1. The Twelve (The Passage #2) - Justin Cronin - (9/10) 2. Elantris - Brandon Sanderson (6.5/10) 3. The Emperor's Soul - Brandon Sanderson (9/10) 4. The Hope of Elantris - Brandon Sanderson -- 5. Breath of the Dragon (Breathmarked #1) - Fonda Lee and Shannon Lee (8.5/10) 6. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs - Camilla Townsend (9/10) 7. Death of the Author - Nnedi Okorafor (8.5/10) 8. Alloy of Law (Mistborn Era 2 #1) - Brando Sando (8/10) 9. Allomancer Jak (Mistborn Era 2 #1.5). Brando Sando -- 10. Shadows of Self (Mistborn Era 2 #2) - Brando Sando (8.5/10) 11. City of Mirrors (The Passage #3) - Justin Cronin - (8/10 ) 12. Bands of Mourning (Mistborn Era 2 #3) - Brando Sando (9/10) 13. Mistborn: A Secret History - Brando Sando (9/10) 14. The Lost Metal (Mistborn 2 #4) - Brand Sando (9/10) 15. An Honorable Assassin (Nick Mason #3) - Steve Hamilton (6.5/10) 16. A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles (8/10) 17. Nemesis (Orphan X #10) - Gregg Hurwitz (7.5/10) 19. Butter - Asako Yuzuki (7/10) 20. The Forever War - Joe Haldeman (7.5/10) 21. Caliban's War (The Expanse #2) - James SA Corey(10/10) 22. Gods of Risk (The Expanse #2.5) - James SA Corey (9/10 23. An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence - Zeinab Bawadi (8.5/10) 24. Abaddon's Gate (The Expanse #3) - James SA Corey (10/10) 25. The Churn (The Expanse #3.5) - James SA Corey (10/10) 26. The Blade Itself (First Law #1) - Joe Abercrombie (9/10) 27. The Unworthy - Agustina Bazterrica (6.5/10) 28. Cibola Burn (The Expanse #4) - James SA Corey (9/10) 29. Before They Are Hanged (The First Law #2) - Joe Abercrombie (10/10) 30. Nemesis Games (The Expanse #5) - James SA Corey (10/10) 31. Vital Abyss (The Expanse 5.5) - James SA Corey (6/10) 32. The Last Argument of Kings (First Law #3) - Joe Abercrombie 33. All the Colors of the Dark - Chris Whitaker (10/10) 34. Star Wars: Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear - Alexander Freed (9/10) 35. Everyone Who is Gone is Here: United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis - Jonathan Blitzer (10/10) 36. Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins (9/10) 37. Persepolis Rising (The Expanse #7) - James SA Corey (10/10) reread 38. Auberon (The Expanse #7.5) - James SA Corey (9/10) reread 39. Beartooth - Callan Wink (7/10) 40. Babylon's Ashes (The Expanse #6) James SA Corey 41. Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning - Peter Bienart (9/10) 42. Extinction - Douglas Preston - (8/10) 43. The Humans - Matt Haig (7/10) 44. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones (7/10) 45. The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 - Rick Atkinson (8.5/10) 46.Best Served Cold - Joe Abercrombie (9/10) 47 Musashi - Eiji Yoshikawa (7.5/10) 48. Wild Dark Shore - Charolette McCounaghy - (6.5/10) 49. Star Wars: Acolyte: Wayseeker - Justina Ireland (6/10) 50. Leviathan Falls (The Expanse #9) - James SA Corey (10/10) 51. The Sins of our Fathers (The Expanse 9.5) - James SA Corey (8/10) 52. My Friends - Fredrik Backman (9/10) 53. Red Sparrow (Red Sparrow #1) - Jason Matthews (10/10) 54. Mark Twain - Ron Chernow (8/10) 55. Palace of Treason (Red Sparrow #2) Jason Matthews (10/10) 56. King of Ashes - S A Cosby (9.5/10) 57. The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the Wild West - Bryan Burrough (7/10) 59. The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie (8.5/10) 60. The Kremlin's Candidate (Red Rising #3) - Jason Matthews (10/10) 61. The Compound - Ainsley Rawle (7/10) The Heroes - Really enjoyed this one. Great battle scenes. The Kremlin's Candidate - re-read. Still awesome and my favorite espionage series. The Compound - A quasi dystopian thriller about a Love Island type reality show where the contestants not only have to pair up to stay in the game, but also complete tasks to be provided things necessary to survive. Picked it on whim, looking for something easy between heavier reads. It was nothing special but served it's purpose.
