Rating: 5/5 A book about a smart-talking, snarky robot in love with space operas? What’s not to love?
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Audiobook Review : All Systems Red by Martha Wells
By amodini
Posted in 2023, 5_star_rating, adventure, audiobook, books, fun stuff, must listen, must read, sci-fi |
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Book Review : Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
By amodini
Posted in 2021, 2022, 5_star_rating, adventure, books, favorites, fun stuff, humor, must listen, must read, penguin_books, recommended, sci-fi, suspense, wit |
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Title : Project Hail MaryAuthor : Andy WeirGenre : Science fictionPublisher : PenguinRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Andy Weir’s first book The Martian is one of my favorite books of all time. I loved the book and I loved the film that was based on the book. Well, after that Weir wrote Artemis, which I tried reading […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Exhalation by Ted Chiang
By amodini
Posted in 2021, 3_star_rating, audiobook, books, imaginative, philosophical, random_house, sci-fi |
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Title : ExhalationAuthor : Frederik BackmanNarrators : Ted Chiang, Eduardo Ballerini, Dominic Hoffman, Amy LandonGenre : Sci-fiPublisher : Random House AudioListening Length : 11 hours 22 minutesRating : 3/5Narrator Rating : 3.5/5 I picked this audiobook of 9 separate tales because they were rooted in sci-fi. And they are, but they also attempt to answer […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
By amodini
Posted in 2020, 3.5_star_rating, dystopian, sci-fi |
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Title : Never Let Me Go Author : Kazoo Ishiguro Genre : Dystopian Publisher : Vintage Pages : 288 Rating : 3.5/5 Remains Of the Day remains one of my all-time favorites. And since Ishiguro is a master story-teller I had high hopes from Never Let Me Go. It is very different from Remains; where […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
By amodini
Posted in 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, dystopian, feminist, must listen, must read, random_house, recommended, sci-fi, suspense, women |
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Title : The Testaments Author : Margaret Atwood Narrators : Ann Dowd, Mae Whitman, Bryce Dallas Howard Genre : Dystopian/Sci-fi Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 13 hours 18 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 The Testaments is a sequel to The Handmaids Tale, set 15 years after the events of […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
By amodini
Posted in 2_star_rating, 2019, audiobook, dystopian, sci-fi, women |
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Title : When She Woke Author : Hillary Jordan Narrators : Heather Corrigan Genre : Dystopian Publisher : Highbridge Listening Length : 10 hours 47 minutes Rating : 2/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 When She Woke is a dystopian novel set in a future where reproductive rights have been curtailed and abortion is a crime. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Road by Cormac McCarthy
By amodini
Posted in 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, dystopian, must read, post-apocalyptic, recommended, sci-fi |
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Title : The Road Author : Cormac McCarthy Genre : Sci-fi (Post-apocalyptic) Narrators : Rupert Degas Listening Length : 5 hours Rating : 4.3/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 The Road is a post-apocalyptic novel, and it has for the most part only two characters a father and a son. Neither is named – the father […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
By amodini
Posted in 2018, 4_star_rating, books, culture and society, dystopian, feminist, houghton_mifflin_harcourt, must read, sci-fi, women |
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Title : The Handmaid’s Tale Author : Margaret Atwood Genre : Dystopian sci-fi Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Rating : 4/5 Set in a not-so-distant future, The Handmaid’s Tale is a horrifying look-see into what could happen were the baser tenets of patriarchy to take over the world. In this new world, governments, as we […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
By amodini
Posted in 2016, 3.5_star_rating, books, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi, series, suspense |
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Title : The 5th Wave Author : Rick Yancey Narrators : Brandon Espinoza, Phoebe Strole Genre : Sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic Publisher : Listening Library Listening Length : 12 hours 45 minutes Rating : 3.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 The aliens have come, and they are ridding the earth of its native population, the humans, before they […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carey
By amodini
Posted in 2014, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, hachette, must read, recommended, sci-fi |
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Title : The Girl With All The Gifts Author : M. R. Carey Narrators : Finty Williams Genre : Sci-fi Publisher : Hachette Audio Listening Length : 13 hours 4 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Melanie is a 10 year old girl. She is considered special. That is why she, and others […]
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