What I’m currently reading…
Judge Dredd Year One
I know these 2000AD novels aren’t what you would call mainstream reads for book lovers, since their origins were established in comics, but I love this world. So I’m indulging myself.
The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch (2018)
Before buying I read the first chapter of this book. I prefer this method to reading the possibly misleading cover blurb, to get my taste of the book, and I was all in. Unfortunately, the book in its entirety is very different to that opening chapter.
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement (1954)
I didn't get exactly what I was expecting here. But then, do you ever with lesser-known classic Sci-Fi books? Mission of Gravity doesn't follow the first contact formula we usually see today.
Soulless by Gail Carriger (2009)
After reading a sample of this book, just the first chapter, it looked like it would just be a lot of frumpy fun. And I was up for that because sometimes that's just what you need.
The Map of Time by Félix J. Palma (2008)
It's taken me an entire day to sit myself down in front of the PC to write this review, and I still haven't got a clue just how to approach this thing.
Storm Front by Jim Butcher (2000)
I don't think I remember ever reading a 'fuller' book. How Butcher manages to introduce so much of his world and so many of the characters populating it in such a relatively short novel is quite mind-blowing.
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (2021)
There were tears. Brave manly tears, but still, yeah, tears.
If this book had been described to me in its simplest terms, a science-based project to save our dying sun, I'd have quickly said, 'Hard SciFi? No thanks. That's not for me.' Thank gods I listened to the hype.
Fourth Quarter Book Recommendation 2023
I don’t have to explain my reasons for choosing this book as my recommendation for this quarter, do I? Most everyone has heard of this book and many readers appreciation of it.
The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher (2015)
I still can't quite decide if I actually liked this book or not. I read all 630 pages, but every time I discussed it with my wife, during the read, it was always to complain about things that irritated me.
Dead Things by Stephen Blackmoore (2013)
Wow! Well, that was one hell of a ride!
If you can stomach all the gore and profanity, dive in, this thing is a riot.
A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (2021)
I'm a fan!
Clark has imagined an amazing and beautiful world here, full of colour, vibrance and vision.
The Salvage Crew by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne (2020)
I bought this book after reading the first couple of pages. I thought, this sounds like a lot of fun, I'll have some of this, thank you very much!
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (2021)
Well, it's Murderbot, so you know it's going to be good, even before starting reading.
And we're back to the tried and trusted format of a novella again, thankfully.