There's a scene, about twenty pages in, where our titular hero says something so shocking (and, up until then, out of character), I had to stop reading for the night. My wife knew exactly where I had reached - she had read the book a couple of weeks before. She was as shocked as I was. We spoke about it for the next half-an-hour.
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Aussie in Singas.
Writer. Code dabbler. Former TV/film/commercial video producer/director/actor.
Married. Two bratty sons.
One of my novels (read it for free): www.royalroad.com/fiction/56204/coils-of-the-serpent
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80% complete! skribe has read 16 of 20 books.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Few American novels written this century have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury's unparalleled literary classic …
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Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Few American novels written this century have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury's unparalleled literary classic …
skribe commented on Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter (Inspector Morse (1))
Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long …
There's a scene, about twenty pages in, where our titular hero says something so shocking (and, up until then, out of character), I had to stop reading for the night. My wife knew exactly where I had reached - she had read the book a couple of weeks before. She was as shocked as I was. We spoke about it for the next half-an-hour.
skribe rated Last Bus to Woodstock: 2 stars
Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter (Inspector Morse (1))
Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia's bludgeoned body is …
skribe finished reading Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter (Inspector Morse (1))
Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long …
Tawdry and shockingly misogynist at times. It's not the TV series, but it's an almost decent murder mystery.
Tawdry and shockingly misogynist at times. It's not the TV series, but it's an almost decent murder mystery.
skribe started reading Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter (Inspector Morse (1))
Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter (Inspector Morse (1))
Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia's bludgeoned body is …
skribe stopped reading Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (Legends & Lattes, #1)
Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes …
Generic. Predictable. Unfunny.
Generic. Predictable. Unfunny.
skribe started reading Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (Legends & Lattes, #1)
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (Legends & Lattes, #1)
Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes out of the warrior’s life …
skribe reviewed The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
In an opulent mansion at the borders of the Empire, an Imperial officer lies dead …
A Worthy Hugo Winner
5 stars
A fantastic (pardon the pun) murder mystery, with ingenious world-building and engaging characters. Brilliant!
A fantastic (pardon the pun) murder mystery, with ingenious world-building and engaging characters. Brilliant!
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The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
In an opulent mansion at the borders of the Empire, an Imperial officer lies dead – killed when a tree …
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The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
In an opulent mansion at the borders of the Empire, an Imperial officer lies dead – killed when a tree …
skribe stopped reading A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (Teixcalaan, #1)
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover …
Inconsistent.
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A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (Teixcalaan, #1)
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous …
skribe rated Ancillary Justice: 5 stars
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Breq is …