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sotolf

sotolf@bookwyrm.social

Joined 3 years, 11 months ago

I'm mostly a sci-fi reader, preferring happy feelgood stories, and competency porn, but reading a lot of different stuff makes me happy :)

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Sharon Lee, Miller, Steve: Trader's Leap (Paperback, 2021, Baen)

The only bridge between past and future is a leap of faith.

Pursued by enemies, …

Great book

I really enjoyed this one, it has most of the me traps that you can get for me to enjoy a book, the whole thing was a joy to read, I really enjoyed the people caring about each other, some adventure, the drama and politics, and the very anti violence stance that this one had was refreshing. I really enjoy this series of books :)

Eileen Stevens, Sharon Lee, Miller, Steve: Accepting the Lance

Exiled from Liad after bombing a city to save it from The Department of the …

Long, but good

This tied up a lot of lose threads, and while it was split off in different viewpoints like some of the ones that I've liked less, this one let each of them simmer enough that it wasn't as frustrating.

There was a really good ending, which made me feel happy, and it feels like it's closing off one set of stories in the universe.

Sharon Lee, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller: Neogenesis

Menace from Back Space Looming out of the Dust of Time

The Complex Logic Laws …

Another More political one

I did enjoy this one quite a lot too, some of the view points were more enjoyable than others, but all in all it didn't jump around too much, and it was a nice mix of different characters in there, most of them ones that we've been following for a long time. I had a lot of sun with this one, and it was a really quite enjoyable book.

reviewed The gathering edge by Sharon Lee (A new Liaden Universe novel -- 20)

Sharon Lee: The gathering edge (2017)

"A series milestone as we welcome the twentieth amazing entry in the nationally best-selling Liaden …

Another great one

This one was so much fun, it really brought the series forward, introduced some new characters, and had a very nice story arc to it, I had so much fun reading it, and the last half was almost impossible to put down for me. Very much enjoyed this one.

reviewed Alliance of equals by Sharon Lee (Liaden Universe -- 19)

Sharon Lee: Alliance of equals (2016)

"A new novel in the popular and exciting science fiction Liaden Universe"--Front flyleaf.

"Beset by …

I *Really* liked this one

I really liked this entry into the series, it's one of the best if not the best in the series I think, it had the drive, it had good mysteries that kept my on going, and quite a few tender moments that just made me happy, it was nice to see after the last book almost felt like the opposite of this one.

Sharon Lee: Dragon in exile (2015)

Star-trading Clan Korval—known to Terrans as the Tree-and-Dragon Family and to the locals simply as …

Decent book but not very focused

I did enjoy this book, and the ending is really good, it just was so much setup for things that will happen later from what I can gather, something that ends up in a book that felt very broken up and like it was setting up a lot of stuff that won't be answered in a long time still.

reviewed Ghost ship by Sharon Lee (Liaden)

Sharon Lee, Miller, Steve: Ghost ship

Theo Waitley is an ace starship pilot - and pure maverick. Her mom is a …

Enjoyable, but feels more like half of a book than a standalone

I did enjoy this one, but it feels a bit spread out and not as focused and good as most other books in the series, some of the stories were more enjoyable than others, so it was a bit much of speeding through the less enjoyable ones to get to the good bit, after the half way point that started to get better though, and it wasn't really an issue anymore.

Steve Miller, Sharon Lee: Mouse & dragon : a new Liaden universe novel

Aelliana Caylon has endured much, and finally, she appears to have won all: a spaceship, …

Out of order reading, but good book

This one really hit in the fields a couple of times, some really good moments, it's a bit hampered by my reading it out of order, so I kind of knew a lot of what was going to happen, but I did still really enjoy the book :)

reviewed Saltation by Steve Miller (Liaden, #12)

Steve Miller, Sharon Lee: Saltation (2011, Baen)

Theo Waitley is a Nexus of Violence. Thrust mid-year into a school for pilots far …

Really enjoyable coming of age

This one just gripped me and didn't want to let me loose, Such a fun book, even better than the last one, it also helped that Theo is getting a bit older, so it's a bit easier for me to "live through her" Just so much fun, and I really enjoy seeing the universe from a bit of a different angle.

Sharon Lee, Miller, Steve: Fledgling                            Liaden Universe Novel (2010, Baen Books)

Theo Waitley has lived all her young life on Delgado, a Safe World that is …

Wonderful coming of age story

I really enjoyed this book a lot, to be honest in the start I didn't think I would, it's a coming of age story featuring a young girl, the characters felt stiff and weird in the start, and it was just kind of cold and a weird setting.

But it really grew on me we see how family bonds prevail, and the adventures she's going on, the good and not so good people they meet as they go along.

Yeah, the character is a bit of a Mary Sue, they can do everything and always does well more or less, but it's just a really fun book that made me feel good, and I really loved it.

Mike Brooks: Dark Run (Keiko, #1)

The Keiko is a ship of smugglers, soldiers of fortune and adventurers, travelling Earth’s colony …

Decent book not bad, not great

This was a very formulaic one, it felt kind of like paint by numbers, it's decently entertaining when you're doing it, but it's kind of not so satisfying.

I grew to like the characters towards the end, but the whole grim-punk universe didn't really appeal to me that much.

It's well written though, and have enough driving mysteries that I wasn't in danger of not keeping on reading.

Steve Miller, Sharon Lee: I Dare (Ace)

I DARE The dynamic conclusion to the Agent of Change series in Lee and Miller's …

Really fun Big book, with heart

I really enjoyed this book, it leans quite a lot on those that came before it, and creates a really nice story on the characters of world that has been created earlier. I really had a blast with this one, and seeing it coming together at the end was also really fun. Great characters, great story in a great world :)