cwg1231 wants to read The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (The Goblin Emperor, #1)
A vividly imagined fantasy of court intrigue and dark magics in a steampunk-inflected world, by …
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Favorite Book Series: Inheritance Cycle Just Finished: Dark Profit Saga (Orconomics, Son of a Liche, Dragonfired) Currently Reading: Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-speculation
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cwg1231 finished reading Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
A former FBI hostage negotiator offers a new, field-tested approach to negotiating – effective in …
This book is a fascinating and deeply practical look into the workings of people’s minds during negotiation. Nearly every interpersonal interaction has something to improve by using the strategies in this book.
cwg1231 rated Never Split the Difference: 5 stars
Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz
A former FBI hostage negotiator offers a new, field-tested approach to negotiating – effective in any situation.
After a stint …
cwg1231 wants to read Right-Wing Women by Andrea Dworkin
What does the Right offer to women? How does the Right mobilize women? Why is …
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cwg1231 wants to read The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry
The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry. It …
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cwg1231 wants to read The Enemy (The Enemy, #1) by Charlie Higson
The Enemy is a post-apocalyptic young adult horror novel written by Charlie Higson. The book …
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cwg1231 wants to read Hunter by Mercedes Lackey
Long ago, the barriers between our world and the Otherworld were ripped open, and it's …
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cwg1231 wants to read Peter and the Starcatchers by Ridley Pearson
Le jeune Peter et quatre de ses amis quittent la maison de redressement pour embarquer …
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cwg1231 started reading The Post-Truth Era: Dishonesty and Deception in Contemporary Life by Ralph Keyes
cwg1231 reviewed Dragonfired by J. Zachary Pike (The Dark Profit Saga, #3)
The monarch wants him dead. A dragon’s torching the realm. Is his heroic gig about …
Extremely thoughtful social and economic commentary on both the DnD setting and real life
5 stars
This series has been a fantastic journey from what I thought was a silly tropey DnD story into a touching and emotional journey with sincere commentary on the DnD setting. Dragonfired fires a lot of the Chekhov's guns that have been on the table since Orconomics. While doing this, it pulls absolutely zero punches in critiquing both the racist assumptions implicit in the DnD settings and the very real methods by which systemic racism is perpetuated in real life. After all that, it demonstrates what a few good people in positions of power can do to start overturning a corrupt system.
cwg1231 rated Dragonfired: 5 stars
Dragonfired by J. Zachary Pike (The Dark Profit Saga, #3)
The monarch wants him dead. A dragon’s torching the realm. Is his heroic gig about to be a critical catastrophe? …
cwg1231 rated Son of a Liche: 5 stars
Son of a Liche by J. Zachary Pike (The Dark Profit Saga, #2)
A doubly disgraced dwarven hero. A band of accident-prone adventurers. Giving redemption a second shot may have been a grave …
cwg1231 rated Orconomics: 5 stars
Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike
A disgraced Dwarven hero. A band of deadbeat adventurers. His last shot at redemption could get him killed.
If Gorm …
cwg1231 rated The Lost Metal: 4 stars
The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson (The Mistborn Saga, #7)
For years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the Set―with his late uncle and …
cwg1231 rated All Systems Red: 4 stars
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …