Mostly reading sci-fi, fantasy, and comics/graphic novels, but occasionally some other stuff too.
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Two children. Two locations. One climate crisis.
In the Arctic wilderness, Yuki and her …
Very good. Not at good as Illegal, IMO, but still excellent.
Very good. Not at good as Illegal, IMO, but still excellent.
This is a powerful and timely story about one boy's epic journey across Africa to …
Oh goodness... Where are my kids, I need to hold them forever 😭
Oh goodness... Where are my kids, I need to hold them forever 😭
Orson Scott Card's The Last Shadow is the long-awaited conclusion to both the original Ender …
Look, this book is good. I'll say that from the outset. Is it as good as the other ten Ender/Shadow books before it? On balance, I'd say probably not (with the exception of Xenocide maybe), but what it does hit me with most of all is nostalgia. After the first book in each of the Ender and Shadow series the story arcs completely diverge. This book reconnects them in a completely legitimate way, and brings all the characters back together for the first time in twenty years (for us, not them) for a final story. So it definitely felt nice to have all these characters from different stories in the same book. But one thing that's different, and a little bit weird for me at least, in this story is that both Ender and Bean – the two main characters of the two series – are absent. It's fine, and …
Look, this book is good. I'll say that from the outset. Is it as good as the other ten Ender/Shadow books before it? On balance, I'd say probably not (with the exception of Xenocide maybe), but what it does hit me with most of all is nostalgia. After the first book in each of the Ender and Shadow series the story arcs completely diverge. This book reconnects them in a completely legitimate way, and brings all the characters back together for the first time in twenty years (for us, not them) for a final story. So it definitely felt nice to have all these characters from different stories in the same book. But one thing that's different, and a little bit weird for me at least, in this story is that both Ender and Bean – the two main characters of the two series – are absent. It's fine, and there's no issue with it, but I was keenly aware of the hole they both left.
The only other thing that I felt let down by was the complete absence of the revelation (regarding the Formics) that occured at the end of Shadows in Flight. It was pretty significant, and basically made no impact at all.
But still: good book. Go read it. (after you've read the other ten first)
Orson Scott Card's The Last Shadow is the long-awaited conclusion to both the original Ender …
ALL finished...
Tragedy befalls the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense as the plague of frogs devastates …
I think I'm going to pause here for a while. Not for lack of enjoyment; I want to buy these stories in print (I'm currently reading them digitally) and If I get too far ahead I'll never justify buying the ones I've already read.
I think I'm going to pause here for a while. Not for lack of enjoyment; I want to buy these stories in print (I'm currently reading them digitally) and If I get too far ahead I'll never justify buying the ones I've already read.
When a visitor from the outside world arrives on the Farm, looking for the Black …
Very cool. Now I want the others...
Very cool. Now I want the others...
Once they were heroes. Now, banished from existence by a multiversal crisis, the old champions …
Interesting. This volume is mostly just introduction to the characters (roughly one an issue), but I'm interested to see where the story goes from here.
Interesting. This volume is mostly just introduction to the characters (roughly one an issue), but I'm interested to see where the story goes from here.
Young Philip Haldane has been living a happy life with his beloved older sister Helen, …
Apparently the mean old nurse from chapter one was too scary...
Orson Scott Card's The Last Shadow is the long-awaited conclusion to both the original Ender …
The definitive reading order according to me: 1. Ender's Game 2. Ender's Shadow 3-5. The rest of the Ender Quartet (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind) 6-8. The rest of the Shadow Quartet (Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant) 9. Ender in Exile 10. First Meetings 11. Shadows in Flight 12. The Last Shadow
The definitive reading order according to me: 1. Ender's Game 2. Ender's Shadow 3-5. The rest of the Ender Quartet (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind) 6-8. The rest of the Shadow Quartet (Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant) 9. Ender in Exile 10. First Meetings 11. Shadows in Flight 12. The Last Shadow
The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Development is called in after a madman shoots up a secret laboratory and allows …
Orson Scott Card's The Last Shadow is the long-awaited conclusion to both the original Ender …
Last book for both series!
Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving …
Given that this was my first TMNT comic, it was weird to start "at the end". But it was thoroughly enjoyable!
Given that this was my first TMNT comic, it was weird to start "at the end". But it was thoroughly enjoyable!
Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving …
I've been wanting to read this for a good long while now. I was waiting for a paperback release, but I got sick of waiting...
I've been wanting to read this for a good long while now. I was waiting for a paperback release, but I got sick of waiting...
Neil Gaiman's enchanting, nationally bestselling children's book Coraline is brought to new life by acclaimed …
This story is so creepy!
Wow. That was so much more poignant and... sad, than I kind of expected. It was a great finish. I think I need a bit to process this...
Wow. That was so much more poignant and... sad, than I kind of expected. It was a great finish. I think I need a bit to process this...
