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DScrimshaw@bookwyrm.world

Joined 2 years, 2 months ago

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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reviewed The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie (The First Law, #1)

Joe Abercrombie: The Blade Itself (EBook, 2009, Gollancz)

Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too …

Review of 'The Blade Itself' on 'Storygraph'

Full marks for interesting characters.

It only gets 4 stars because not much has happened by the end of the book.

But I'll be reading Books 2 and 3 because I do want to know what happens to Glotka the torturer.

reviewed Cibola Burn by James A. Corey

James A. Corey: Cibola Burn (2015, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

The fourth novel in James S.A. Corey’s New York Times bestselling Expanse series

The …

Review of 'Cibola Burn' on 'Storygraph'

Not quite as gosh-wow as the previous three books in the series, but still solid fun and I'm eager for the next installment.