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I read that last year - great isn't it...
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I read that last year - great isn't it...
BoatieBird
Well-Known Member
1/75 - Belinda Bauer - The Facts of Life and Death
2/75 - Stuart MacBride - Broken Skin
3/75 - David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
4/75 - Daniel Woodrell - Winter's Bone
5/75 - Kate Atkinson - Case Histories
6/75 - Margaret Atwood - Lady Oracle
7/75 - Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed
8/75 - Kate Atkinson - One Good Turn
9/75 - Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
10/75 - Iain Banks - Espedair Street
11/75 - John Steinbeck - East of Eden
12/75 - Ruth Rendell - Make Death Love Me
13/75 - Stephen King - The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
14/75 - Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar
2/75 - Stuart MacBride - Broken Skin
3/75 - David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
4/75 - Daniel Woodrell - Winter's Bone
5/75 - Kate Atkinson - Case Histories
6/75 - Margaret Atwood - Lady Oracle
7/75 - Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed
8/75 - Kate Atkinson - One Good Turn
9/75 - Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
10/75 - Iain Banks - Espedair Street
11/75 - John Steinbeck - East of Eden
12/75 - Ruth Rendell - Make Death Love Me
13/75 - Stephen King - The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
14/75 - Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
13/50: Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms
14/50: Susan Perabo - Explaining Death to the Dog
15/50: Paul Torday - Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
I've been sporadically working through everything by Hemingway (and Dickens) over the last couple of years. In so many ways he's an unreconstructed old bastard, who spends most of his books (or at least his fictional stand-ins do) so pissed up that he can barely keep a tally of how many animals he's shot or women he's patronised. But the writing is fantastic - just humming with understated power. Farewell to Arms is up there with For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Old Man and the Sea. Don't often cry at a book, but I did at the devastating end of this one.
14/50: Susan Perabo - Explaining Death to the Dog
15/50: Paul Torday - Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
I've been sporadically working through everything by Hemingway (and Dickens) over the last couple of years. In so many ways he's an unreconstructed old bastard, who spends most of his books (or at least his fictional stand-ins do) so pissed up that he can barely keep a tally of how many animals he's shot or women he's patronised. But the writing is fantastic - just humming with understated power. Farewell to Arms is up there with For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Old Man and the Sea. Don't often cry at a book, but I did at the devastating end of this one.
crossthebreeze
Well-Known Member
1/12 - The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco
2/12 - Communal Luxury: The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune by Kristin Ross
3/12 - Eric by Shaun Tan
4/12 - Orange is the new Black by Piper Kerman
5/12 - The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor
I really enjoyed this science fiction novel, and its fairly complex exploration of themes such as racism and colonialism, gender, biotechnology, surveillance, religion and folklore, and its engaging central character and exciting storyline, though I felt that sometimes ideas weren't fully developed (though maybe this the breakneck pace matched the accelerated development of the main character).
6/12 - The Rise of Islamic State: ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution by Patrick Cockburn
Very interesting, fairly informative (though like all books of this type, best read critically), and depressing. I thought his analysis of the motivations and actions of the various states involved in the proxy war was good, but felt he skipped over the motivations of the various factions involved in the Syrian war. I also didn't like the structure of the book, and it felt a bit cobbled together in places.
Half way to my target already, I'm reading loads more than last year.
2/12 - Communal Luxury: The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune by Kristin Ross
3/12 - Eric by Shaun Tan
4/12 - Orange is the new Black by Piper Kerman
5/12 - The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor
I really enjoyed this science fiction novel, and its fairly complex exploration of themes such as racism and colonialism, gender, biotechnology, surveillance, religion and folklore, and its engaging central character and exciting storyline, though I felt that sometimes ideas weren't fully developed (though maybe this the breakneck pace matched the accelerated development of the main character).
6/12 - The Rise of Islamic State: ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution by Patrick Cockburn
Very interesting, fairly informative (though like all books of this type, best read critically), and depressing. I thought his analysis of the motivations and actions of the various states involved in the proxy war was good, but felt he skipped over the motivations of the various factions involved in the Syrian war. I also didn't like the structure of the book, and it felt a bit cobbled together in places.
