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The E-Factor: Entrepreneurship in the Social Media Age
by Adrie Reinders

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Too Far
by Rich Shapero (Goodreads Author)

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This book is very interesting and has many layers.

It's the juxtaposition of imagination and depressing reality, all told from a child's point of view.

The main character is a six-year-old...more

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Only Superhuman
by Christopher L. Bennett

recommended for: comic book lovers, people who like cyber punk

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I'd give Only Superhuman 3.5 stars. It's a nice book, but the pacing is a bit slow. It's interesting, but not exactly innovative.

I don't have too much experience with cy...more ***Disclosure - I received an Advanced Reading Copy from a Goodreads giveaway.***

I'd give Only Superhuman 3.5 stars. It's a nice book, but the pacing is a bit slow. It's interesting, but not exactly innovative.

I don't have too much experience with cyberpunk, but I'd say this book is part cyberpunk, part comic book super hero story, and part hard science fiction.

All the main characters owe their super powers to cybernetic enhancements. And the main plot line is a struggle for power over the surrounding space colonies.

A lot of the chapter titles allude to comic book tropes (origin stories and cross-overs). The main characters are all super powered (but with cybernetics and bio-engineering). And the main character belongs to a group called the Troubleshooters of which each member has a code name claiming motivation from comic books.

I say the book is a bit slow, though it does have a good bit of action and quite a bit of sex. There is a lot of "political" and social manipulation from some of the characters and, for the first half of the book, every other chapter is an "origin story" (essentially flashbacks) which slow down the pace. I was somewhat relieved once there were no more "origin stories" and we stayed in the book's present time.

Perhaps one more mark against the book for me was the ending. It seemed a bit rushed and anticlimactic for how much build up there was to get there. I may have to read the last chapter again to see if I missed something, but it just seemed like the main conflict had a lot of impetus but then suddenly ends very quickly (virtually on one or two pages) with not much opposing force.

One of the most interesting parts of the book, was Zephyr, the main character's sentient ship. There is a nice little section of a chapter explaining Zephyr's past as a disembodied AI program making the desicion to become connected with a space ship. It was a cool character detail and idea.

Another cool thing about the book is that it has a glossary and table of locations in the back. These type of extras are always cool in books and add more depth and realism to the story.(less)

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Building Stories
by Chris Ware

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This Book Is Full of Spiders by David Wong

This Book Is Full of Spiders (John Dies at the End, #2)
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Josh entered a giveaway The E-Factor: Entrepreneurship in the Social Media Age by Adrie Reinders	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Josh rated a book 3 of 5 stars Too Far by Rich Shapero (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
*Disclosure - I received a copy from a Goodreads giveaway.* This book is very interesting and has many layers. It's the juxtaposition of imagination and depressing reality, all told from a child's point of view. The main character is a six-year-old...more
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Josh is now a fan of Toni Morrison and Frederick Douglass
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Josh rated a book 3 of 5 stars Only Superhuman by Christopher L. Bennett recommended for: comic book lovers, people who like cyber punk	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
*Disclosure - I received an Advanced Reading Copy from a Goodreads giveaway.* I'd give Only Superhuman 3.5 stars. It's a nice book, but the pacing is a bit slow. It's interesting, but not exactly innovative. I don't have too much experience with cy...more
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Josh rated a book 5 of 5 stars Building Stories by Chris Ware	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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