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Reality is Not What it Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity by Carlo Rovelli My rating: 4 of 5 stars An inspirational read despite some rather dense science involved. Carlo Rovelli does a good job and explaining complex scientific ideas to non-experts. His prose is well-written and quite beautiful. It isn’t all hard science as…
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The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper My rating: 4 of 5 stars An easy, light read that is good fun with a m/m romance that is very sweet. I am not typically either a YA or Romance reader so if you’re in the same boat; I found this definitely worth the read. It’s easy…
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Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham My rating: 3 of 5 stars Black Sunday follows the children of a fractured family who end up abandoned by both parents to live with their Grandmother in a poor Lagos neighbourhood. Twin older sisters Bibike and Ariyike are more in focus than their two younger brothers Andrew and…
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The Archived by Victoria Schwab My rating: 3 of 5 stars I read this as part of the #SchwabReadalong organised over Twitter/Booktube (twitter.com/schwabreadalong) and this was the first book of the schedule. I haven’t read Schwab before but have seen her pop up with both her YA and adult fantasy books as a recommended author…
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Final Cut by S.J. Watson My rating: 2 of 5 stars Note: this was an e-ARC courtesy of NetGalley and the publishers in exchange for an honest review. To me, one of the key features of a thriller or mystery book is that I can’t guess the ending. Unfortunately for Final Cut, I guessed the…
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The Arkhel Conundrum by Sarah Ash My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read the original trilogy shortly after publication and discovering there was to be a new instalment in the saga was a wonderful surprise. After 14 years, I certainly hadn’t expected a new book in the series! That’s also a reason I delayed…
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All Systems Red by Martha Wells My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a short novella introducing the character of Murderbot, a free agent security android on its final contract with a surveying team on an uninhabited world, as it tries to avoid interacting with the clients (the humans) as much as possible and…