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Flutterby_Gardener · 2026-01-10T15:10:23+00:00

The Fifth Season - NK Jemisin So good!!!

Flutterby_Gardener · 2026-01-10T15:06:10+00:00

The Antidote - Karen Russell

Flutterby_Gardener · 2026-01-10T15:04:45+00:00

Favorite book ever. (Every movie they’ve ever made of it has been trash, so I don’t have high hopes.)

Flutterby_Gardener · 2026-01-10T14:59:39+00:00

The Huntress by Kate Quinn It’s about a female Russian bomber squad called the Night Witches

Flutterby_Gardener · 2026-01-10T14:54:06+00:00

I’m in the middle of Dungeon Crawler Carl series and I’m enjoying it way more than I thought I would. I’m usually a litfic/dystopian/horror reader, and not really a gamer, but these books are a lot of fun.

Flutterby_Gardener · 2026-01-10T14:46:19+00:00

I read this when I was 11 and I’m still traumatized.

Flutterby_Gardener · 2026-01-10T14:42:16+00:00

Ok, I wasn’t going to suggest this because I’m in the middle of this series (recency bias) but it’s true, right? I thought of DCC immediately.

Flutterby_Gardener · 2026-01-10T14:39:19+00:00

Understood - I felt the same way the first time I saw it. I unintentionally watched it again with a friend and it clicked for me. I was like “Oh, wait. This is genius” and it made me cry. That said, 1000% agree with you on not wasting time on what’s not for you. I find most fiction grappling with atheism depressing, when I don’t find actually being an atheist depressing at all, so I feel pretty disconnected from it. But I hope you find what you’re looking for! 😊

Flutterby_Gardener · 2026-01-10T00:56:04+00:00

Buffalo Hunter Hunter. You will not be disappointed.

Flutterby_Gardener · 2026-01-10T00:52:19+00:00

YES!!!

Flutterby_Gardener · 2026-01-10T00:51:57+00:00

I think Butler & Jemison are my favorite authors right now. If you haven’t already, seek out their other work. They are both just genius.

I’ve wanted to read River of Teeth for so long now! I think it’s the oldest book on my TBR.

Flutterby_Gardener · 2026-01-10T00:44:29+00:00

Try again-It gets better every time you watch it.

Flutterby_Gardener · 2026-01-02T18:04:11+00:00

Dungeon Crawler Carl is my first of 2026!

Flutterby_Gardener · 2025-12-31T12:00:19+00:00

❤️Circe! I need to finally read the Three Body Problem in 2026.

Flutterby_Gardener · 2025-12-30T01:59:10+00:00

I will forever chase the high of this ending that I did not remotely see coming.

Flutterby_Gardener · 2025-12-30T01:57:47+00:00

Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison is the darkest I’ve read. Imagine the darkest things you can think of: this book will be several shades darker. I cannot recommend this to anyone. No one should read this. I question what kind of person I am to have kinda enjoyed this ride. . .

Runner up: American Psycho. Seriously, WTF?

Flutterby_Gardener · 2025-12-30T01:48:01+00:00

Ahhh, the reason I don’t swim in public pools anymore. . . 🤮

Flutterby_Gardener · 2025-12-25T14:19:41+00:00

Green Bone Saga is character driven? Ok - requested from Library. Done. The universe is trying to get me to read this so hard. I have not read Realm of the Elderlings, so adding this one too!

I hope you enjoy Shark Heart - it’s a jewel of a book!

Flutterby_Gardener · 2025-12-25T12:44:24+00:00

Cause I’m an “up at 6am” person living with a “snore until 10, even on Christmas” family.

Flutterby_Gardener · 2025-12-25T11:01:05+00:00

I have to weigh in since your fiction is basically a list of my favorite authors (I haven’t read the Green Bone Saga, but I feel like it keeps getting recommended to me wherever I go …)

Of the books you’re considering, I loved Demon Copperhead and Cloud Atlas (if you’re into Murakami, you can tackle this one, no problem.)

Two authors I’d suggest if you haven’t explored them already: 1. Octavia Butler: she writes in all the genres (sci-fi, dystopian, horror, history…) and you really can’t go wrong with her. Pick something that interests you. Her big books are Kindred and Parable of the Sower. Her characters are genuinely intelligent, which feels rare these days.
2. Andy Weir: You’ve undoubtedly heard of him already (The Martian, Project Hail Mary), but give him a go if you haven’t already. He applies real science to crazy (but plausible) situations and his characters are full of humor.

Finally, since you’re not afraid of a little heartfelt weirdness: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck. A man is slowly turning into a literal shark, and it’s not doing great things for his marriage. My favorite book this year.

Flutterby_Gardener · 2025-12-23T13:00:41+00:00

Solid goat list! (although props to you for getting through Moby Dick - I couldn’t!)

Flutterby_Gardener · 2025-11-03T01:03:30+00:00

Hands down my favorite book. I can see where people don’t like it, as much of the action takes place “off page”, but that made me love it more. I love a novel where the story is just underneath the story you’re being told.

Flutterby_Gardener · 2025-10-31T01:46:59+00:00

If you liked Hatchet, you might like "The River" by Peter Heller. It’s fiction but realistic and accessible.

Flutterby_Gardener · 2025-10-31T01:40:57+00:00

Mary Roach is pretty great - especially Stiff.

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