1) Demon in White (Sun Eater #3) by Christopher Ruocchio 10/10 2) Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson 9/10 3) Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey 8/10 4) A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towels 10/10 5) Starry Messenger by Neil Degrasse Tyson 7/10 6) A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders 7/10 7) Tales of the Sun Eater Vol. 2 by Christopher Ruocchio 7/10 8) Mistborn: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson 9/10 9) Kingdoms of Death (Sun Eater #4) by Christopher Ruocchio 10/10 10) End of the World Running Club by Adrian J. Walker 7.5/10 11) Mistborn: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson 9/10 12) The Lost Season by Dick Vitale 6/10 13) Open by Andre Agassi 10/10 14) Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson 8/10 15) Elantris by Brandon Sanderson 8.25/10 16) Ashes of Man (Sun Eater #5) by Christopher Ruocchio 9.5/10 17) Orbital by Samantha Harvey 8/10 18) Sphere by Michael Crichton 7/10 19) Fup by Jim Dodge 9/10 20) The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson 10/10 21) My Friends by Fredrick Backman 8.5/10 22) Girl Dad: Stories, Lessons, and Advice from Girl Dads & Their Daughters by Madeline Anderson 23) The Dregs of Empire by Christopher Ruocchio 7.5/10 24) Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich 8.5/10 25) Discovery by JAJ Minton 7.75/10 26) Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman 10/10 27) This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub 8/10 28) James by Percival Everett 9/10 29) Unscripted: The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary by Ernie Johnson Jr. 8/10 30) Carl's Doomsday Scenario (DCC #2) by Matt Dinniman 9/10 31) Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson 10/10 32) The Rider by Tim Krabbe 8/10 33) Lost Man's Lane by Scott Carson 8.25/10 Came across this one when I was looking for a book set in Bloomington (we're taking a road trip next month and this is a stop on it). I thought it was about a real life disappearance case, which it kind of is based on. I didn't really read much about it (I'm sure I read the description when I bought it) and it kind of threw me for a loop as I read and it turned into Stephen King-ish when I was expecting something more based in a natural setting than supernatural. Still enjoyed it.
I’ve been eying Lost Man’s Lane for a while as it keeps coming up on my KU recommendations. Think I’ll give it a shot.
