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.
Changeless by Gail Carriger (2010)
Book two with Alexia Tarabotti, gets off to a great start in chapter one. Continuing series editions can be tricky, too much recap and reintroduction and you’ll alienate diehard readers, but not enough and the casual reader could end up lost and confused. Carriger handles this exceptionally well…
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher (2001)
I have to admit this story seems to observe a lot of the same traits book one did. Harry stretched for money, Murphy's career in jeopardy, and grisly murders to turn Harry's stomach.
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.
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.
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.
Jade City by Fonda Lee (2017)
Well, I'm afraid that's it."Game over, man. Game over!"
I pushed myself as far as I could but I just have to call it quits.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (2019)
Ok, full disclosure, I bought this book because I liked the look of the cover and was intrigued by the name. Hey, I do that a lot, what can I say, I'm into visuals.
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty (2017)
This wasn't what I was expecting. Wait, that's not quite right. It was what I was expecting just not the way I was expecting it.
A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin (2009)
I'd decided this book would be getting a five-star rating before I was even a third of the way through it. It's genuinely one of the best reads I've had.