Half way to my target already, I'm reading loads more than last year.
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imposs1904
Thread Killa'
1/52 Autobiography by Mother Jones
2/52 Maigret and the Loner by Georges Simenon
3/52 How To Rob An Armored Car by Iain Levison (Reread)
4/52 Do I Love You? by Paul McDonald
Walsall, Northern Soul and an accident-prone lollipop man. What's not to love?
2/52 Maigret and the Loner by Georges Simenon
3/52 How To Rob An Armored Car by Iain Levison (Reread)
4/52 Do I Love You? by Paul McDonald
Walsall, Northern Soul and an accident-prone lollipop man. What's not to love?
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
1/60 The Lost Starship - Vaughn Heppner.
2/60 The Lost Command - Vaughn Heppner
3/60 The Lost Destroyer - Vaughn Heppner
4/60 The Lost Colony - Vaughan Heppner
5/60 Why it is still Kicking Off Everywhere - Paul Mason
6/60 The Lady From Zagreb - Philip Kerr
7/60 Anzio - Wynford Vaughan Thomas
8/60 Extinction Point : Genesis - Paul Antony Jones
9/60 Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel
10/60 Lucifer's Hammer - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
2/60 The Lost Command - Vaughn Heppner
3/60 The Lost Destroyer - Vaughn Heppner
4/60 The Lost Colony - Vaughan Heppner
5/60 Why it is still Kicking Off Everywhere - Paul Mason
6/60 The Lady From Zagreb - Philip Kerr
7/60 Anzio - Wynford Vaughan Thomas
8/60 Extinction Point : Genesis - Paul Antony Jones
9/60 Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel
10/60 Lucifer's Hammer - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
1/45 An American Outlaw - John Stonehouse
2/45 George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl
3/45 Cry, The Beloved Country - Alan Paton
4/45 Killer In The Rain - Raymond Chandler
5/45 Case Histories - Kate Atkinson
6/45 Woken Furies - Richard K Morgan
7/45 The Wall Jumper - Peter Schneider
8/45 Care of the Soul - Thomas Moore
2/45 George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl
3/45 Cry, The Beloved Country - Alan Paton
4/45 Killer In The Rain - Raymond Chandler
5/45 Case Histories - Kate Atkinson
6/45 Woken Furies - Richard K Morgan
7/45 The Wall Jumper - Peter Schneider
8/45 Care of the Soul - Thomas Moore
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
1. "11.22.63" - Stephen King
2. "Blind Eye" - Stuart MacBride
3. "The Inspector and Silence" - Hakan Nesser
4. "Dark Blood" - Stuart MacBride. Okay but a bit disjointed
2. "Blind Eye" - Stuart MacBride
3. "The Inspector and Silence" - Hakan Nesser
4. "Dark Blood" - Stuart MacBride. Okay but a bit disjointed
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
1/50 Jeff Vandermeer - Annihilation
2/50 Justin Cronin - The Twelve
3/50 Neil Oliver - A History of Ancient Britain
4/50 Jeff Vandermeer - Authority
5/50 Jeff Vandermeer - Acceptance
6/50 Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere. More like mehverwhere, but entertaining enough.
7/50 Svetlana Alexievich - Zinky Boys. Brutal
2/50 Justin Cronin - The Twelve
3/50 Neil Oliver - A History of Ancient Britain
4/50 Jeff Vandermeer - Authority
5/50 Jeff Vandermeer - Acceptance
6/50 Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere. More like mehverwhere, but entertaining enough.
7/50 Svetlana Alexievich - Zinky Boys. Brutal
MrSki
Who am I to say you're wrong
I read that last year. A sad story.
