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Shack70 finished reading CyberStorm by Matthew Mather

Matthew Mather: CyberStorm (2014, Blackstone Audio)

CyberStorm by Matthew Mather

Shack70 finished reading Judge Dredd Year One: City Fathers (Judge Dredd- Year One Book 1) by Mathew Smith

Mathew Smith: Judge Dredd Year One: City Fathers (Judge Dredd- Year One Book 1) (EBook, 2000 AD Books)

Judge Dredd Year One: City Fathers (Judge Dredd- Year One Book 1) by Mathew Smith

THE MAKING OF THE LAWMAN...

Mega-City One, 2080. It is Joe Dredd's first year as a full-eagle Judge – he …

Shack70 reviewed United States of Japan by Peter Tieryas Liu

Peter Tieryas Liu: United States of Japan (2016)

"Decades ago, Japan won the Second World War. Americans worship their infallible Emperor, and nobody …

Not at all what I expected

2 stars

I don't rate or review many books here on Goodreads, but I was so excited to read this book. Man in The High Castle is one of my favorite books and this sounded like it was going to be similar but also with giant mechs. Just look at the covers to all the books in the series, it's got be full of action with lots of mech fights. Don't let this cover fool you, if you are looking for books with mechs as the center, this isn't it. I enjoyed the book because yes, it's like Man in The High Castle but I was distracted as I awaited the mech fights. There are a few mech fights in the books, but those parts are very lack-luster and boring compared to what I expected or what this could have been. I don't plan on reading the next two books simply because …

I don't rate or review many books here on Goodreads, but I was so excited to read this book. Man in The High Castle is one of my favorite books and this sounded like it was going to be similar but also with giant mechs. Just look at the covers to all the books in the series, it's got be full of action with lots of mech fights. Don't let this cover fool you, if you are looking for books with mechs as the center, this isn't it. I enjoyed the book because yes, it's like Man in The High Castle but I was distracted as I awaited the mech fights. There are a few mech fights in the books, but those parts are very lack-luster and boring compared to what I expected or what this could have been. I don't plan on reading the next two books simply because I felt misled with this one. If you are going to read this book, ignore the idea of mechs all together and enjoy the story.

Shack70 set a goal to read 50 books in 2023

Shack70 reviewed Super Powereds by Drew Hayes

Drew Hayes: Super Powereds (2013, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform)

Review of 'Super Powereds' on 'Goodreads'

No rating

I'm a sucker for superhero books but this one disappointed me a little. It has descent characters that are well thought out have good personalities and powers. I just didn't really like any of them enough to have a favorite.

Most of this book is just the kids going to superhero college and what happens day to day. Nothing really exciting happens until the very end and by then it was kinda predictable. I don't enjoy following the characters day to day lives.

I'm not sure I will read the next book or not. I'm leaning toward not but if I do I hope it has more action since I've already met all the characters and know them. If it's just following them through year two, I'm not interested. Some more needs to happen during the story and not just at the end.