I didn't finish it; too bleak
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mia rated All Systems Red: 5 stars
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …
mia commented on A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (Oprah's Book Club (44))
With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this …
mia rated Never Anyone But You: 5 stars
mia rated Horror of Haglin House: 3 stars
mia rated Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?: 5 stars
mia rated Nour's Secret Library: 5 stars
Nour's Secret Library by Wafa' Tarnowska, Vali Mintzi
Forced to take shelter when their Syrian city is plagued with bombings, young Nour and her cousin begin to bravely …
mia finished reading Nour's Secret Library by Wafa' Tarnowska
Forced to take shelter when their Syrian city is plagued with bombings, young Nour and …
Gorgeous. The power of books, and hope in times of war.
mia rated The curse of the house of foskett: 4 stars
The curse of the house of foskett by M. R. C. Kasasian (The Gower St Detective -- 2)
125 Gower Street, 1882: Sidney Grice once had a reputation as London's most perspicacious personal detective. But since his last …
mia finished reading Miss Pym disposes by Josephine Tey
Even Miss Pym—lecturer at an English woman's college—agreed that final exam week was a rather …
I enjoyed it except for the outdated figures of speech - I can see why publishers create modern versions without casual racism, as it spoils the rest of the book somewhat.
mia rated Yellowface: 4 stars
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
What's the harm in a pseudonym? New York Times bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, …
mia finished reading Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
What's the harm in a pseudonym? New York Times bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not …
At various points it read like a heist / ghost story / thriller / critique of structural racism, all set in the cut throat world of publishing.
mia finished reading In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Despite his aversion to war, work, and most people (human or otherwise), teenaged Elliott, a …
Fantastic!