shay is starting Orconomics (The Dark Profit Saga, #1)
"He was the sort of rural soul who had more fingers than teeth—and he was missing several fingers."

This is going to be a funny book, I can already tell.
Jul 14, 2018 11:46AM Add a comment
Orconomics (The Dark Profit Saga, #1)

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Shay is on page 140 of 343 of The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
you know, I put off reading this book because after Old Man's War I was so sure that Scalzi couldn't match its amazingness. But here we are in a sequel that's only got maybe two characters from the previous book and I'm still hooked. Scalzi is so amazing at pushing past the tropes and making you really wonder the big questions.
Apr 04, 2018 03:43PM Add a comment
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)

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Shay is 11% done with Staked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #8)
I really hope this turns into a sort of boarding school for druids. I'd read an entire book of just that. Except that I'm not 100% sure that Owen is the right person to be teaching it...
Feb 26, 2018 02:15PM Add a comment
Staked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #8)

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Shay is starting Staked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #8)
There are few voice actors who embody their audiobook characters as well as Luke Daniels as Atticus O'Sullivan. I really appreciate whoever cast him.
Feb 26, 2018 10:29AM Add a comment
Staked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #8)

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Shay is 76% done with Magician's Gambit (The Belgariad #3)
Slowly but surely working my way through this one.

Setting it down for now, will pick it back up again later.
Feb 19, 2018 01:10PM Add a comment
Magician's Gambit (The Belgariad #3)

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Shay is 66% done with Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)
I know that there's a lot to cover, but this one has some really slow, dragging moments.
Feb 06, 2018 01:55PM Add a comment
Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

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Shay is 80% done with Ashes of Honor (October Daye, #6)
Ok, I didn't think about how useful super healing would be for getting out of ropes.
Jan 25, 2018 09:54AM Add a comment
Ashes of Honor (October Daye, #6)

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Shay is 8% done with Ashes of Honor (October Daye, #6)
So, we still don't know who Quentin's parents are. I'm betting that they're the High King and Queen. That would elevate the politics of the series to a whole new level, which Seanan is good at.
Jan 23, 2018 02:30PM Add a comment
Ashes of Honor (October Daye, #6)

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Shay is 89% done with One Salt Sea (October Daye, #5)
Whoops, there it is. The elfshot is the same as Whalter was telling her about. Connor's going to die.
Jan 23, 2018 12:15PM Add a comment
One Salt Sea (October Daye, #5)

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