kerr

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[–] kerr@aussie.zone 0 points 1 month ago

I mean games, tv, movies all have some sort of rating system so you don’t really have to spend a lot of time reviewing the content for your kids. Seems like a gap that this doesn’t exist for books.

[–] kerr@aussie.zone 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Credit to the Australian members of parliament who haven’t let this go:

[Prime Minister Anthony] Albanese has said he raised the matter directly with the US, including with the president, Joe Biden, during his visit to Washington in October 2023.

In February this year, Albanese and cabinet members supported a motion put forward by independent MP Andrew Wilkie urging the UK and US to allow Assange to return home to Australia.

The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, said he also raised the matter with his US counterpart, Merrick Garland, during a meeting in January this year.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/25/julian-assange-australia-reaction-wikileaks-founder-plea-deal

[–] kerr@aussie.zone 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Beach Read by Emily Henry. Both protagonists are authors.

[–] kerr@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

That is amazing.

[–] kerr@aussie.zone 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Does not look happy! Hope she’s a keeper :)

[–] kerr@aussie.zone 8 points 9 months ago

Their faces say “but we haven’t had any food in like… hours!”

[–] kerr@aussie.zone 6 points 9 months ago

That’s why my shoes all wear out so soon now!

[–] kerr@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago

This is how Silo started. Just saying.

[–] kerr@aussie.zone 15 points 11 months ago

“Before going into beta” is HIGHLY optimistic lol

[–] kerr@aussie.zone 5 points 11 months ago

Good to hear!

[–] kerr@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago

For sure, good luck!

[–] kerr@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

The kindle fee is 13.99 aud/month for me which is pricy by my standards. The library however is totally free but it doesn’t have every book I want. So it’s either wait for a physical copy at the library, just buy it outright, or take it off the reading list.

 

This got me wondering - do you pair up books like this?

 

Book #6 was released earlier this week, with the final #7 due next year.

Those who have read, what did you think of it?

I’m 68% of the way through according to my Kindle, but I’m enjoying it a lot more than the last 2 books already!

Series description:

Red Rising is a 2014 dystopian science fiction novel by American author Pierce Brown, and the first book and eponym of a series. The novel, set in the future on Mars, follows lowborn miner Darrow as he infiltrates the ranks of the elite Golds.

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