Wants to read Three Hainish Novels
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Rated De goede zoon 4/10
Dit boek is in de prijzen gevallen en kreeg lovende recensie. Het is niet echt mijn cup of tea. Toen de hoofdrolspeler honderd bladzijdes lang in conversatie was met zijn zelfrijdende auto, was ik geneigd mij portie aan Fikkie te geven. Het is dat dit aan het einde van het verhaal gebeurde. Dus ik heb doorgezet tot de laatste bladzijde.<br/>Het boek speelt zich af in de nabije toekomst. Een tijd waarin mensen zich vervelen omdat er een basisloon voor iedereen is ingevoerd. Een tijd met zelfrijdende auto's die kunnen praten maar zich ook gewillig aanbieden om oudere mannen te bevredigen. <br/>Soms was het boek best grappig maar ik ben geen surrealisme liefhebber. Het werd mij allemaal een beetje te gek af en toe. Vandaar twee sterren. Op naar een iets realistischer boek nu.
Rated The War Master: Self-Defense 9/10
<div>At first, I wasn't 100% sure this was as amazing as the previous War Master sets of stories — yes, everything was still really good, but I wondered if it would have that OMG factor that previous stories had. Then things really kick off in the third story and I was 1000% IN.<br><br>Also fun to watch him poke at the Tenth Doctor in the last story, since it's so easy for him to do. And Abigail Thaw is in this, and I enjoy her on the show Endeavour.</div>
Rated There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension 10/10
<div>I absolutely want to read anything Hanif Abdurraqib wants to write, and this book is no different.</div>
Rated Empathy 6/10
You know, this was surprisingly good for what is the YA book adaptation of an X-Files episode. The writing at the end feels a bit rushed, and not nearly enough characterization time is spent with Scully compared to Mulder, but it's overall not bad.
Finished reading The Rider, The Ride, The Rich Man's Wife
Wants to read Tales from Earthsea
Rated Bernice Summerfield: Epoch 10/10
I really loved this. This was my first full introduction to Bernice Summerfield, and though the stories made reference to things that had previously occurred, it was not vital to know to what she was referring in order to enjoy what was happening. Funny, mysterious, good characters. I'll definitely check out more things featuring her.
Wants to read The Keeper of Magical Things
Finished reading Permafrost
Finished reading Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Wants to read The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1
Finished reading Death Valley Blooms
Finished reading From These Dark Abodes
Finished reading A Memory Called Empire
Finished reading Winter’s Orbit
Rated February's Son 8/10
<div>A good, tense mystery where you already have an idea of who is behind it all, but done in a way where the process of getting the person is still interesting, and there are a few surprises along the way, of course. I don't know if it was entirely necessary to have the between-chapter POV moments from the person responsible though. While they do demonstrate the unravelling of this person's mind, it's not anything we don't also learn later through other characters. Minor quibble.</div>
Wants to read Inversion: Germinal, Book 1
Finished reading The Adventure Zone Vol. 2: Murder on the Rockport Limited!
Finished reading Lure
Rated Foundation 7/10
<div>I read this because I wanted to understand the show better, even though I already knew that the show took certain liberties with what "Empire" means. This was clarifying! I don't know if I'm in a hurry to read the other books in the series, but I liked this one.</div>
Rated Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 8/10
<div>This Big Finish audioplay adaptation of Frankenstein is an enjoyable one. Arthur Darvill is a good Victor Frankenstein, a bit less melodramatic than Dan Stevens' version in the straight-from-text audiobook version I listened to a few years ago.</div>
Finished reading The Adventure Zone Vol.1: Here There Be Gerblins