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.
Vellum by Hal Duncan (2005)
This is probably one of the toughest reviews I've had to write in a long while. Not because it's going to be bad, it's not, but because I'm biased.
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.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953)
My only experience with Ray Bradbury, prior to this, was The Martian Chronicles, and to put it frankly, I wasn't impressed. So I had very low expectations for this book.
Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding (2009)
You know those days when you're just sick of the world and everything about it? Those days when you decide you're just going to hide from everything and everyone?
Mockingbird by Walter Tevis (1980)
Ok, this is my second read of this book, my first being so far back I could only remember a few key elements of the story. But I can still vividly remember the profound effect it had on me at the time.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818)
What an exquisite book! An all-time favourite, for sure! Amazingly layered storytelling.
I have to admit, again, as with previous classics, I'm more enamoured with the prose itself than the story.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wild (1890)
I definitely have a passion for this kind of classic prose. I find such delight in the guarded nature of the language's frankness. I love the way such blunt conversations can be carried out in such an inoffensive manner
Timekeepers by Catherine Webb (2004)
Yes, another five-star rating for Catherine Webb, or whatever pseudonym she may write under. That's three books I've read and three max-star ratings so far.
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson (2018)
Ok, I can admit it, this is a really good book.
And to think I wasn't going to read it after reading, or trying and failing to read, Elantris.
Waywalkers by Catherine Webb (2003)
This lady, in my mind, is an utterly phenomenal writer. Her imagination is quite remarkable but the effortless way she seems to be able to affect me with her writing is nothing short of intoxicating.
The Bad Place by Dean R Koontz (1990)
I first read The Bad Place when it was released back in 1990, a few other times since then, and I've just finished it yet again.
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (2018)
'Rogue Protocol' reconnects with the first instalment, 'All Systems Red' which is a good thing. Although the story and flow are actually very similar to that book, which isn't such a good thing