Didn't like it as much as Doomsday Book, but it had its moments.
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John finished reading To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
In the second of Connie Willis' brilliant Oxford trilogy, Ned's holiday in Victorian England becomes …
John reviewed Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Long but engaging
4 stars
It felt like a slog at first, but it pulled me in and by the end I was ready for the sequel.
John started reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
John started reading To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, Steven Crossley
In the second of Connie Willis' brilliant Oxford trilogy, Ned's holiday in Victorian England becomes a mad struggle to put …
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Drawing on Maggie O'Farrell's long-term fascination with the little-known story behind Shakespeare's most enigmatic play, HAMNET is a luminous portrait …
John finished reading Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Drawing on Maggie O'Farrell's long-term fascination with the little-known story behind Shakespeare's most enigmatic play, HAMNET is a luminous portrait …
John rated Echo burning: 4 stars
Echo burning by Lee Child
Ex-military cop Jack Reacher returns in this latest in the award-winning series critics call "spectacular" (The Seattle Times), "relentless" (Denver …
John finished reading Echo burning by Lee Child
Echo burning by Lee Child
Ex-military cop Jack Reacher returns in this latest in the award-winning series critics call "spectacular" (The Seattle Times), "relentless" (Denver …
John rated The other end of the leash: 5 stars
The other end of the leash (2003, Ballantine Books)
The other end of the leash by Patricia B. McConnell
The Other End of the Leash shares a revolutionary, new perspective on our relationship with dogs, focusing on our behavior …
John rated Fairy Tale: 4 stars
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy …
John rated The Passenger: 5 stars
John reviewed The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
The one thing you never talk about while you’re in the Scholomance is what you’ll …
Review of 'The Golden Enclaves' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Not my favorite of the 3, but still a page turner. And anecdotally, it seems like really good source material to understand Gen Z point of view. Maybe it's just the recent midterm elections that make me see it through that lens but
Recent graduates (just the right age)
Magic (mana) as wealth that is zero-sum
Privileged enclaves of elites
A structural system designed to benefit the powerful at the expense of the weak
And so on. The characters interact with each other in that framework throughout, and it works.
John reviewed London rules by Mick Herron
"London Rules might not be written down, but everyone knows rule one: Cover your arse. …
Review of 'London rules' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Best one yet.
Meanwhile, dusk’s older brother night, which has hovered overhead this past hour, is beginning to lose its balance, beginning to fall. Soon everything will be different again, the same as it always is. Dusk has a last look round, but its vision is failing, its hearing dim. It has been everywhere, seen everything. It is time to go.
This is going to stick with me for some time.
Best one yet.
Meanwhile, dusk’s older brother night, which has hovered overhead this past hour, is beginning to lose its balance, beginning to fall. Soon everything will be different again, the same as it always is. Dusk has a last look round, but its vision is failing, its hearing dim. It has been everywhere, seen everything. It is time to go.
This is going to stick with me for some time.