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Dr Ms Kat

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13% complete! Dr Ms Kat has read 7 of 52 books.

finished reading Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

Yoon Ha Lee: Ninefox Gambit (EBook, 2016, Solaris)

When Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for her unconventional tactics, Kel Command …

I'm glad I dropped the last book and started on this. Calendrical heresy is such an intriguing concept.

Doris Lessing: Shikasta (Canopus in Argos: Archives) (Paperback, 1994, Flamingo) No rating

This has been on my Kobo wishlist for years, and it went on sale so I bought it. I have absolutely no idea what it's about - I think Adam Savage recommended it on a podcast.

Megan E. O'Keefe: Bound Worlds (2024, Orbit) No rating

Yup this suffered from the same repeated ramping up and up and up that I mentioned about the previous book. I had to take breaks from reading it at times because I got so fatigued from Yet Another Plot Twist. Good story, just frustrating writing style. Also, does the universe have to be threatened with ending every time in this type of sci-fi?

finished reading The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe (The Devoured Worlds, #2)

Megan E. O'Keefe: The Fractured Dark (2023, Orbit) No rating

This was a rip-snorter of a book, but I can't help but feel it was too long. Actually most of O'Keefe's books make me feel like this. Approaching a good wrap up point for the story, except no, there's another quarter of the book to go. She's excellent at ramping up stories - tension, release - but she repeats it too many times, so that by the time you reach the end you're a bit fatigued from all of the new obstacles that keep getting placed in the protagonist's path.