D'wards
IT'S YOUR DECISION DANIEL
1/20 - Peter Straub - Ghost Story
2/20 - Duncan Falcolner - First Into Action
3/20 - William Gibson - Neuromancer
4/20 - Paul Trynka - Starman: David Bowie - The Definitive Biography
5/20 - Robert A. Heinlein - Starship Troopers
6/20 - Patrick DeWitt - The Sisters Brothers
2/20 - Duncan Falcolner - First Into Action
3/20 - William Gibson - Neuromancer
4/20 - Paul Trynka - Starman: David Bowie - The Definitive Biography
5/20 - Robert A. Heinlein - Starship Troopers
6/20 - Patrick DeWitt - The Sisters Brothers
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
9/50 rudyard kipling, 'puck of pook's hill'
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
1/60: Misha Glenny - McMafia
2/60: Chris Hadfield - An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
3/60 Peter Goes - Timeline
4/60 Jeff Vandermeer - Annihilation
5/60 Ben Crystal - Shakespeare On Toast
6/60 Claire North - The First Fifteen Lives Of Harry August
7/60 Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publically Shamed
8/60 Martin Jenkins & Satoshi Kitamura - The Story Of Money
9/60 Kristjana S Williams & Jenny Broom - The Wonder Garden
10/60 Gary Crew & Shaun Tan - The Viewer
2/60: Chris Hadfield - An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
3/60 Peter Goes - Timeline
4/60 Jeff Vandermeer - Annihilation
5/60 Ben Crystal - Shakespeare On Toast
6/60 Claire North - The First Fifteen Lives Of Harry August
7/60 Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publically Shamed
8/60 Martin Jenkins & Satoshi Kitamura - The Story Of Money
9/60 Kristjana S Williams & Jenny Broom - The Wonder Garden
10/60 Gary Crew & Shaun Tan - The Viewer
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
10/50 lon milo duquette, 'low magick'
Voley
🐀
1/10 My Story - Steven Gerrard
2/10 Ancient Sites In West Penwith -Cheryl Straffon
3/10 Execution Sites Of Devon And Cornwall - Richard Peirce
4/10 Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights - Salman Rushdie
5/10 Pegasus Descending - James Lee Burke
6/10 The Story Of Kullervo - J.R.R. Tolkein
7/10 Walking The Himalayas - Levison Wood
8/10 Narcopolis - Jeet Thayil
9/10 The Doors Of Perception - Aldous Huxley
10/10 Doctor Sleep - Stephen King
so I'm upping my target to 20 for the year now.
2/10 Ancient Sites In West Penwith -Cheryl Straffon
3/10 Execution Sites Of Devon And Cornwall - Richard Peirce
4/10 Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights - Salman Rushdie
5/10 Pegasus Descending - James Lee Burke
6/10 The Story Of Kullervo - J.R.R. Tolkein
7/10 Walking The Himalayas - Levison Wood
8/10 Narcopolis - Jeet Thayil
9/10 The Doors Of Perception - Aldous Huxley
10/10 Doctor Sleep - Stephen King
so I'm upping my target to 20 for the year now.
Manter
Lunch Mob
1.The shadows of self- Brendan Sanderson
2. Angel of storms- Trudi Canavan
3. The innocent Mage- Karen Miller
4. The awakened Mage- Karen Miller
5. A blight of mages- Karen Miller
6. Sweet Caress- William Boyd
7. The taming of the queen- Philipa Gregory
8. A dance of cloaks- David Dalglish
9, 10, 11, 12, 13- rest of shadow dance series, David Dalglish
14. The kindness of enemies- Leila Aboulela. Really interesting book about a woman who is Russian/Sudanese, studying the history of the Caucasus. One of her students is arrested by anti terror police, she is sort of implicated because she was teaching him about Shamil (who was a Georgian highlander who led an almost successful rebellion against the Russians at the time of the Crimean war.) interesting. Liked it.
