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After reading the second installment of Kate Daniels: The Wilmington Years, I just had to do a re-read of the series. I found this audiobook version for Kate Daniels #1 made by Graphic Audio which uses a full cast to "perform" / read the book and includes sound effects.
My Review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Martin Eden by Jack London
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I will take a quick break to read the short story
Andrea by John O'Hara
then I will be moving on to this collection of short stories based on the author's time served in a Siberian gulag

Kolyma Stories by Varlam Shalamov


Yes, Renée Raudman was a great narrator of Ilona Andrews's Kate Daniels series, but GraphicAudio made a really good version of Magic Burns Dramatized Adaptation : Kate Daniels 2 (Kate Daniels.
My Review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 edited by Robert Silverberg
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started on the first half of the second volume of the anthology which contains the 23 most notable classic Science-Fiction novellas from roughly the same time period (with one notable exception - The Time Machine by H.G. Wells from 1895)

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Members of The Science Fiction Writers of America edited by Ben Bova


All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started a book by a Goodreads author friend

In the Shadow of Time by Kevin Ansbro


Going through my re-read of the Kate Daniels series and #3 is where the series begins to gain momentum. It's a great jumping off point for new readers.
My Review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and after a quick break to read the short story
Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville
I will be reading the short story collection

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.


Even with a re-read, this is still one of my personal favorites in the series. It's probably also the latest point in the series in which a new reader could jump into the Kate Daniels world.
my review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


The Deep Blue Good-By by John D. MacDonald
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading

Triple by Ken Follett


It was better than I had remembered.
My Review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...



Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading a classic Science-Fiction space opera

Triplanetary by E.E. "Doc" Smith


Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading the final installment in the Books of Babel series

The Fall of Babel by Josiah Bancroft


One of the better installments in this fantastic series.
My Review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I now have the first book 'Roost' and hope to start it soon.


My second favorite installment in the Kate Daniels series --
my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


A "HEA" is hard to come by in post-apocalyptic Atlanta.
My review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I really liked World Without End, and I think I liked the next one in the series even more. Hope you enjoy it too!


This re-read of the series is holding up really well.
My review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I am now finishing [book:The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society|27285..."
A Prayer for Owen Meany is one of my all-time favorite books. Loved Gentleman in Moscow and Potato Peel Pie Society as well. Great choices!



The "finale" of a great series ends on an expected high note. My review for the entire series -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finally finished it and I really enjoyed it as well! Debating on jumping into the 3rd quickly since I've also heard good things! :)
Picked up Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor for a quick read and I'm about 85% and loving it also!

I liked A Column of Fire even better than the first two books. :) I'm hoping to start the fourth one next year - The Evening and the Morning - which is set prior to the first book. The fifth one - The Armor of Light - is coming out tomorrow.


A debut novel of a spin off series from the Kate Daniels universe -- my review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I liked A Column of Fire even bet..."
Better that Pillars?! Oooh gosh, I may jump into Column soon then because I'm already missing Kingsbridge, haha.
I have the 4th book also in my collection and am excited to add the 5th! Eeek! :)) I love them so much haha

Haha that's funny, I miss it too. I should mention that in A Column of Fire, a lot of the action takes place away from Kingsbridge, but I still enjoyed it a lot.


Fans of Fizzy Chen from The Soulmate Equation, this is Fizzy's story! It's been hit or miss with me for Christina Lauren novels, and this is a hit.
My Review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Fans of Fizzy Chen from The Soulmate Equation, this is Fizzy's story! It's been hit or miss with me for Christina Lauren novels, and this is a hit.
My Review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Haha that's funny, I miss it too. I should mention that in A Column ..."
Nothing is better than Pillars of the Earth, in my opinion!

I would agree! ;)
I very much enjoyed World Without End but Pillars made me cry within like 50 pages and I was hooked 100% till the end. Hard to beat!
Guess I've got 3 more books to find out :)


A fun start to a new series with a blend of urban fantasy and sci-fi. --
My review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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