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fastfinge

fastfinge@bookwyrm.world

Joined 2 years, 4 months ago

I'm a completely blind reader of LitRPG, progression fantasy, science fiction, fantasy, and some nonfiction. Interact with me @fastfinge@iceshrimp.social as well as here.

Some important warnings:
  1. Some of the content creators I enjoy publish exclusively to Kindle Unlimited or Audible Originals. I choose to support the creators I enjoy, rather than boycott Amazon. If you don't want to see Kindle or Audible Books, you may want to avoid my profile.
  2. I don't agree with the views of some of the authors I read, or support some of the political views contained in the books I consume. I rate books based exclusively on my enjoyment of the story.
  3. Some of the books I read contain adult material, that may include, but is not limited to, sexual activity, violence, harems, reverse harems, FFM, F/M, and F/F. I will do my best to warn about this material using the tools bookwyrm provides, so that those who don't want this content can avoid it.
  4. I believe that audiobooks and ebooks are reading, in every way equal to printed hardcover books. If you do not, your engagement is unwelcome.

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fastfinge's books

Ilona Andrews: On the Edge (EBook, 2009, Penguin USA, Inc.)

The Broken is a place where people shop at Wal-Mart and magic is nothing more …

Review of 'On the Edge' on 'Goodreads'

Purchased it at a discount, didn't like it well enough to bother with the next book in the series.

John Scalzi: Fuzzy Nation (2011, Tor)

Jack Holloway works alone, for reasons he doesn't care to talk about. Hundreds of miles …

Review of 'Fuzzy Nation' on 'Goodreads'

I'm not really a fan of Wil Wheaton, but I am a fan of John Scalzi, Little Fuzzy, and H. Beam Piper. If you're not a fan of at least one of those things, give this one a pass. If you are, you've probably read this book already.

reviewed Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (Vampire Academy)

Richelle Mead: Vampire Academy (Paperback, 2007, Razorbill)

Two years after a horrible incident made them run away, vampire princess Lissa and her …

Review of 'Vampire Academy' on 'Goodreads'

The plot and writing of this book were OK, and the audio edition was decently read. Unfortunately, I hated the main character so deeply it's utterly beyond description. I have never wanted to slap a protagonist so hard in my life! Maybe she gets less terrible in later books in the series, but I'm not willing to purchase book two in order to find out. I got the first book on sale, and I'm rather glad.

Tina Fey: Bossypants (2013, Little Brown & Company)

Tina Fey’s new book Bossypants is short, messy, and impossibly funny (an apt description of …

Review of 'Bossypants' on 'Goodreads'

This isn't normally the kind of thing I'd bother reading. But the fact that it's read by the author makes it totally worth it! Yes, she does as good a job as you would expect.

Liz Jensen: The rapture (2009, Bloomsbury)

In a merciless summer of biblical heat and destructive winds, Gabrielle Fox's main concern is …

Review of 'The rapture' on 'Goodreads'

This wasn't the book I expected to get when I started it. Fortunately, I did enjoy what it turned out to be.

Karen White, Barbara Demick: Nothing to Envy (AudiobookFormat, 2010, Tantor Audio)

Follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years, a chaotic period that saw …

Review of 'Nothing to Envy' on 'Goodreads'

This is the most depressing thing I have read in a while. But if you're at all interested in North Korea, this is quite a good book. The audio edition is worth it, mostly to hear the names pronounced correctly.