2. Angel of storms- Trudi Canavan
3. The innocent Mage- Karen Miller
4. The awakened Mage- Karen Miller
5. A blight of mages- Karen Miller
6. Sweet Caress- William Boyd
7. The taming of the queen- Philipa Gregory
8. A dance of cloaks- David Dalglish
9, 10, 11, 12, 13- rest of shadow dance series, David Dalglish
14. The kindness of enemies- Leila Aboulela. Really interesting book about a woman who is Russian/Sudanese, studying the history of the Caucasus. One of her students is arrested by anti terror police, she is sort of implicated because she was teaching him about Shamil (who was a Georgian highlander who led an almost successful rebellion against the Russians at the time of the Crimean war.) interesting. Liked it.
BoatieBird
Well-Known Member
1/75 - Belinda Bauer - The Facts of Life and Death
2/75 - Stuart MacBride - Broken Skin
3/75 - David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
4/75 - Daniel Woodrell - Winter's Bone
5/75 - Kate Atkinson - Case Histories
6/75 - Margaret Atwood - Lady Oracle
7/75 - Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed
8/75 - Kate Atkinson - One Good Turn
9/75 - Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
10/75 - Iain Banks - Espedair Street
11/75 - John Steinbeck - East of Eden
12/75 - Ruth Rendell - Make Death Love Me
13/75 - Stephen King - The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
14/75 - Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar
15/75 - Kate Atkinson - When Will There be Good News?
2/75 - Stuart MacBride - Broken Skin
3/75 - David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
4/75 - Daniel Woodrell - Winter's Bone
5/75 - Kate Atkinson - Case Histories
6/75 - Margaret Atwood - Lady Oracle
7/75 - Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed
8/75 - Kate Atkinson - One Good Turn
9/75 - Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
10/75 - Iain Banks - Espedair Street
11/75 - John Steinbeck - East of Eden
12/75 - Ruth Rendell - Make Death Love Me
13/75 - Stephen King - The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
14/75 - Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar
15/75 - Kate Atkinson - When Will There be Good News?
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
1/60 The Lost Starship - Vaughn Heppner.
2/60 The Lost Command - Vaughn Heppner
3/60 The Lost Destroyer - Vaughn Heppner
4/60 The Lost Colony - Vaughan Heppner
5/60 Why it is still Kicking Off Everywhere - Paul Mason
6/60 The Lady From Zagreb - Philip Kerr
7/60 Anzio - Wynford Vaughan Thomas
8/60 Extinction Point : Genesis - Paul Antony Jones
9/60 Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel
10/60 Lucifer's Hammer - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
11/60 Blood Relatives - Ed McBain.
2/60 The Lost Command - Vaughn Heppner
3/60 The Lost Destroyer - Vaughn Heppner
4/60 The Lost Colony - Vaughan Heppner
5/60 Why it is still Kicking Off Everywhere - Paul Mason
6/60 The Lady From Zagreb - Philip Kerr
7/60 Anzio - Wynford Vaughan Thomas
8/60 Extinction Point : Genesis - Paul Antony Jones
9/60 Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel
10/60 Lucifer's Hammer - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
11/60 Blood Relatives - Ed McBain.
