Five for me today! Regards, Kareni

I use a Kindle Fire, and the above is how I access personal messages. Regards, Kareni

Three again today! Regards, Kareni

Duck eggs ...and hope you don't get hit. Regards, Kareni

What do you do with top sheets? Sleep under them (one at a time). Regards, Kareni

A green three today! Regards, Kareni

I hope you'll enjoy The 5th Gender, @GailV! Interestingly, I've yet to read the author's Parasol Protectorate books. Regards, Kareni

And if you want to give the parents a laugh ~ Baby Blues: This is Going to be Tougher Than We Thought Regards, Kareni

I enjoyed two books by author Gail Carriger. The first, Crudrat: The Tinkered Stars, is a science fiction novel for young adults. It featured a teen on a space orbital who was cast out by her people at a very young age because her genetic tinkering was not deemed successful. She is one of many children who survive by scraping crud from dangerous scythes until they die or grow too big to do the work. When the story begins, she has been booted out of her work and an alien has arrived on the orbital. "Maura is doomed to starve. Her space station has no further use for her. New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger brings you a fast-paced young adult scifi adventure featuring a capable heroine, her adorable pet, and the alien they accidentally rescue. Abandoned Outcast Crudrat With only her crud-eating murmel and a fuzzy alien stranger to help, Maura must find a way to survive, before they catch her and blow what’s left of her life into space. In the far future, on a space-port the size of a city, crudrats scrape out a meager living cleaning the great machines that generate usable power. Only children can safely traverse the cramped tunnels and the massive blades that harvest crud. But one misstep and a crudrat gets caught on a blade edge and killed. Like rats, they scurry through the bulkheads, duty-bound to clean the air ducts so everyone else can breathe. But, when they grow too big to be useful, they become outcasts. Now one of the forgotten, Maura might just be able to turn rejection into escape – if she’s resourceful enough." ** I also enjoyed rereading The 5th Gender: A Tinkered Stars Mystery. This book is set in the same universe as the above book but features significant adult content and was released under the author's pen name, G. L. Carriger. "A species that has no word for murder has a murderer aboard their spaceship! New York Times bestselling romantic comedy author Gail Carriger (writing as G.L. Carriger) brings you a cozy sci-fi mystery featuring an adorable lavender alien with noodly hair and his human crush. ALIEN Tristol lives in exile. But he’s built a life for himself aboard a massive space station. He’s even begun to understand the complex nuances of human courting rituals. Detective Hastion is finally flirting back! MURDER Except that Tristol’s beloved adopted home is unexpectedly contacted by the galoi – a xenophobic species with five genders, purple skin, and serious attitude. They need the help of a detective because there’s a murderer aboard their spaceship. Murder is so rare, the galoi don’t even have a word for it. Tristol knows this because he is galoi. ROMANCE Which means that he and Detective Hastion are on the case… together." /// Regards, Kareni

@Kassia, I'm so pleased to hear that you enjoyed Big and also All the Colors of Life; they are lovely reads! Regards, Kareni

Four once more. Ooh, very nice! Regards, Kareni

Four again today! Regards, Kareni

Four today! Regards, Kareni

For my book group tonight, I read On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. I found it a sad, rather depressing, book; I am curious to hear what the others thought about it. "On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family’s history that began before he was born — a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam — and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity. Asking questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are in addiction, violence, and trauma, but undergirded by compassion and tenderness, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the power of telling one’s own story as it is about the obliterating silence of not being heard. With stunning urgency and grace, Ocean Vuong writes of people caught between disparate worlds, and asks how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who we are. The question of how to survive, and how to make of it a kind of joy, powers the most important debut novel of many years." Regards, Kareni

Four here! Regards, Kareni

Two bookish posts ~ From the Word Wenches site: WWR (What we're reading) Also Jo Walton’s Reading List: February 2024 Regards, Kareni

Sending positive thoughts for you all, @dirty ethel rackham. Regards, Kareni

Five today! Regards, Kareni

I continued on with my Linesman series reread and just finished Confluence by S. K. Dunstall. I enjoyed it once again. If interested in reading the series, do start with Linesman. Regards, Kareni

Four today! Regards, Kareni

I finished yet another reread of Alliance (A Linesman Novel Book 2) by S. K. Dunstall. /// Regards, Kareni

Two today! Regards, Kareni

Enjoy your visit, @Starr! My daughter lives in South Korea and routinely does the Wordle hours and hours before we (in the US) can. Regards, Kareni

Six for me! Regards, Kareni

Four today! Regards, Kareni