Jennifer

Jennifer, 1 day ago

@stina_marie @horror funny not funny 😳 With the excellent state leadership devoted to the well being of all citizens I'm sure it will be fixed in no time....

Jennifer, 1 day ago

@iyashikei_kris @ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon but enjoying life includes reading! 😄

Jennifer, 22 hours ago

@iyashikei_kris @ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon oh i gotcha! Yes definitely! And if I don't like a book I move on the something else 😁

Jennifer, 5 days ago

@Uair @bookstodon I think fantasy and sci-fi should be their own sections in bookstores and not grouped with anything. It annoys me that they're on the same shelves. Sci-fi and fantasy are split up in online bookstores. Mystery and horror also need to stay separate.

Jennifer, 12 days ago

@riggbeck @bookstodon I read that when I was young and I'm sure all the social commentary was over my head. That would be a good one to revisit!

Jennifer, 11 days ago

@franciscawrites @gevoel @octothorpe @bookstodon I hated the book. Not one single woman. I really like the Apple adaptation.

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@todwest @bookstodon thanks for the suggestion! I read that a long time ago. I'm looking for recent books, I have issues with a lot of the "classics."

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@MythingPerson @bookstodon I love those book, I've read all of them!

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@isaactly_s @bookstodon China Mieville is someone I haven't read who I'd like to try, thanks for the recommendation! I'll try Perdido Street Station, I just read the blurb and it sounds great!

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@tkinias @bookstodon I read those last year and loved them. It was such a unique concept! I don't mind some military adjacent stories, just not books that are totally set on military ships and the focus is on war stories. Like I tried Scalzi's Old Man's War and couldn't really get into it.

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@h2lift @bookstodon ooh thanks, I'll definitely take a look!

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@bhalpin @bookstodon I started the first book but didn't finish, I should give it another try.

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@tkinias @Cara @bookstodon I haven't read that one but I've heard of it!

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@todwest @bookstodon agree that the future is pretty terrifying. If you liked the Clarke books, you might like the Expanse series. It's set about 200 years in the future and people have colonized the solar system. It's an epic nine book series that's honestly the best sci-fi I've ever read. It's not an idealist future, it's pretty realistic and mostly character based and I guess that's why I like it.

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@MythingPerson @bookstodon Murderbot is one of my all-time favorite fictional characters! I read this great keynote Martha Wells gave about the series. https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/649804.html

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@SallyStrange @bookstodon ooh this sounds intriguing! I'll read the blurb!

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@LeslieES @bookstodon I read that and thought it was great! I think i saw that someone is making it into a movie!

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@kwheaton @isaactly_s @bookstodon I read Left Hand of Darkness for a book club and didn't really like it 😬 I greatly admire her though!

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@jens @todwest @bookstodon exactly. The TV show is VERY different from the books as far as characters. There is zero conflict within the Rocinante crew for one thing, I found that super annoying on the show. I thought the TV show was ok but the books are sooooooo much better. I haven't read Jack Reacher, I thought it might be too violent but I liked the first season of the TV show. I like historic fiction too, I'll check those out. A series I really like is Maisie Dobbs, set in post WWI era.

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@jens @todwest @bookstodon I watched the whole series and mostly enjoyed it, but I'd already read the books and kept having to explain things to my husband 😆 I will say the actor who played Amos was spot on, and later on there's a mashup of Drummer and Michio Pa and she's great too. I like the book series so much I have all the books and also all the audiobooks. The narrator is fabulous.

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@jens @todwest @bookstodon I really wanted to see what they did with Amos at the end of the last book!! You know what, lol. Sadly it ended with book 6.

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@jens @todwest @bookstodon I had some issues with Holden's ending, but overall agree. And loved the ending for Amos. Did you read the novella Sins of our Fathers? I was kinda annoyed book 9 didn't wrap up one storyline so the novella satisfied that. My favorite novella was Strange Dogs 😳😬

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@jens @todwest @bookstodon OMG you have to read them! So much additional information!

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@jens @todwest @bookstodon there's a collection now available so you buy them all instead of individually.

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@8petros @bookstodon thanks, I haven't heard of those first two! The Expanse is my favorite series!

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@DrorBedrack @bookstodon ooh I haven't read either of those, thanks!

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@LordWoolamaloo @bookstodon I haven't read those yet, thanks for the recommendation!

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@fskornia @bookstodon I have not read any of these, thanks!

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@jda @bookstodon excellent!

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@mariafarrell @bookstodon thanks!

Jennifer, 14 days ago

@thatgeoguy @bookstodon I loved it! But unfortunately do not like the sequels 😔

Jennifer, 13 days ago

@jpaskaruk @LordWoolamaloo @bookstodon blep!!

Jennifer, 15 days ago

@CultureDesk @bookstodon I read a lot of fiction but ran out of shelf space years ago so all my new fiction is ebooks. I do like some print nonfiction, so if I need to make room will donate books I probably won't read again to my library.

Jennifer, 20 days ago

@appassionato @palestine that's exactly what I was thinking last week while watching videos of police violently arresting peaceful protestors.

Jennifer, 25 days ago

@ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon I recently read that and really enjoyed it! It did take me a while to figure out what was going on but I loved the unique story.

Jennifer, 1 month ago

@LincolnRamirez @bookstodon I've only read Babel from this list. I absolutely loved it. Incredibly complex plot and characters, and it touches on a lot of social issues like colonialism, racism, sexism, etc. I thought about it long after I finished. Highly recommended.

Jennifer, 1 month ago

@LincolnRamirez @bookstodon I read the Poppy War and liked it ok. Babel was my favorite book of 2022.

Jennifer, 1 month ago

@ErikJonker @geopolitics yes?

Jennifer, 1 month ago

@jillrhudy @bookstodon this makes me so happy. 💙💚💜 I adore that book. I also highly recommend the audiobook, it's fabulous!! I listened to it after reading the book because I wanted to know what Lucy sounded like 😆

Jennifer, 1 month ago

@faab64 @palestine @israel source?

Jennifer, 1 month ago

@mondoweiss @palestine @israel I don't understand why they're doing this.

Jennifer, 1 month ago

@MagentaRocks @bookstodon I read that article yesterday and though it was bizarre. I love to read and have no trouble reading in the middle of the day. If I'm reading something especially engrossing, I'll read during my lunch break during the week and all day if I'm home on a weekend.

Jennifer, 1 month ago

@TootTropiques @bookstodon this looks weird! I just read the blurb and added it to my list.

Jennifer, 1 month ago

@mondoweiss @palestine @israel wow that makes a lot of sense

Jennifer, 1 month ago

@appassionato @palestine where is the article? I want to read the whole thing

Jennifer, 1 month ago

@NickEast @reading @fantasy @fantasybookstodon I LOVE THEM.

Jennifer, 1 month ago

@ArthurCopeland4 @Tinido @bookstodon @lesekreis I second Legends and Lattes, it's delightful! I have started the Glass Library series and it's also low stakes fantasy about a librarian in a world where magic exists. I'm enjoying it!

Jennifer, 1 month ago

@marcroberts @ChrisMayLA6 @Henrysbridge @bookstodon the actor who plays Amos doesn't look anything like the character I see in my head when I read the books, but he's absolutely perfect. He totally gets Amos. Although the TV series doesn't do the last three books ☹️