Lauren at Always Me brought the 5 Star Books In 5 Words tag (originally created by Matthew Sciarappa) to #SciFiMonth and damn straight I can’t resist it.

So, how does this work?

• Choose 5 books that you awarded 5 stars (I’m sticking to SF for SciFiMonth, but you don’t have to!)
• Pick 5 words to describe why you love each book
• No explanations, no context! …so some of the words may make no sense if you haven’t read the book yet

It takes a lot to get 5 stars out of me – I almost always waver and award 4.5 stars For Reasons (not that I give away 4.5 stars very often either). Even knowing this to be true, I was surprised just how far back I had to go to find 5 most recent 5 star SF reads (and now of course I want to reread them all, AND all the 4.5 star reads just to see whether I was being too harsh).

 

The Calculating Stars – Mary Robinette Kowal

Astronauts – Meteorite – Equality – Anxiety – Love

Tiamat’s Wrath (Expanse #8) – James S A Corey

Growth – Transformation – Loss – Schadenfreude – Goths

Shelter – Dave Hutchinson

Apocalypse – Waterlogged – Narrow – Personal – Understated

The Citadel of Weeping Pearls – Aliette de Bodard

Sweeping – Regret – Family – Obsession – Reconciliation

The Space Between The Stars – Ann Corlett

Flupocalypse – Healing – Faith – Choices – Northumberland

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