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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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Some interesting diagrams, but a lot of weird cosmological material that I'm not really keen on.
Some interesting diagrams, but a lot of weird cosmological material that I'm not really keen on.
Awesome. Really good explanations of how the patterns are derived. Lots of beautiful diagrams.
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I thought most of these were only okay.
Red Harvest (1929) is a novel by Dashiell Hammett. The story is narrated by the …
Good description.
The Fencing Master is a 1988 novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte set in Spain at the …
Randomly grabbed off of my roommate's bookshelf. Man, I hope this was better in the original Spanish.
Randomly grabbed off of my roommate's bookshelf. Man, I hope this was better in the original Spanish.
The Quincunx (The Inheritance of John Huffam) is the epic first novel of Charles Palliser. …
Extremely detailed. You get the sense that the author knows how much change each character has in their pocket at all times. And that it matters. Amazingly engrossing for a novel about British inheritance law.
I think O'Brian has written himself into a corner. The lead characters, the ones we really care about, are too settled. As a result, all of the interpersonal tension in this book focuses on secondary characters, and a lot of the action takes place in stories that one character tells to another, rather than in the main narrative.
I think O'Brian has written himself into a corner. The lead characters, the ones we really care about, are too settled. As a result, all of the interpersonal tension in this book focuses on secondary characters, and a lot of the action takes place in stories that one character tells to another, rather than in the main narrative.
In the Kingdom of Aran, in the Caucasus Mountains in 950 A.D., two adventurers wander …
Very good. A solid adventure novel, with lots of evocative references to a fascinating historical period. At the same time, it gives the reader a lot to think about. Well balanced.
Fantasy/Horror book centering on a rivalry between two stage magicians. Neat premise. Good execution. I was worried that it was going to leave me wondering what had happened at the end, but, if anything, it did the opposite and explained a little too much.
Only decent. Again, this one was too easy.
In a distant-future, highly advanced society of seemingly unlimited technological capability, a crime is committed …
This one seemed a little too clear, almost over-explained. But I didn't understand why some of the threads were there. Maybe I missed something big.
This one seemed a little too clear, almost over-explained. But I didn't understand why some of the threads were there. Maybe I missed something big.
This turned out to be a bit younger than I'd anticipated. A pretty good boy's adventure story.
This turned out to be a bit younger than I'd anticipated. A pretty good boy's adventure story.
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of …
A fairly light but informative history of the British Longitude Prizes, focused on the development of the marine chronometer. I read the illustrated version, which I thought added a lot.
The Letter of Marque is the twelfth historical novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick …
This one seemed like it was a little too easy.
