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I only track books that I read for pleasure, mostly SF/Fantasy. I've fallen out of the habit of actually writing reviews beyond giving a star rating. It would be nice to get back into that habit.
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A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississippi as he …
The Hydrogen Sonata is a science fiction novel by Scottish author Iain M. Banks, set …
Is the Culture all grown up?
Celebrated Victorian bounder, cad, and lecher, Sir Harry Flashman, V. C. , returns to play his (reluctant) part in the …
I am a very old man; how old I do not know. Possibly I am …
I was hoping this would be better. Some of the fantastic bits about Barsoom were interesting, but there was very little follow through. The characters are generally pretty flat.
Mona Lisa Overdrive is the final novel of the William Gibson's cyberpunk Sprawl trilogy.
Living in the vast computer landscape …
Railsea (2012)
Railsea is a young adult novel written and illustrated by English writer China Miéville, and published in May 2012. Miéville …
When Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire find themselves in the same boat as Count Olaf, …
So I finally finished reading through this series. They're occasionally amusing, and it's nice to see children's books where the children realize that adults are incompetent and can't be trusted for anything, and so they go off and do their own thing. They really started to drag on, though. Even though they're fast reading, it was a slog.
Dear Reader,
I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are in …
You have undoubtedly picked up this book by mistake, so please put it down. Nobody in their right mind would …
On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must …
As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, where they befriend the …
Dear Reader,
Like handshakes, house pets, or raw carrots, many things are preferable when not slippery. Unfortunately, in this miserable …
While very little has been revealed about this next to last title in the SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS series, this …
Warning: Your day will become very dark – and possibly damp – if you read this book. Plan to spend …
The Hostile Hospital is the eighth novel in the children's book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, …
