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Tak!

Tak@reading.taks.garden

Joined 2 years, 6 months ago

I like to read

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Karen Traviss: Crossing the Line (2004, EOS) 4 stars

Shan Frankland forever abandoned the world she knew to come to the rescue of a …

Wine could well be an icon for your species. No wonder you base societies and ritual upon it. It’s the fruit of polluted excess. The yeast colony gorges itself on saccharides until it dies poisoned by its own excretion. It doesn’t know how to stop and it consumes itself to death.

Crossing the Line by 

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reviewed The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

Peter Brown: The Wild Robot (2016, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) 4 stars

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is …

An interesting young reader book about a robot who discovers the wild.

4 stars

A robot gets washed up on the shore of an isolated island and get activated. The robot, known as Roz, is designed to learn and serve humans. But on an island with no humans to serve, Roz does the only thing she can do, learn about the animals, communicate with them and serve them.

It doesn't go well at first, as the animals all avoid Roz. But then an accident lands Roz in the role of a mother to an orphan gosling. Now, Roz asks for advice on how to become a mother, and the animals are more forthcoming and helpful. The gosling thrives and grows up to love Roz.

Roz, in return, has turned into an asset for the island, especially during a very cold winter, where she helps some of the animals survive. But with the return of spring, Roz is finally discovered by humans, and there will …

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