
It’s SciFi Month! Squeeee-eeeeeee!
I don’t normally do this announcing-my-plans stuff because I am really not that organised (and I don’t often have a plan!), but I feel like squeeing today. So, this is what you can expect from me this November:
Item one: There are going to be thoughts on Ian McDonald’s Luna trilogy. Maybe some feelings too. You have been warned.
Item two: Maryam the Curious SFF Reader and I will share our buddy-read discussion about Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh. I am particularly excited about this because I had an absolute blast reading Terra-Two with Maryam.
Item three: I will finally read Arkady Martine’s Hugo Award-winning A Memory Called Empire after a great deal of prevarication and will present my findings in due course.
Item four: I’ll catch up with Esen and Paul in the third volume of Julie E Czerneda’s Webshifters series Hidden in Sight and will squee over their adventures in my usual fashion (You know, try as I might, I just cannot call what I do here ‘reviewing’ – I’ll do anything to avoid using the word ‘review’ … which suggests an objectivity and professionalism that I lack, completely and utterly. I just stared at the screen for five minutes before typing out the Esen and Paul sentence because I couldn’t think of a way to say that I’d write about Hidden in Sight without using the word ‘review’ … can’t, won’t, don’t make me!).
Item five: (No-one is more surprised than me that I have an item five here!) And I’m taking part in the SciFi Month read-along of Golden Witchbreed by Mary Gentle, which I am very excited about because (a) my delightfully battered second-hand copy of this is blurbed by Anne McCaffrey, who describes the story as “gloriously alien” (she couldn’t have used two better words to get my attention); and (b) read-alongs are my new favourite thing and I might just be a little bit addicted to them now …
There are also some daily prompts that I’m tempted to do something with. I usually enjoy mucking about with prompts on Instagram, but I might try a Twitter thing this month. I’m still thinking about that … those of you who’ve seen me on Twitter will know I’m oddly incompetent over there, so it may all go pear-shaped. We’ll see.
Ooo, that reminds me: go watch this little music video for a giggle. I catch myself singing this on a far-too-regular basis (“Come cheer up my lads, come cheer up my lads …”).
Ooh, this all sounds like a lot of fun, looking forward to reading it!
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Sounds like an awesome month!! Look forward to see what you think of Memory
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Golden Witchbreed… I‘ve read that in the 80s and nearly forgotten it 😁
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😄 I’m really looking forward to reading it!
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Yessss SciFi month is a-go! Looking forward to your not-reviews of the Luna trilogy, they sounded like something I’d love when we chatted about them briefly a little while ago.
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They’re incredible books. I heartily recommend them! 😃
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Lots of squee’ing going on here. Do you have a permit for this amount of squee’ing? Or do I need to call the Squee Patrol?
Sounds like you’re going to have a fun month. I hope it all turns out just as you want 😀 I am glad that buddy reads seem to be working so well for you.
I’d say you’re well prepped for take off. *salutes*
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*returns salute* thank you, sir!
As for the squeeing … I don’t suppose I could ask you to turn a blind eye could I? Didn’t know I needed a permit … 😬🤣
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I’ll let you off with a warning, this time! But don’t let it happen again.
Unauthorized squee’ing is no laughing matter!
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Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. *gives best salute* 🤣
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THIS: “I don’t normally do this announcing-my-plans stuff because I am really not that organised” 🤣 🤣 🤣 I respect people who are able to schedule posts weeks in advance but I’m usually just winging it at the last moment lol. The only scheduled post I have is our discussion of Terra Two!
I’m so excited for Sci-Fi Month, it’s my favorite event of the year! 😀
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Agreed, I have massive respect for all the schedulers out there! 😃
I’m usually writing and posting immediately after and feel very pleased with myself (with both of us!) that we have our buddy-read scheduled! 😊
SciFi Month looks like it’s going to be a blast this year! 😁
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I also tend to write, edit and post immediately after. In my 5 years of blogging, I think I have scheduled two posts haha.
And yes, I’m glad our post is written and scheduled, I feel like a real blogger now! 🤣
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Terra Two is seriously one of my all time favorites, can’t wait to hear your thoughts😁
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Curious how you’ll feel about Arkady. Have Fun!
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Thank you! 😃
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Yay, bring on ScifiMonth! It’s my favorite blogging event of the year and I love that it’s so casual. I don’t do a lot of planning either, or I tend to change things a lot on the fly. I have a very rough plan this year, but mostly I’m playing things by ear 🙂
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Let’s hear it for flying by the seat of our pants! Woo! 😄
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Damn you for including that video at the end, even though it’s the most joyous thing ever! 😁
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😄 sorry-not-sorry? 😄
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Oh my! That video is hilarious!!! 😀
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Tee hee! Glad you enjoyed it. 😃 I like the way ‘Data’ dances – it creases me up!
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Nothing incompetent about you my dear ❤ I hope you have fun this month.
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Aww, thank you Annemieke. ❤
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I do usually take part in this event but this year has gone to hell in a handcart! I should have tried some seat of the pants style posts but I simply haven’t read any sci-fi this last few months and I’m desperately playing catch up because October was all pear shaped. I hope you’re having a great tine 😀
Lynn 😀
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Hope you’re doing ok, Lynne? ❤
I am enjoying it, thank you.
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