scbarton rated Love and Longing in Bombay: 4 stars
Love and Longing in Bombay by Vikram Chandra
From the acclaimed author of Red Earth and Pouring Rain, Five haunting stories that point a vivid picture of Bombay …
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scbarton rated For Whom the Bell Tolls: 5 stars
Ernest Hemingway: For Whom the Bell Tolls (2019, Scribner)
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert …
scbarton rated Acceptance: 3 stars
Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy, #3)
Acceptance is a 2014 novel by Jeff VanderMeer. It is the last in a series of three books called the …
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer (Southern Reach, #2)
"In the second volume of the Southern Reach Trilogy, questions are answered, stakes are raised, and mysteries are deepened. In …
scbarton rated Annihilation: 3 stars
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Southern Reach, #1)
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges …
scbarton rated The Girl on the Train: 4 stars
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking …
scbarton rated Forging Zero: 4 stars
Sean Danker: Admiral (2016)
Admiral by Sean Danker
""I was on a dead ship on an unknown planet with three trainees freshly graduated into the Imperial Service. I …
Wet dog! by Elise Broach
A dog's attempts to cool off on a hot day get him into trouble with a series of people and …
scbarton rated How to be a good dog: 5 stars
How to be a good dog by Gail Page
Cat helps Bobo the dog show Mrs. Birdhead how good he is.
scbarton rated Mote in God's Eye: 4 stars
Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven, Larry Pournelle
Science fiction classic about the rise, fall and subsequent rise of a civilization where the peak catastrophe is known as …
scbarton rated Master and Commander: 3 stars
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian (Aubrey-Maturin, #1)
Master and Commander is a nautical historical novel by the English author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1969 in the …
scbarton rated Abaddon's Gate: 4 stars
scbarton rated Caliban's War: 4 stars
Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #2)
We are not alone.
On Ganymede, breadbasket of the outer planets, a Martian marine watches as her platoon is slaughtered …
scbarton rated Water for Elephants: 4 stars
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini …