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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I was lucky enough to get this from the library just before the lockdown started.
This is the third Iron Dragon book from Mr. Swanwick and it is a good fast-paced read with lots to think about.
I feel fine in saying you don't have to read the other Iron Dragon books first. I did. But so long ago that I only remember that I loved them. I want to read them again now.
Belisarius is a quantum man, an engineered Homo quantus who fled the powerful insight of …
This was great fun. Great sci-fi elements including interesting types of post-humans and artificial intelligence.
Also interesting future societies that had roots in today's world.
For a Canadian, having people who spoke varieties of French that included "tabarnak" as a bad swear word, was great.
And because this is more or less a heist story, it starts with the gathering of the team. I just love stories that start that way.
Alas, no talking rodents.
"There have been ghosts on the London Underground, sad, harmless spectres whose presence does little …
A nice quick read. Not an essential part of the series, but it has some cute stuff. Especially with the younger folk.
A nice quick read. Not an essential part of the series, but it has some cute stuff. Especially with the younger folk.
"Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a …
A captivating read.
Science fiction that takes place in Nigeria, which is a nice change, and it's a story that would only make sense in Nigeria.
The story is a lot more about psychology than technology, which is also a nice change for me.
I'm looking forward to #2 and #3.
These are delightful cartoons.
And, of course, it is all talking animals.
To defeat Thor, the Norse god of thunder who has killed scores of innocents, Viking vampire Leif Helgarson teams up …
Good goofy fun and set in the world of high pressure modern kitchens without anyone as annoying as that Ramsay guy.
Kevin Hearne: Besieged (2017)
"Atticus O'Sullivan is a Druid who has walked the earth for over 2,000 years--and had …
This is a handy collection for any Iron Druid fans who want to fill in the gaps.
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.
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 …
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!
These are fun. I'm going to keep going on the series.
As seneschal to High King Cardan, Jude must fight to keep control of the Faerie …
I was almost inclined not to read this because the fairyland our human heroine is navigating is not a fun place to be.
But this is a good story.