RJ - Slayer of Trolls’s Comments

RJ - Slayer of Trolls’s comments from the 2025 Reading Challenge group.

Note: RJ - Slayer of Trolls is not currently a member of this group.

I finished the Depression-Era drama


Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading one of the first collections of Sherlock Holmes "pastiches," this one with some stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle's son


The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr

#69 in 2022:

I finished the Depression-Era drama


Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading one of the first collections of Sherlock Holmes "pastiches," this one with some stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle's son


The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr

I'm in for this one, probably starting it later today. I've read a lot of accolades about this book but I confess I don't know much about it. More thoughts soon...

And finally I finished the Science-Fiction locked, um, airlock murder mystery


Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

#68 in 2022:

I finished the Science-Fiction locked, um, airlock murder mystery


Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Also, I finished Ken Liu's debut short story collection


The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the Science-Fiction anthology


The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 edited by Robert Silverberg

#67 in 2022:

I finished Ken Liu's debut short story collection


The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the Science-Fiction anthology


The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 edited by Robert Silverberg

I finished Steinbeck's travelogue


Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


To Die in California by Newton Thornburg

#66 in 2022:

I finished Steinbeck's travelogue


Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


To Die in California by Newton Thornburg

Gavin wrote: "Hello, my name is Gavin. I’m from Southwest Michigan and am currently attending the University of Michigan as a freshman...."

GO BLUE!

Ilona wrote: "Sorry to dissapoint! Super Bowl.. thats that show with a different singer or band every year, right? ;)"

Yes! ;-)

Aww. I saw the title of the thread and was hoping for Super Bowl predictions.

I finished


A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started


Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck

#65 in 2022:

I finished


A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started


Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck

I finished


The Third Man / The Fallen Idol by Graham Greene
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started


Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain

#64 in 2022:

I finished


The Third Man / The Fallen Idol by Graham Greene
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started


Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain

I finished the first book in the Sci-Fi-archeology Academy series, which turned out to be a slog at times


The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading a Sci-Fi locked room murder mystery (and I'm pretty sure the butler didn't do it)


Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

#63 in 2022:

I finished the first book in the Sci-Fi-archeology Academy series, which turned out to be a slog at times


The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading a Sci-Fi locked room murder mystery (and I'm pretty sure the butler didn't do it)


Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

I finished the first book in the Harper Hall trilogy, which is the third book in the larger Dragonriders of Pern series (publication order)


Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading a collection of stories and material related to the Amber series


The Road to Amber by Roger Zelazny

#62 in 2022:

I finished the first book in the Harper Hall trilogy, which is the third book in the larger Dragonriders of Pern series (publication order)


Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading a collection of stories and material related to the Amber series


The Road to Amber by Roger Zelazny