An avid sci-fi and fantasy reader who sometimes does historical fiction or even mainstream.
You might notice that most of my reviews are 5 stars. That's because if I start reading a book that doesn't engage me, I stop reading it. Life is too short. I've realized that it's not fair to review a book I haven't read and nobody really needs to hear why I didn't get into a book especially when they might like it.
My goals with reviews are to be brief and give other potential readers an idea of why they might like the book. I leave it to the marketing people and other reviewers to describe the plots.
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Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds …
It's the Expanse, #8.
Therefore a must read.
And it paid off, fully.
"Iron Druid Atticus O'Sullivan, hero of Kevin Hearne's epic New York Times bestselling urban fantasy …
Have I mentioned the talking dog in this series? We get a second talking dog!
It's sad that this series is finished. But it is a satisfying ending.
The Peter Grant stories are consistent fun for people who like urban fantasy and police procedurals.
Good goofy fun and set in the world of high pressure modern kitchens without anyone as annoying as that Ramsay guy.
Stories that interconnect four First Nations people, Everett Kaiswatim, Nellie Gordon, Julie Papequash, and Nathan …
An outstanding of collection of linked short stories.
These would appeal to anyone who has an interest in people surviving impossible childhoods and how all of it can wind up messing up a whole life.
The stories were often bleak, but still there's hope.
To defeat Thor, the Norse god of thunder who has killed scores of innocents, Viking vampire Leif Helgarson teams up …
Two-thousand-year-old druid Atticus O'Sullivan, Granuaile and the wolfhound Oberon race across modern-day Europe to try to escape the clutches of …
Ben Aaronovitch: Foxglove Summer (2014)
When two young girls go missing in rural Herefordshire, police constable and wizard-in-training Peter Grant is sent out of London …
The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. But …
It is great to be back in the world of the First Law Trilogy.
There's a good chance that everything is going to turn out awful. But I think I'll at least try book #2.
"The greatest philosopher of all time is offering to sell his soul to the Devil. …
A fun, brief read.
I should probably read it again sometime, because I'm not sure what really happened.
THE ULTIMATE CHASE
Days ago, Belisarius pulled off the most audacious con job in history. …
This second volume in the series has a good fast-moving story with big ideas and more depth on some of the characters from the first volume.
I'm looking forward to the next installment.
Call me a sap, but I really enjoy a story where the humans are the underdogs and a bunch of janitors win the day because of their advanced skills with cleaning technology.
I'm not surprised I liked this because Martha Wells recommended it.
