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Book Review Artificial Condition By Martha Wells As always, I spoil when it pleases me. About 4 months ago I read the first in this series, All Systems Red, which I bought for four bucks on Kindle, and was very pleased. It set up the character, as well as established a longer arc and mystery. … Continue reading Book Review – Artificial Condition
Book Review Head On By John Scalzi I may include spoilers. Fore-warned and -armed and all that. There are only a handful of authors whose books I will buy almost sight unseen. Scalzi is one of them. He's one of the few authors whose books I will buy in hardcover, as well (also, the discount … Continue reading Book Review – Head On
Book Review All Systems Red By Martha Wells On WordPress I follow a couple of blogs. Not too many. I pick them based on content, length of post, frequency, interest. For writers, I follow Whatever by John Scalzi and Filling the Well by Carrie Vaughn, among others. Recently, I was reading Ms. Vaughn's site and … Continue reading Book Review – All Systems Red
Book Review Abandon By Blake Crouch I got into Blake Crouch with his Wayward Pines series. Good popcorn and jujubee reading. He mixes thriller, mystery, and scifi, while throwing in some good interpersonal elements. After reading the series, I went straight to Amazon so see what else was out there. I ranked his books by … Continue reading Book Review – Abandon
Book Review Artemis By Andy Weir Note to readers: I spoil as the mood takes me. Understand this in advance. I will not point out when spoilers appear. Assume they start now and continue, willy nilly. I really enjoyed Andy Weir's first book, The Martian, which seems to have been a bit of an internet … Continue reading Book Review – Artemis
Book Review Dark Matter By Blake Crouch I enjoyed Crouch's first two books in the Wayward Pines trilogy, liked it so much, I bought Dark Matter and Abandon, which I will review later. I was not disappointed. Dark Matter is what Crouch does well, a mix of elements; thriller, science fiction, and love. It reads … Continue reading Book Review – Dark Matter
Book Review Born a Crime By Trevor Noah I finished listening to Amy Schumer's Memoir-ish thingy, and I wanted more. I listened to this book on audio as well. I am glad I did. I didn't know much about Mr. Noah. If you're new to this site then you wouldn't know, I live outside the … Continue reading Book Review – Born a Crime
Book Review Wayward By Blake Crouch Book two in the series was very middle book-ish. Good, a complete story, but very clearly the middle of an arc. I spoil like crazy below, so forewarned and forearmed and all that. There is virtually no gap between books one and two. Story wise, it is the next … Continue reading Book Review – Wayward
Book Review The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer I did not so much read this as listen. Ms. Schumer read her own audiobook. This is part of the reason I wanted it in this format. I have liked some of her shows, so I thought that listening to her read it … Continue reading Book Review – The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
Book Review Pines by Blake Crouch I went into this book knowing nothing about it. You need to understand that when you live on the other side of the world, you don't get the ads for the new Fox TV show starring Matt Dillon. On Amazon, it had eight thousand reviews, 4 stars. It was … Continue reading Book Review – Pines
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