Thursday, January 3, 2019

Book Beginnings + Friday 56: Navigating the Stars (Sentinels of the Galaxy #1) by Maria V. Snyder

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading. Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice and asks you to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your ereader and share a non-spoilery sentence or two.

This week I'm featuring
Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder, the newest release from one of my favorite authors. I'm loving it so much! It's a great book to start off the year for me.

About the Book
“The answer is no, Lyra,” my mother utters her favorite—I swear—phrase.

No means I have to travel with them to another planet—again.

No means leaving all my friends fifty years in the past. Thanks, Einstein.

Seventeen-year-old Lyra Daniels can’t truly blame Einstein or her parents for their impending move across the Milky Way Galaxy. It’s all due to the invention of the Q-net, which made traveling the vast distances in space possible—with one big caveat: the time dilation. But that never stopped Lyra's ancestors from exploring the Milky Way, searching for resources and exoplanets to colonize. What they didn’t expect to find is life-sized terracotta Warriors buried on twenty-one different exoplanets.

... Make that twenty-two.

As the Galaxy’s leading experts on the Warriors, Lyra's parents are thrilled by the new discovery, sending them—and her—fifty years into the future. Her social life in ruins, she fills her lonely days by illegally worming into the Q-net. The only person close to her age is the annoyingly irresistible security officer who threatens to throw her into the brig.

After the planet they just left goes silent—meaning no communications from them at all—security has bigger problems to deal with than Lyra, especially when vital data files go missing. But that's just the beginning, because they’re not as alone as they thought on their new planet... and suddenly time isn't the only thing working against them.

Book Beginning
"The answer is no, Lyra." My mother utters her favorite - I swear - phrase.
"But-"
"End of Discussion."
Arguing is usually futile. But I'm not about to give up. Not this time.

Friday 56
Shooing me out, he shakes his head sadly. "Do you know most of the officers are betting on how long you'll last before being sent to detention?"

What have you been reading lately?

18 comments:

  1. Sounds like a typical conversation between parent and teen, but this one is more complicated. Thanks for sharing. Here's mine: “THOSE OTHER WOMEN”

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    1. Definitely! Thanks for stopping by, Laurel-Rain! Hope you have a great weekend! :)

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  2. Those words have a ring of familiarity. :-)
    sherry @ fundinmental Friday Memes

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    1. They do, lol! Thanks for coming by, Sherry! Have an awesome weekend! :)

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  3. I just got this one. I love the author's fantasies and want to see how she handles science fiction. This week I am spotlighting The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye. Happy reading!

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    1. Awesome! I hope you enjoy it! I was really curious about how Snyder would do with sci-fi too. I just finished it and thought it was fantastic. Thanks for stopping by, Kathy! Happy reading! :)

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  4. Arguing usually is futile. Great line. Sounds like a great read! Happy weekend!

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    1. So true! Thanks for visiting, Freda! Hope you have a great weekend! :)

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  5. Oh that beginning sounds so teenagery! This sounds interesting and I love the cover.

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    1. The cover is so great! Thanks for coming by, Katherine! Have an awesome weekend! :)

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  6. I like the sound of this one! And I want to read more science fiction this year, so this is definitely going on my list. :)

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    1. It's such an awesome book. The wait for the sequel is gonna be torture! Thanks for stopping by, Lark! Hope you have a great weekend! :)

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  7. Snarky teenagers of the future. Oh no, they are the same as today. Ha! I'm highlighting BEARTOWN today

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    1. LOL! True! Thanks for visiting, Anne! Hope you have a great weekend! :)

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  8. One of these days I'm going to have to try this author. Thanks for sharing!

    Lauren @ Always Me

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    1. I hope you do! Her books are the best! Thanks for coming by, Lauren! Have a great weekend! :)

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  9. Hope you'll enjoy it as much as her other books.

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    1. I loved it! Thanks for visiting, Nicki! Hope you have an awesome weekend! :)

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