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Rated Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen 8/10

meh. is solid. another example of a short book that should have been a long blog post. 🤷

Rated Colony One Mars 8/10

Basically zombies is space. Fun. Interesting.

Rated A Court of Wings and Ruin 8/10

enjoying the series. fun ride.

Rated Ringworld 6/10

Interesting. Fascinating. Not *amazing*. Solid.

Rated Livesuit 8/10

So glad these guys are back writing. A darker world, but the world building is amazing.

Rated The Lost Metal 8/10

Read all of these books. So fun. Such a great ride.

Rated Shadows of Self 8/10

Wants to read Abundance

Rated Recon 8/10

Yeah, eating these like skittles.

Rated Dragonslayer 8/10

Cranking along. Still having fun. Great popcorn books. Funny. Clever.

Rated Convergence 8/10

Great premise. Great writing. Very engaging. Fun characters. Already on to the next one!

Wants to read More Than This

Rated Caliban’s War 10/10

I'm almost finished w/ #3 and forgot to flag #2 as done.<br/><br/>Probably the best SciFi ride I've ever been on.

Rated You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty 8/10

Touching. Sweet. "Real". Fascinating.<br/><br/>Not my usual genre, but I enjoyed it.<br/><br/>No space viruses or magic. Just people living. Also from a racial and cultural vantage that I rarely inhabit.<br/><br/>Glad I read it!

Rated Gateway 8/10

Fun, as usual. I'm starting to get a bit...I don't know...about this series.<br/><br/>The stakes keep getting higher...kinda.<br/><br/>The dialog and the shenanigans with Skippy are funny, but I feel like things are getting drawn out...because people keep buying the books.<br/><br/>Still excited to read the next one, though.

Rated Service Model 8/10

Fascinating. Not super fun. At times silly.<br/>Clearly a cautionary tale.<br/>Certainly fascinating. Very well written.<br/><br/>Still...pondering what I think about it...

Wants to read Come As You Are: Revised and Updated: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life

Rated Eyes of the Void 6/10

I really really really wanted to like this book, but it just couldn't hold my attention.<br/><br/>Not sure if it's the narrator or what.<br/><br/>I listened to it. Pretty sure I followed most of the plot, but my mind would just wonder.<br/><br/>I'm generally a HUGE Tchaikovsky fan. *shrug*

Rated Aftermath 8/10

Fun and exciting and silly as always. The stakes are higher! Excited for the next one!

Wants to read The Waves

Wants to read The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

Wants to read Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens

Rated Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion 8/10

Mr Bloom makes a very compelling case here, although I think many will find it subtle.

Wants to read Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe

Rated The Alloy of Law 8/10

Sanderson rocks. A very fun ride. Great characters. Great pacing. Funny, exciting, at times scary.<br/><br/>Wild West + magic is a great combination.