Me76
Not very good lurker
1/50 A Heat of the Moment Thing, Maggie Le Page
2/50 How to Build a Girl, Caitlin Moran
3/50 The Guest Cat, Takashi Hiraide
4/50 The Fire, John A Heldt
5/50 The Worst Day of my Life, So Far, MA Harper
6/50 Alive and Killing, Jeff Carson
7/50 Persuasion, Jane Austen
8/50 The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen
9/50 The Rowan Tree, Robert W Fuller
2/50 How to Build a Girl, Caitlin Moran
3/50 The Guest Cat, Takashi Hiraide
4/50 The Fire, John A Heldt
5/50 The Worst Day of my Life, So Far, MA Harper
6/50 Alive and Killing, Jeff Carson
7/50 Persuasion, Jane Austen
8/50 The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen
9/50 The Rowan Tree, Robert W Fuller
maya
timewasting fool (in every universe)
1/100 Peter Williams- Bach: The Goldberg Variations
2/100 Mary Beard- S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome
3/100 Ivan Klima- Karel Capek: Life and Work
4/100 Jim Al-Khalili- Black holes, Wormholes and Time machines
5/100 Dave Marsh- Louie Louie: the History and Mythology of the World's Most Famous Rock 'n' Roll Song
6/100 Steven Mithen- The Singing Neanderthals
7/100 Ken Hollings- Welcome to Mars
8/100 Sam Kean- The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
9/100 Craig Monson- Nuns Behaving Badly: Tales of Music, Magic, Art and Arson in the Convents of Italy
2/100 Mary Beard- S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome
3/100 Ivan Klima- Karel Capek: Life and Work
4/100 Jim Al-Khalili- Black holes, Wormholes and Time machines
5/100 Dave Marsh- Louie Louie: the History and Mythology of the World's Most Famous Rock 'n' Roll Song
6/100 Steven Mithen- The Singing Neanderthals
7/100 Ken Hollings- Welcome to Mars
8/100 Sam Kean- The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
9/100 Craig Monson- Nuns Behaving Badly: Tales of Music, Magic, Art and Arson in the Convents of Italy
Sea Star
have you ever explored your dark side?
1/50 Special Deluxe - Neil Young
2/50 The Edible woman - Margaret Atwood
3/50 The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
4/50 Sacrilege - S.J. Parris
5/50 Easily Distracted - Steve Coogan
6/50 Autobiography - Morrissey
7/50 The Ice Owl - Carolyn Ives Gilman
8/50 Angel of Europa - Allen M. Steele
9/50 The Ants of Flanders - by Robert Reed
I think I'm back on track!
2/50 The Edible woman - Margaret Atwood
3/50 The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
4/50 Sacrilege - S.J. Parris
5/50 Easily Distracted - Steve Coogan
6/50 Autobiography - Morrissey
7/50 The Ice Owl - Carolyn Ives Gilman
8/50 Angel of Europa - Allen M. Steele
9/50 The Ants of Flanders - by Robert Reed
I think I'm back on track!
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
]1/60 The Lost Starship - Vaughn Heppner.
2/60 The Lost Command - Vaughn Heppner
3/60 The Lost Destroyer - Vaughn Heppner
4/60 The Lost Colony - Vaughan Heppner
5/60 Why it is still Kicking Off Everywhere - Paul Mason
6/60 The Lady From Zagreb - Philip Kerr
7/60 Anzio - Wynford Vaughan Thomas
8/60 Extinction Point : Genesis - Paul Antony Jones
9/60 Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel
10/60 Lucifer's Hammer - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
11/60 Blood Relatives - Ed McBain
12/60 Blood on Snow - Jo Nesbo
2/60 The Lost Command - Vaughn Heppner
3/60 The Lost Destroyer - Vaughn Heppner
4/60 The Lost Colony - Vaughan Heppner
5/60 Why it is still Kicking Off Everywhere - Paul Mason
6/60 The Lady From Zagreb - Philip Kerr
7/60 Anzio - Wynford Vaughan Thomas
8/60 Extinction Point : Genesis - Paul Antony Jones
9/60 Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel
10/60 Lucifer's Hammer - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
11/60 Blood Relatives - Ed McBain
12/60 Blood on Snow - Jo Nesbo
Sea Star
have you ever explored your dark side?
I'm lining up some science fiction written by women. I got massively into Sci Fi when i was about 16 and then again when i met my 2nd wife who was also a big fan. The funny thing is I'd not read much written by women, i suspect because back in 1980s and 90s it was harder to get hold of and generally viewed with suspicion by the Sci Fi establishment. And the funnier thing is, my ex, who introduced me to a few new authors, but they were all men too!
Reading some short novels recently (on my list) I was struck by how awful the female characters were in one of the books - written by a man who clearly thought all highly qualified female astronauts would want to do is have sex with as many as the male astronauts as possible, get jealous of each other and go round calling each other "sluts". And it got worse, but I don't want to introduce a spoiler.
So that got me thinking, just why haven't i read much written by women?
I'm building a list. They will make it onto here through the year. Meanwhile I've ordered a copy of this because it intrigued me:
Reading some short novels recently (on my list) I was struck by how awful the female characters were in one of the books - written by a man who clearly thought all highly qualified female astronauts would want to do is have sex with as many as the male astronauts as possible, get jealous of each other and go round calling each other "sluts". And it got worse, but I don't want to introduce a spoiler.
So that got me thinking, just why haven't i read much written by women?
I'm building a list. They will make it onto here through the year. Meanwhile I've ordered a copy of this because it intrigued me:
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
1/60: Misha Glenny - McMafia
2/60: Chris Hadfield - An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
3/60 Peter Goes - Timeline
4/60 Jeff Vandermeer - Annihilation
5/60 Ben Crystal - Shakespeare On Toast
6/60 Claire North - The First Fifteen Lives Of Harry August
7/60 Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publically Shamed
8/60 Martin Jenkins & Satoshi Kitamura - The Story Of Money
9/60 Kristjana S Williams & Jenny Broom - The Wonder Garden
10/60 Gary Crew & Shaun Tan - The Viewer
11/60 Clothes Music Boys - Viv Albertine
2/60: Chris Hadfield - An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
3/60 Peter Goes - Timeline
4/60 Jeff Vandermeer - Annihilation
5/60 Ben Crystal - Shakespeare On Toast
6/60 Claire North - The First Fifteen Lives Of Harry August
7/60 Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publically Shamed
8/60 Martin Jenkins & Satoshi Kitamura - The Story Of Money
9/60 Kristjana S Williams & Jenny Broom - The Wonder Garden
10/60 Gary Crew & Shaun Tan - The Viewer
11/60 Clothes Music Boys - Viv Albertine
chainsawjob
Kipping in the dunes
1/35 Elizabeth is Missing – Emma Healy
2/35 Demetia Essentials – Jan Hall
3/35 The Moonlit Garden – Corina Bomann
4/35 The Selfish Pig's Guide to Caring - Hugh Marriot
5/35 Underground London: Travels beneath the city streets - Stephen Smith
2/35 Demetia Essentials – Jan Hall
3/35 The Moonlit Garden – Corina Bomann
4/35 The Selfish Pig's Guide to Caring - Hugh Marriot
5/35 Underground London: Travels beneath the city streets - Stephen Smith
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
1. "11.22.63" - Stephen King
2. "Blind Eye" - Stuart MacBride
3. "The Inspector and Silence" - Hakan Nesser
4. "Dark Blood" - Stuart MacBride
5. "Old Man's War" - John Scalzi. Okay sci-fi. Not ground breaking but an enjoyable easy read
2. "Blind Eye" - Stuart MacBride
3. "The Inspector and Silence" - Hakan Nesser
4. "Dark Blood" - Stuart MacBride
5. "Old Man's War" - John Scalzi. Okay sci-fi. Not ground breaking but an enjoyable easy read
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
1/50 Jeff Vandermeer - Annihilation
2/50 Justin Cronin - The Twelve
3/50 Neil Oliver - A History of Ancient Britain
4/50 Jeff Vandermeer - Authority
5/50 Jeff Vandermeer - Acceptance
6/50 Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere. More like mehverwhere, but entertaining enough.
7/50 Svetlana Alexievich - Zinky Boys.
8/50 Lisa Tuttle - The Mysteries. Disappointing, and certainly not worth staying up till 1am to finish. Mind you, I should have known when I saw the Gaiman quote on the back cover.
2/50 Justin Cronin - The Twelve
3/50 Neil Oliver - A History of Ancient Britain
4/50 Jeff Vandermeer - Authority
5/50 Jeff Vandermeer - Acceptance
6/50 Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere. More like mehverwhere, but entertaining enough.
7/50 Svetlana Alexievich - Zinky Boys.
8/50 Lisa Tuttle - The Mysteries. Disappointing, and certainly not worth staying up till 1am to finish. Mind you, I should have known when I saw the Gaiman quote on the back cover.
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