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Just started our group book Gods of Jade and Shadow. I've also picked up The Luminous Dead. Great starts to both!
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Gods of Jade and Shadow is probably next.
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The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman, 9/10
The Wind from Hastingsby Morgan Llywelyn, 9/10
First week of June:
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 10/10
One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence, 7/10
Just started Regenesis by C.J. Cherryh, last of the Cyteen books.
I loved reading SALVATION LOST by Peter F. Hamilton. I also read Ted Chiang’s EXHALATION collection of stories (hot and miss).Reading a bunch of mystery/police procedurals right now, my second favorite genre.
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A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers was a dud. There were a few good stories, but most were too busy trying to be PC that they forgot to actually develop the story. My 2 star review is here:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I’m reading REVENGER by Alastair Reynolds. It’s very unusual, like steampunk YA space opera.
I'm making an effort to get to some sequels this month, so the next books I have queued to read are Ancillary Sword, After Atlas, and The Girl in the Tower. I already feel so at home!
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Regenesis by C.J. Cherryh, 10/10. Yes, it’s long and yes, it’s slow, and yes, it's detailed. Not too long, slow, or detailed to bring down my rating. Ariane, Florian, Catlin, and Ari’s circle of friends, along with Yanni and the Warricks and their azi companions, are all complex, interesting characters who continue to evolve throughout the story, just as they did in the original Cyteen trilogy. The political situation is complex and, while there are traditional science fiction aspects, the emphasis on futuristic psychology and sociology is fascinating. I cared about these characters, their world, and the future they were trying to map. C.J. Cherryh’s books always make me think, both while I’m reading them (so they are not typically fast reads for me) and long after I’ve finished them. That definitely was/will be true with this book.
The Silent Dragon by Irene Radford, 7/10. Slow-going and somewhat aimless at first, but then it settled into a better pace, with more direction and action. A bit predictable but enjoyable.
Now about 2/3 through The Last Colony by John Scalzi. Keeps turning in unexpected directions, definitely enjoying this. Final rating when I finish this weekend.
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Finished The Last Colony for our group read. 9/10
Then out of genre with a Jack Reacher novel, Personal by Lee Child. 8/10
And tonight I finished The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman, book 3 in the Invisible Library series. 9/10. I am really enjoying these books!
Moving out of genre next with I Know You Know by Gilly Macmillan. I have a few more lined up before I get to our July choices for BotM.
Almost finished with (2020 Hugo nominee)THE LIGHT BRIGADE by Kameron Hurley. NOT enjoying it.Probably gonnna read the latest Michael J Sullivan AGE OF DEATH after this.
MadProfessah wrote: "Almost finished with (2020 Hugo nominee)THE LIGHT BRIGADE by Kameron Hurley. NOT enjoying it."Bummer! That's my favorite Hugo nom :-)
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I'm waiting not-so-patiently for my eBook loan on this one :)
This week I've been plowing through more of the Wings of Fire series at the request of my third grader - wait, fourth grader now, yikes - so he can gush about them to me without spoiling anything! I'm about to start Darkness of Dragons, which is book ten.
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I finally finished Executive Orders! I also read The Bookish Life of Nina Hill for my IRL book club, which was light but with a rough author voice. I'm continuing on with Green Arrow: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 and A Parent's Guide to Gifted Children for myself, and reading The Phantom Tollbooth with my oldest kid.
"Helmet For My Pillow" by Robert Lechie.
Decided to start SHADOW CAPTAIN by Alastair Reynolds (Revenger #2) because my hold for the e-book from my library cane around right away.
I read Written in Dead Wax, which was OK, and now I'm reading The Heart's Invisible Furies which has me captivated.
I just finished Reunion (Alan Dean Foster's Pip & Flinx series) and Marque and Reprisal (Elizabeth Moon's Vatta series). Now I am reading Jack of Kinrowan (Charles DeLint) - and I forgot how much I loved reading DeLint - his books tend to be real page-turners!
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I'm reading The Snow Child right now, which was a gift - it's more magic realism than fantasy, I think. It's lovely writing.
Interesting... Makes me think of this old Genesis song, Snowbound...
"...Smiling faces tear your body to the ground
Covered red that only we can see
Here in a ball that they made
From the snow on the ground
See it rolling away
With wild eyes to the sky
They'll never, never know..."
"...Smiling faces tear your body to the ground
Covered red that only we can see
Here in a ball that they made
From the snow on the ground
See it rolling away
With wild eyes to the sky
They'll never, never know..."
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