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Apr 22

City of Pearl by Karen Traviss

Happy Earth day to all our lovely readers. Those of you who have been following our blog know that my partner and I have been doing a monthly themed read this year. We alternate picking books that fit the listed themes in the photo above and we read, discuss, and review them in our book journals. This month it was my partner’s turn to pick for April (either comedy or earth day related books).

I fully admit that I was judgmental about his book selection from the start and thought he was trying to play an April Fool’s joke on me. The kitschy cover and description of both the book and the author (“her work on Halo, Gears of War, Batman, G.I. Joe, and other major franchises has earned her a broad range of fans”) did nothing to make me feel better about the prospect of reading it. My initial reaction was to question how a science fiction book about aliens had even the remotest connection to an earth day theme. Science fiction is my least favorite genre, well maybe second to romance novels. After a few weeks of silent pouting and self-pitying, I pulled myself together and read the book.

Did I survive it? Keep reading to find out.

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