1- A Story That Ends with a Scream: And Eight Others – James Leo Herlihy (7/10) 2- Bright Lights, Big City – Jay McInerney (8.5/10) 3- P.S. Your Cat Is Dead – James Kirkwood (6.5/10) 4- Orbital – Samantha Harvey (9/10) 5- A Bigamist’s Daughter – Alice McDermott (0.5/10) 6- Shoot the Piano Player – David Goodis (8.5/10) 7- The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald (8/10)* 8- Rabbit, Run – John Updike (9/10)* 9- Beartooth – Callan Wink (7/10) 10- The Wren, the Wren – Anne Enright (7.5/10) 11- James – Percival Everett (9/10) 12- Martyr! – Kaveh Akbar (8/10) 13- Sirens – Stephen Pett (6.5/10) 14- Tender Is the Flesh – Agustina Bazterrica (5/10) 15- Wild Houses – Colin Barrett (8/10) 16- Motherless Brooklyn – Jonathan Lethem (7.5/10) 17- Annihilation – Jeff VanderMeer (6/10) 18- Playback – Raymond Chandler (7.5/10) 19- Something to Be Desired – Thomas McGuane (7/10) 20- The First Fast Draw – Louis L’Amour (6.5/10) 21- Sphere - Michael Crichton (5.5/10) 22- Story of My Life – Jay McInerney (8/10) 23- The Bushwhacked Piano – Thomas McGuane (5/10) 24- The Great Train Robbery – Michael Crichton (6.5/10) 25- The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway (9/10) 26- Butcher’s Crossing – John Williams (10/10)* 27- South of Nogales – Steve Mensing (1/10) 28- Retreat from Oblivion – David Goodis (8/10) Published in 1939, it was the first novel Goodis published and revolves around a group of young NYC residents at the onset of World War II. It’s a sociopolitical story where everyone is depressed because of their relationships and the rise of fascism abroad. The characters confront their personal problems against this backdrop of world chaos 29- They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? – Horace McCoy (9/10) Published in 1935, it’s an existentialist novel set in LA during the Great Depression. It focuses on a depressed woman and a man with dreams of breaking into the movies as they participate in a dance marathon in hopes of winning the cash prize. It’s a short and bleak parable about American life during the Depression. The movie adaptation starred Jane Fonda and was nominated for nine Academy Awards 30- The Grifters – Jim Thompson (7/10) Published in 1963, it’s a noir crime novel set in LA about a short con man who was raised by a mother working a long con. One of his go-to schemes goes wrong and he finds his life thrown into disarray. Betrayal and deception are the central themes. John Cusack starred in the movie adaptation, which has a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes 31- Miami Blues – Charles Willeford (8.5/10) Published in 1984, it’s an extremely hard-boiled detective novel about a sociopath who is released from San Quentin and heads to Miami to start a new career in crime. Hoke Moseley of the Miami PD makes it his mission to take him off the streets. It was adapted into a movie starring Alec Baldwin. Will be checking out the rest of the installments in this series 32- Life of Pi – Yann Martel (7/10) Winner of the 2002 Booker Prize, it’s about an Indian boy who explores his faith at a young age and then relies on his belief system to survive over 200 days at sea on a life raft after being shipwrecked. I really enjoyed the section recounting his time at sea but there was some magical realism and religious philosophy that drew me out of what was otherwise a neat adventure story 33- Rear Window: And Four Short Novels – Cornell Woolrich (8.5/10) It’s a collection of five stories that all got adapted for film or television by Alfred Hitchcock. Someone recommended Woolrich to me because I’ve gotten into noir/crime novels and I can see why he’s considered one of the great American authors of the genre. Tacked on an additional half-point because I finished the last few stories on top of my favorite mountain in Sedona this past weekend Spoiler * = re-read
9. Before they are hanged; Abercrombie (8/10); not much more to add here. Abercrombie keeps getting better with each book, and it’s a great series. 10. Last argument of Kings; Abercrombie (8.5/10); see above 11. Sometimes a Great Notion; Kesey; This book broke my brain and not in a good way. It’s a jumbled mess and the constant changing of pov just makes it a difficult and unenjoyable read. For as good as one flew over the cuckoo’s nest was, this is equally as bad. 12 - 14. The Age of Madness series; Abercrombie (8/10); another great series and the story telling just keeps getting better and better. I need to read the devils asap. 15. Martyr!; Akbar (7.5/10); a good, short read that tackles some complicated issues - love and death being the overriding themes. 16. Glorious Exploits; Lennon (7.5/10); a historical fiction (but light on history) that is set from the Peloponnesian war where Athenians were held prisoner in Sicily. Both silly and serious, this was a fun read. Currently reading Lost Man’s Lane, and it’s been a great little mystery. Taking suggestions for something to read after that, as Sometimes a great notion almost took me a month to read and I didn’t want to read for a while after that.
1. Way of Kings (Stormlight Archives #1) - