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I read and enjoyed DeLuca’s novella Night Roll but no luck with this one. Too much effort given to creating an edgy feel distracts from the story telling. Setting this aside.

Reportage from Republican areas of Spain during the first part of the war. Worthwhile for anyone with an interest in the Spanish Civil War. Unfortunately a second volume covering the end of the war was destroyed by Nazi or Polish censors.

After reading the first 8 books in the series I lost track of it about a decade ago. Picked it up again with Where the Time goes. The usual odd mix of fantasy, alternate history, mystery, humor and a little gothic horror. Another entertaining addition to this offbeat series.

The novella felt like the perfect length for a Murderbot episode so I wasn't sure it would work well in a full novel. Not to worry, Wells keeps it interesting and entertaining in the 5th installment and first novel.

I set this aside after about 25 pages but am glad I came back to it. A story of crossing the Mexican/American border and of crossing other boundaries mythic and real. The narrator also offers a newcomer’s view of the excesses and flatness of life in America. A big story packed into just over 100 pages.

A crisply written overview of the connections between the world’s autocrats, corporate leaders and many politicians in our struggling democracies.