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Top 5 Extraordinary SF books for beginners
Whether you are coming from YA, Literary Fiction, or just love a classic book, I believe there is a SF for everyone. Here are my top recommendations for beginner science fiction readers, who want to try something new and have no idea where to start!
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Artemis review: Andy Weir’s worst book is still pretty good!
Artemis is not generally regarded as Weir’s best book out there. Artemis follows the story of the smuggler Jasmine “Jazz” Bashara, who lives in the first city on the Moon. This book is not supposed to be some kind of great space opera that requires a great character to get us through.
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Book Review: Babel by R.F. Kuang | Powerful Yet Jarring
So, I picked up Babel by R. F. Kuang, my first Dark Academia read, and it blew me away. It dives into heavy themes like colonialism and language, all set in an enchanting Oxford. While some characters felt underdeveloped, the story’s twists and political commentary kept me hooked. Can’t wait for Katabasis!
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War of the Worlds new 2025 adaptation failed – Book vs Film review
As bad reviews keep coming in, we should not forget where all of this started: the H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, showing the struggle for survival
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King of Scars Duology by Leigh Bardugo – Review
A review of King of Scars Duology by Leigh Bardugo, exploring both books at once as a whole story rather than two separate volumes.
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My Grandmother Sends her Regards and Apologises
A nice refreshing book, written by a Swedish author, with a gentle yet really good humour. The book transports the reader to a block with multiple families whose stories are blended together by a single person with a big heart but a little crazy – a granny! Of course, in order to be a granny,…
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The Binding by Bridgett Collins
The binding was a dark fantasy tale, transporting you to a time and a world where people would use bookbinders to take their memories away. It is a practice associated with magic in the small communities, but in the larger one it’s already considered a business. People would take their memories out to sell the…
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The Selection by Kiera Cass
3 / 5 STARS I’ll start this by saying I’m going through maybe the busiest period of my life right now. In the past few years I read a lot less than I used to when I was younger and I really miss the feeling of being drawn into a book, lost between its pages,…
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E-readers vs Books
E-readers vs books… Delicate subject, I might say? Why so? Because it is kind of delicate for myself. I love books – I love the smell, the colours of the covers, and the textures of covers/paper inside. There is a lot of work put in book manufacturing – thinking about the design, the type of…
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La Belle Sauvage by Phillip Pullman
La Belle Sauvage ISBN: 0375815309 (ISBN13: 9780375815300) Edition Language: English Series: The Book of Dust #1 Characters: Lyra Belacqua, Malcolm Polstead, Nur Huda el-Wahabi setting: England Literary Awards: Odyssey Award Nominee (2018), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2017), Waterstones Book of the Year (2017), The World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Book (2018)…
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