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sotolf

sotolf@bookwyrm.social

Joined 4 years 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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Linda Nagata: The Bohr Maker (Paperback, 1995, Bantam Spectra)

Nikko is the first true "post human"-a man genetically engineered to survive in the airless …

I remember I got this book and was quite excited about it, don't quite remember why, but I'll start and I guess I will find out, it's a bit violent, and I haven't really gotten to like the characters yet, but there is still time.

Steve Miller, Sharon Lee: Carpe Diem (2003, Ace)

On the run from assassins, Val Con yos'Phelium and Miri Robertson are stranded on a …

Fun science fantasy adventure

I just really enjoyed this story, I like the way it's written, and the characters, just a lot of fun. The characters are good, most people are trying to help each other, and there still is enough tension, Really had a lot of fun reading this one.

Nathan Hystad: New Threat (Paperback, 2018, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform)

A year after the Event, horrific memories of the vessels linger in Dean’s mind as …

Decently written fun book

I enjoyed this, not high literature, but well written fun little story that I enjoyed, there was a bit more time for slice of life stuff with the world set up, so this was fun, I think I have gotten the gist of the series now it seems like there is story, then a twist towards the end, at least there were in the first two, let's see how it will be in the 3rd :)

Steve Miller, Sharon Lee: Conflict of Honors (2002)

Sixteen-year-old Priscilla Delacroix was declared legally dead by her mother, High Priestess of the Goddess. …

Really enjoyed this obok

I wasn't expecting to enjoy this one as much as I did, but after the first chapter it just dragged me in, it's like a catnip book to me, extremely overcompetent people, being nice to each other, working on a spaceship, it's like the thing that I like the most, it's written well as well :) Just a lot of fun, that hit me very well, might be set and setting, I don't care I really enjoyed this.

Nathan Hystad: The Event (2018, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform)

Fun and a bit silly book, with the right expectation this is fun

I did enjoy this book, I wasn't really have high expectations, but it did actually do what it said on the tin, it's not intelligent sprawling and mind bending, but it's a fun little action sci-fi story with some decent characters, I think I will continue on in the series :)

reviewed Agent of Change by Steve Miller (Liaden Universe, #9)

Steve Miller, Sharon Lee: Agent of Change (Paperback, 1988, Del Rey)

Really enjoyed this one, holds up pretty well

This is an old book, almost as old as me, and still didn't really feel like it, which is something that I enjoyed, it was a fun little story, and I liked the characters, I will continue on in the series.

Nathan Lowell: Zypheria's Call (A Tanyth Fairport Adventure) (EBook, 2012, Self Published)

Sometimes the longest journeys are within.

Tanyth makes her way across the ocean to continue …

Really fun fantasy story, calm

It's very easy to see from the loving writing about being out on sea that Lowell has experience with that, the story is just very nice, and we return to a bit more calm pace without as many perils, which suits me very well.

Elizabeth Moon: Against the odds (2000, Baen Books, Distributed by Simon & Schuster)

Against the Odds is a science fiction novel by Elizabeth Moon. It is her seventh …

Good ending to a great series

I really enjoyed this book, it was kind of like the last one, just that more of the small stories were better than in that one, and it didn't use as long to get going.

reviewed Ravenwood by Nathan Lowell (A Tanyth Fairport Adventure, Book 1)

Nathan Lowell: Ravenwood (Paperback, 2011, Durandus)

You're never too old to make a bad decision. After twenty winters on the road, …

Loveable characters

I really enjoyed the mood of this story, it's like in most of Lowells book, really loveable characters that you want to spend time with. Usually his books are very calm, this one had a bit more adversity, at times a bit too much, but I think in some ways it made me enjoy the calmer moments more.

This is the first fantasy book that I'm reading in years, and it does want me to explore that a bit more again, if I can just find some more feelgood fantasy after I'm finished with this series.

P. D. James: Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh #1) (2001, Scribner Paperback Fiction)

Cover Her Face is the debut 1962 crime novel of P. D. James. It details …

Decent murder mystery, oldfashioned unlikeable charaters

I've wanted some more recent procedurals, kind of like police TV series, just in book form, this was my first try.

It was a decent book, I kind of liked it, but I didn't like any other characters than the detective really, and it all feld rather old fashioned, the 2001 release must have been a rerelase I think of an older book? At least it felt that way. All in all it was decent, but it was kind of a bit of a drag to get through.

Elizabeth Moon: Rules of Engagement (The Serrano Legacy) (Paperback, 2000, Orbit)

Esmay Suiza, one of Fleet's most gifted young officers, and Brun Meager, daughter of the …

Well written thought provoking book

I really enjoyed this book, it was fun to read, the characters were good, and I really enjoy the way moon writes, it's just so easy to read, even when the situations are dire, there is at least some hope there. Really enjoyable in general, could be a bit less rapey though.