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Monday, January 31, 2022

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #556, January 31st

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!
What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #555
Teaser Tuesday #563
WWW Wednesday #563
WOW #559
Will the Time Come #556
Third Sentence Thursday #546
Random Reads #532
First Lines Friday #559
Book Blogger Hop #225
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Saturday, January 29, 2022

Week 4: The Original

From Goodreads:
Hugo Award-winning authors Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal team up in this exclusive audio-first production of The Original, a sci-fi thriller set in a world where one woman fights to know her true identity and survive the forces that threaten her very existence.

In the near future, humans choose life for a price. Injectable nanite technology is the lifeblood that flows through every individual wishing to experience the world through the lens of their own theme. While death from mortal wounds is still possible, life is made easier in a socially liberated society where automation and income equality allow passion pursuits to flourish over traditional work. Renewal stations are provided to every law-abiding citizen for weekly check-ins, which issue life-sustaining repairs in exchange for personal privacy. But what becomes of those who check out, of those who dare to resist immortality and risk being edited under the gaze of an identity-extracting government surveillance system?

When Holly Winseed wakes up in a hospital room, her memory compromised and a new identity imposed on her, a team of government agents wastes no time stating their objective. With intent to infiltrate and defeat the terrorist group ICON, the agents tell Holly that she is now a Provisional Replica and has one week to hunt down and kill her Original for the murder of her husband, Jonathan. If she succeeds, shell assume her Originals place in society. If she fails, her life will end.

Holly's progress is monitored by an assigned contact that feeds her information as she confronts the blank, robotic world around her, discovering that others view life through the theme of their own choosing. With her newly implanted combat and deduction skills, Holly fends off both attacks by terrorists and doubts about her own trustworthiness as clues lead her to her Original and to the truth about Jonathan. In the end, one body remains and one walks away. Although questions persist, one thing is certain: life will never be the same. 

My Review:
Wow, I enjoyed reading this book so much! The idea of a copy being made of a person-so they can hunt their original down-was so interesting, and I had a great time reading it! I listened to this audiobook in 1.5x speed, which is about my normal, and it was so great! 

The technology in this world is pretty stunning. That people could back up their memories, so that if they died, they could be reborn with everything up to that point-so cool. But that the government, in special cases, when you've committed a crime, to create a replica from those memories to hunt you down! It's so interesting! 

This book was part mystery, of hunting down her original, of finding out about the death of her husband, and part social commentary on technology. Because the average person has a device that you can program themes-and it can also, as Holly finds out, block out things. Like when she went to the forest campsite, that was an eye-opener!

That reveal of what happened, why all of this was happening, wow was it shocking! But it made absolute sense, and it was really excellently plotted, and I really enjoyed that! It all came together very well! 

That ending was just pure evil, it's so ambiguous, it could've been the original, or it could've been the copy we'd been following who said that. And we don't know which! And I desperately want to know! I really hope we get a sequel, because I just need more! 

Loved this so much, and I really hope we get a sequel! 

Authors: Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal, Narrated by Julia Whelan
Read: January 24th, 2022
Source: Library
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2022 Book! 
Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
Published: September 14th 2020
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars
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Monday, January 24, 2022

Page-a-Thon Update 40

So I read my next book for Page-a-Thon, and it was The Original and I'll be reading Public Enemies next! 

My Reading Journey:

Nightrender by Jodi Meadows
Started On: January 1st 
Finished On: January 1st, 11:04 PM
Pages Read: 368

Miss Moriarty, I Presume by Sherry Thomas
Started On: January 2nd
Finished On: January 2nd, 7:40 PM
Pages Read: 357

A Relative Murder by Jude Deveraux
Started On: January 3rd
Finished On: January 3rd, 4:50 PM
Pages Read: 400

Criminal by Terra Elan McVoy
Started On: January 3rd
Finished On: January 3rd, 10:09 PM
Pages Read: 304

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Illustrated by Lisa Sterle
Started On: January 4th
Finished On: January 4th, 10:05 PM
Pages Read: 224

Lake Silence by Anne Bishop
Started On: January 5th
Finished On: January 5th, 8:38 PM
Pages Read: 433

Crowbones by Anne Bishop
Started On: January 6th
Finished On: January 6th, 6:58 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Lost Adventures Anthology
Started On: January 7th
Finished On: January 7th, 9:5 PM
Pages Read: 240

Straight On Till Morning by Liz Braswell 
Started On: January 8th
Finished On: January 8th, 2:38 PM
Pages Read: 496

Jade Fire Gold by June C.L. Tan
Started On: January 8th
Finished On: January 8th, 5:52 PM
Pages Read: 464

Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
Started On: January 8th
Finished On: January 8th, 9:35 PM
Pages Read: 302

Killman Creek by Rachel Caine
Started On: January 9th
Finished On: January 9th, 6:02 PM
Pages Read: 343

Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine
Started On: January 9th
Finished On: January 9th, 10:38 PM
Pages Read: 334

Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor's Guide to the Underworld by Seanan McGuire
Started On: January 10th
Finished On: January 10th, 5:15 PM
Pages Read: 439

A Phoenix Must First Burn Anthology
Started On: January 10th
Finished On: January 10th, 8:22 PM
Pages Read: 364

Lies Like Poison by Chelsea Pitcher
Started On: January 11th
Finished On: January 11th, 10:32 PM
Pages Read: 304

Katara and the Pirate's Silver by Faith Erin Hicks and Peter Wartman, Illustrated by Adele Matera
Started On: January 12th
Finished On: January 12th, 6:12 PM
Pages Read: 80

Love at First Spite by Anna E. Collins 
Started On: January 13th
Finished On: January 13th, 4:00 AM
Pages Read: 320

Taking the Heat by Brenda Novak 
Started On: January 13th
Finished On: January 13th, 7:52 PM
Pages Read: 384

Death Over the Garden Wall by Honor Raconteur
Started On: January 14th
Finished On: January 14th, 6:45 PM
Pages Read: 281

Wanderlust by Ann Aguire
Started On: January 15th
Finished On: January 15th, 6:26 PM
Pages Read: 320

Mortal Danger by Ann Aguirre
Started On: January 15th
Finished On: January 15th, 10:44 PM
Pages Read: 372

Electric Idol by Katee Robert
Started On: January 16th
Finished On: January 16th, 9:57 PM
Pages Read: 387

Seven Mercies by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May
Started On: January 17th
Finished On: January 17th, 8:52 PM
Pages Read: 464

Electric Idol by Katee Robert
Started On: January 18th
Finished On: January 18th, 9:59 AM
Pages Read: 387

The Purveli by Dianne Duvall
Started On: January 18th
Finished On: January 18th, 7:41 PM
Pages Read: 347

All Rights Reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis 
Started On: January 18th
Finished On: January 18th, 11:44 PM
Pages Read: 400

A Desperate Search by Amanda Stevens
Started On: January 19th
Finished On: January 19th, 8:10 PM
Pages Read: 256

Someone is Watching by Amanda Stevens
Started On: January 19th
Finished On: January 19th, 10:31 PM
Pages Read: 256

Suki, Alone by Faith Erin Hicks, Illustrated by Peter Wartman
Started On: January 20th
Finished On: January 20th, 10:11 PM
Pages Read: 80

So This Is Love by Elizabeth Lim 
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 10:04 AM 
Pages Read: 416

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 2:53 PM 
Pages Read: 409

The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon 
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 8:32 PM
Pages Read: 560

A Plague of Zombies by Diana Gabaldon
Started On: January 21st
Finished: On: January 21st, 9:41 PM
Pages Read: 94

Besieged by Diana Gabaldon
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 10:37 PM
Pages Read: 77

Thronebreakers by Rebecca Coffindaffer
Started On: January 22nd
Finished On: January 22nd, 10:15 PM
Pages Read: 384

Batten Down the Belfry by Diane Kelly
Started On: January 23rd
Finished On: January 23rd, 10:32 PM
Pages Read: 320

Carrie Pilby by Caren Lissner 
Started On: January 23rd
Finished On: January 23rd, 2:01 PM
Pages Read: 336

The Mister by E.L. James
Started On: January 23rd
Finished On: January 23rd, 5:40 PM
Pages Read: 503

The Original by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal
Started On: January 24th
Finished On: January 24th, 12:06 PM
Pages Read: 196

Public Enemies by Ann Aguirre
Started On: January 
Currently On: Page 0 of 384

Goal: 25
Read: 40
Pages Read: 13046
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Sunday, January 23, 2022

Page-a-Thon Update 39

So I read my next book for Page-a-Thon, and it was The Mister and I'll be reading The Original next! 

