It came up in Book Club that it would be nice to have notes about what people enjoyed or didn’t enjoy on our book club reads. So here’s the nutshell information about what we read and how we felt about it.

Book club: Cedar Rapids SciFi/Fantasy Book Club

Venue: Cedar Rapids B & N

Book: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

Overall impression: Liked by people who finished, but it was a small meeting.

Warnings: Colonialism, Long, unfamiliar words (assuming you’re a typical Midwesterner.)

My personal take: I was ill on book club day. That said, I can’t say enough good things about this story. I bought the sequel. Don’t be put off by the long words. The story is worth it.