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James Ravenscroft

jamesravey@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years, 3 months ago

Tech professional, science fiction and fantasy nerd - I read the odd non-fic pop sci book too.

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2024 Reading Goal

41% complete! James Ravenscroft has read 5 of 12 books.

reviewed The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence (The Library Trilogy, #1)

Mark Lawrence: The Book That Wouldn't Burn (Hardcover, 2023, Ace) 5 stars

A boy has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires …

an enjoyable mix of romance, fantasy and action

5 stars

I really enjoyed this book. I didn't really know what to expect going into it and I ended up loving it. The plot is relatively complex and there's time travel and stuff but it pays off. Can't wait to read the sequels when they are released.

finished reading Judge Dredd Year Three (Judge Dredd: The Early Years) by Michael Carroll ((Judge Dredd: The Early Years), #7,8,9)

Laurel Sills, Michael Carroll, Matthew Smith: Judge Dredd Year Three (Judge Dredd: The Early Years) (EBook, Abaddon Books) No rating

Judge Joseph Dredd has tackled hardened killers and would-be revolutionaries, he’s taken beat-downs and bounced …

Took me a few weeks but I finally chewed my way through it. Thoroughly enjoyable pulp sci-fi. It has been fun to read this whilst also playing Cyberpunk 2077 and think about how the two might cross over.