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milkb0at wants to read Roads Were Not Built for Cars by Carlton Reid
milkb0at finished reading System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
Murderbot mopes around for ages, some stuff happens at the beginning and at the end.
Not my favourite Murderbot book by any stretch, but still it's good, and the whole conflict about what an AI/human mashup would be thinking and worrying about is always interesting.
milkb0at started reading System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
milkb0at finished reading Way of the Hermit by Ken Smith
milkb0at started reading Way of the Hermit by Ken Smith
milkb0at finished reading Three-Body Problem Series by Cixin Liu
I can see why the trilogy is well-loved. The switches between light years and subatomic distances, and between reality and virtual reality, gives you whiplash, the metaphors between the Cultural Revolution and the latter parts of the book are interesting, and the general creepiness throughout is fun.
There's a coldness and clinical aspect to the writing (or translation?) that adds to the creepiness, but it also keeps me, as the reader, at arms length. So for that reason I probably won't read the rest of the trilogy, but I'm happy to have read this first book.
milkb0at rated Three-Body Problem Series: 4 stars
milkb0at finished reading Other Ways to Win by Lee Craigie
This was a more personal book than I was expecting, and a more powerful read as a result. I'm rather affected by it, and I suspect I'll find myself thinking about it often.
I think those people who knew Lee as a racer will find the non-racing sections interesting, and those who know her more for her activism will find her racing history interesting. Everyone's a winner!
milkb0at rated Other Ways to Win: 5 stars
Other Ways to Win by Lee Craigie
‘I rode back down the hill to the athlete’s village. Some of Team Scotland had been watching on the big …
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milkb0at rated The razor edge book of sharpening: 4 stars
milkb0at finished reading The razor edge book of sharpening by John Juranitch
milkb0at wants to read Other Ways to Win by Lee Craigie
milkb0at finished reading The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer
I finally finished. I thought it would be more light-hearted and well-meaning than it was, but most of the characters in the book were mean-spirited. The characters all spoke like Bob Mortimer, which is very weird because he’s rather unique.
It had drama, tension and mystery, so in those respects it did the right job, but I wished it were nicer about it.