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It really kept me into from beginning to end definitely going to give the rest of the series a go

One of the most thought provoking books of 2020. Well worth a listen. Great performance, too.

I have a background in climate science, land protection, and sustainability. This book is more like a collection of scenario planning essays held together by a theme that progresses. It’s grounded in science and the ideas captured in a story narrative are interesting, but as a work of entertainment, it falls short. There is only..

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This is the first audio in the Valhalla AWOL narrated by Gary Bennett. The tale offered a modern-day Norse tale with humor and intriguing characters. Curry delivered a fresh tale, steering clear of familiar tropes and infusing Norse mythology into this urban fantasy. Our protagonist Magnus Gustav a.k.a. Mouse is a bouncer at a heavy..

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I was a fan of Ezra Klein’s podcast on Vox. The last episode has aired and he is going to the NYTimes. He is very smart, had terrific guests, and really cares about our environment. When he said that, in his opinion, this was the most important book of the year, I had all the..

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Not technically a bad book, but an adult or an avid reader of SciFi will find the MC moronically naive, clueless and generally unbelievable as someone who is supposedly an engineer with a previous stint in the military. The narrator isn’t bad if you like the smooth, calming tones of an NPR host. Not bad..

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I was enthralled with this book! It gets a little heavy and can be a touch of a bummer at some points… but evoking those types of emotion seems to be innate to the genre. what I really loved was the ideas of how social change would happen. has a solid internal logical consistency to..

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I got this book because it was on sale. I didn’t know anything about it or what to expect. I had just finished a different novel that had to do with space (not my typical book, just happened to work out that way) and I couldn’t help but make comparisons between that book and this..

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Alex’s parents are prominent archaeologists with the British university. Alex has grown up traveling all over the world on archaeological research with her parents and has been trained by them to be the best. Yet Alex has been traumatized by the death of her mother on an expedition and has not left home since. Until..

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One of the best books I read in 2020. Should be required reading for everyone.