My Reading Journey:

Nightrender by Jodi Meadows
Started On: January 1st 
Finished On: January 1st, 11:04 PM
Pages Read: 368

Miss Moriarty, I Presume by Sherry Thomas
Started On: January 2nd
Finished On: January 2nd, 7:40 PM
Pages Read: 357

A Relative Murder by Jude Deveraux
Started On: January 3rd
Finished On: January 3rd, 4:50 PM
Pages Read: 400

Criminal by Terra Elan McVoy
Started On: January 3rd
Finished On: January 3rd, 10:09 PM
Pages Read: 304

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Illustrated by Lisa Sterle
Started On: January 4th
Finished On: January 4th, 10:05 PM
Pages Read: 224

Lake Silence by Anne Bishop
Started On: January 5th
Finished On: January 5th, 8:38 PM
Pages Read: 433

Crowbones by Anne Bishop
Started On: January 6th
Finished On: January 6th, 6:58 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Lost Adventures Anthology
Started On: January 7th
Finished On: January 7th, 9:5 PM
Pages Read: 240

Straight On Till Morning by Liz Braswell 
Started On: January 8th
Finished On: January 8th, 2:38 PM
Pages Read: 496

Jade Fire Gold by June C.L. Tan
Started On: January 8th
Finished On: January 8th, 5:52 PM
Pages Read: 464

Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
Started On: January 8th
Finished On: January 8th, 9:35 PM
Pages Read: 302

Killman Creek by Rachel Caine
Started On: January 9th
Finished On: January 9th, 6:02 PM
Pages Read: 343

Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine
Started On: January 9th
Finished On: January 9th, 10:38 PM
Pages Read: 334

Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor's Guide to the Underworld by Seanan McGuire
Started On: January 10th
Finished On: January 10th, 5:15 PM
Pages Read: 439

A Phoenix Must First Burn Anthology
Started On: January 10th
Finished On: January 10th, 8:22 PM
Pages Read: 364

Lies Like Poison by Chelsea Pitcher
Started On: January 11th
Finished On: January 11th, 10:32 PM
Pages Read: 304

Katara and the Pirate's Silver by Faith Erin Hicks and Peter Wartman, Illustrated by Adele Matera
Started On: January 12th
Finished On: January 12th, 6:12 PM
Pages Read: 80

Love at First Spite by Anna E. Collins 
Started On: January 13th
Finished On: January 13th, 4:00 AM
Pages Read: 320

Taking the Heat by Brenda Novak 
Started On: January 13th
Finished On: January 13th, 7:52 PM
Pages Read: 384

Death Over the Garden Wall by Honor Raconteur
Started On: January 14th
Finished On: January 14th, 6:45 PM
Pages Read: 281

Wanderlust by Ann Aguire
Started On: January 15th
Finished On: January 15th, 6:26 PM
Pages Read: 320

Mortal Danger by Ann Aguirre
Started On: January 15th
Finished On: January 15th, 10:44 PM
Pages Read: 372

Electric Idol by Katee Robert
Started On: January 16th
Finished On: January 16th, 9:57 PM
Pages Read: 387

Seven Mercies by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May
Started On: January 17th
Finished On: January 17th, 8:52 PM
Pages Read: 464

Electric Idol by Katee Robert
Started On: January 18th
Finished On: January 18th, 9:59 AM
Pages Read: 387

The Purveli by Dianne Duvall
Started On: January 18th
Finished On: January 18th, 7:41 PM
Pages Read: 347

All Rights Reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis 
Started On: January 18th
Finished On: January 18th, 11:44 PM
Pages Read: 400

A Desperate Search by Amanda Stevens
Started On: January 19th
Finished On: January 19th, 8:10 PM
Pages Read: 256

Someone is Watching by Amanda Stevens
Started On: January 19th
Finished On: January 19th, 10:31 PM
Pages Read: 256

Suki, Alone by Faith Erin Hicks, Illustrated by Peter Wartman
Started On: January 20th
Finished On: January 20th, 10:11 PM
Pages Read: 80

So This Is Love by Elizabeth Lim 
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 10:04 AM 
Pages Read: 416

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 2:53 PM 
Pages Read: 409

The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon 
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 8:32 PM
Pages Read: 560

A Plague of Zombies by Diana Gabaldon
Started On: January 21st
Finished: On: January 21st, 9:41 PM
Pages Read: 94

Besieged by Diana Gabaldon
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 10:37 PM
Pages Read: 77

Thronebreakers by Rebecca Coffindaffer
Started On: January 22nd
Finished On: January 22nd, 10:15 PM
Pages Read: 384

Batten Down the Belfry by Diane Kelly
Started On: January 23rd
Finished On: January 23rd, 10:32 PM
Pages Read: 320

Carrie Pilby by Caren Lissner 
Started On: January 23rd
Finished On: January 23rd, 2:01 PM
Pages Read: 336

The Mister by E.L. James
Started On: January 23rd
Finished On: January 23rd, 5:40 PM
Pages Read: 503

The Original by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal
Started On: January 23rd
Currently On: Page 0 of 196

Goal: 25
Read: 39
Pages Read: 12850
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