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Bestseller Osman’s diverting third Thursday Murder Club mystery (after 2021’s The Man Who Lived Twice) …
This one took a little longer to get going than the previous volume, but all the pieces were lined up to fall neatly into place at the end.
How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles that will …
This book is far less about helpful tips for actually doing the cleaning, and more about giving yourself permission not to be perfect. I cleared that hurdle long ago. I am sure there are many people who will gain a lot from this book, but I wasn't one of them.
t's the following Thursday.
Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man …
After one great battle, the Architects disappeared. Yet humanity’s fragile peace is brief. For, forty …
There was a very long, dull, drawn out bit in the middle, but otherwise this was a very good middle book in a trilogy. It did a good job of making me eager for the final volume.
After one great battle, the Architects disappeared. Yet humanity’s fragile peace is brief. For, forty …
I've been eager to read this since it was released, but have been continually skipping it as other things have come out.
Hugo, Locus, and Nebula-Award winner Mary Robinette Kowal blends her no-nonsense approach to life in …
I'm a huge fan of The Thin Man movies and this appears to make a pretty big nod in that direction. I'm excited to read this.
Hugo, Locus, and Nebula-Award winner Mary Robinette Kowal blends her no-nonsense approach to life in …
I'm a huge fan of The Thin Man movies and this appears to make a pretty big nod in that direction. I'm excited to read this.
Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is a birthday party. In many …
Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way. …
The story overall isn't all that great, but the contrasting worldview of the two POV characters gives it something special.
The Gage is a brass automaton created by a wizard of Messaline around the core …
Beautiful writing, but almost nothing happens. It feels like it's setting up a great story for the subsequent novels, but I'm not pleased going through an entire book just to get the setup.
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver …
Is this a fun ride with lots of satisfaction, a good story and a quick pace. Definitely. Is this a good book? No, not really. Scalzi is an amazing storyteller, but not a particularly good writer. (Having said that, he is far better than he used to be, and he's even commented on problems with his writing that he has tried to correct.) I started this as a light vacation read and it performed exactly as expected.
Set in an alternative historical present, in a "eusistocracy"--An extreme welfare state -- that holds …
Content warning no details, but some plot concepts are touched on.
Since nearly every other review of the books tends to mention it, I will as well – This book is weird. With that out of the way, I will say that my book club choosing to read this nearly right after the US Supreme Court rulings on women’s rights may not have been good timing. This book could be very upsetting since it is taking place in a society where women have virtually no rights whatsoever. There are parts of it that are very reminiscent of Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, along with a nod to H.G. Wells. Eugenics is on full display as the backdrop upon which most of the story framework hangs. Following Vanna/Vera as she navigates a society that sees her more as a possession than a person was interesting. While she is prevented from doing a lot of what she would like, she can also get away with things simply because no one in this society would suspect her of being capable of doing those things. The deep dive Sinisalo takes into chili peppers is great fun. While she expands beyond the reality of chilis, the majority of the information she presents is factual. When the story diverges from the facts about chilis is where most of the weirdness comes in. Overall, Vanna/Vera reaches a conclusion she can be at peace with, although it is not where I was anticipating the book going.
USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow’s A Spindle Splintered brings her patented charm to …
his book starts off strong, but doesn't maintain momentum through to the end.
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in this defiantly joyful …
I enjoyed so much of this book. The prose was beautiful in parts and genuinely stirring. But I expected it was building to a stronger ending than what it ultimately delivered.
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in this defiantly joyful …
I started this book knowing only that it was about "found family", that it had been popularly described as Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, and that it was a finalist for the Best Novel Hugo.
I'm now nine chapters in and loving this book. I hope it continues to impress