Dr Ms Kat started reading Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, there …
Starting in on the Hugo nominations
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Dr Ms Kat finished reading Halo. by William C. Dietz
This turned out to be a bit of a slog. While the first book was a good narrative, this just felt like someone was describing a blow by blow walkthrough the game.
Dr Ms Kat started reading Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric S. Nylund
Here we go
Dr Ms Kat finished reading The Graveyard Shift by Maria Lewis
When a horror-loving radio show becomes the stage of a gruesome murder, its host Tinsel …
This was absolute trash. A good story hiding in there but it was in need of a good edit and a good editor (seriously, "poring" and "pouring" are not the same word). Felt like I was reading fanfic half the time.
Dr Ms Kat finished reading The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
The Dragon Reborn—the leader long prophesied who will save the world, but in the saving …
Starting to get into the story now. Might give the audiobooks a break now though so I can catch up on my backlog of podcasts.
Dr Ms Kat finished reading A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones …
I enjoyed this and was secretly relieved that it wasn't as terrifying a story as The Twisted Ones. Still creepy but much lower key horror than TTO.
Dr Ms Kat finished reading How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
This was ok but a bit navel-gazey, which is fine if that's what you're after. I read a lot of it before going to sleep and while very tired so I maybe didn't take in as much of that introspection as I should have.
Dr Ms Kat started reading The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
The Dragon Reborn—the leader long prophesied who will save the world, but in the saving …
The next audiobook.
Dr Ms Kat finished reading Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
All her life, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the destruction of …
Content warning Minor spoilers for themes
I did quite enjoy this, despite the themes of genocide, cult brainwashing, and rape/domestic violence/coercive control. I think I'm due a good cozy, low stress book next though.
Dr Ms Kat started reading Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
All her life, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the destruction of …
Starting on the Hugo nominations (that I haven't already read).
Dr Ms Kat finished reading The Blackwing War by K.B. Spangler
Three thousand years ago, the Deep appeared without warning. This alien life form was quickly …
This turned out to be a pretty grim book. It's a lovely story about witches until you reach the genocide.
Dr Ms Kat finished reading The Deluge by Stephen Markley
Look in the end I enjoyed reading this but I don't know if I'd recommend it to anyone. It's long and it's depressing. I enjoyed a lot of the nerd detail, and its very aligned to the sort of work I do (or at least my discipline); your average reader wouldn't get as excited about seeing Integrated Assessment Modelling or Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways mentioned or featured in fiction as me. If you are inclined to climate doomerism, definitely don't read this.
Dr Ms Kat commented on The Deluge by Stephen Markley
72% through what may be the most depressing book I've ever read. It's compelling - I want to finish it - but it cuts a bit too close. And it's very long.
Dr Ms Kat commented on The Deluge by Stephen Markley
This book is starting to grow on me. Still only a quarter through it but less concerned about whether I'm going to end up finishing it.
Dr Ms Kat finished reading The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
The Forsaken are loose, the Horn of Valere has been found and the Dead are …
I sometimes have trouble with how seriously high fantasy takes itself. This is probably a me problem.