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TV & Books Update

We just finished watching the animated space show Scavengers Reign on Max. I loved how alien the planet is (so many really neat creatures), and how creative it is visually! Plus it has heart, too. It could do with a pinch more found family but otherwise it's got everything I love in a space epic. I hope they get picked up for season two.




I read the first two books of the The Raven Cycle series after seeing it on tumblr for awhile. Wow I love all of the characters! And the writing is beautiful. The third book finally became available on Libby :D

I started reading The Bee Sting by Paul Murray, but I couldn't finish it halfway through. The mother's point of view was just a wall of run-on sentences!!

I also started Masters of the Air the book, but it's coming due on Libby already. I got through almost 300 pages. Don Miller is an interesting writer, but the flow is really throwing me off. If his main focus is going to be John Egan, than intersperse him between chapters instead of constantly repeating how doomed the air war was. He's making his hero flyboys look stupid for even undertaking such a shitty mission in the first place, and I'm not sure that's what he's going for.
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[personal profile] profiterole_reads 2024-05-14 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you're enjoying The Raven Cycle. These are really cool books. I still haven't found the time to read The Dreamers Trilogy, which takes place afterwards.
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[personal profile] impala_chick 2024-05-15 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Oh neat, I didn't know there were even more books after the first four!
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[personal profile] goodbyebird 2024-05-14 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Scavengers Reign very much looks like my vibe. Thanks for the rec!
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[personal profile] impala_chick 2024-05-15 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
I hope you enjoy :) Very cool icon, btw.
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[personal profile] muccamukk 2024-05-14 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Don Miller's desire to have his cake and eat it too re the Air War just... doesn't work for me. Why on earth did they pick THAT book?
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[personal profile] impala_chick 2024-05-21 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
What's even more strange is that they asked him to be a writer on the show??!! The book is readable, but I'm quite amazed at how dumb he's making everyone sound - and yet that wasn't the vibe of the show. I do want to finish the book, once it's available again.
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[personal profile] soundandvision 2024-06-04 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I LOVE the Raven Cycle books and the Dreamer Triology.
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[personal profile] impala_chick 2024-06-07 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
I'm reading The Raven King right now. I'm STILL thinking about the Irish Elks and the crazy scene from the ending of Book III when they find Blue's mom!

The Dreamer trilogy is the one that takes place after The Raven Cycle? I'm excited that there are more books to read :D
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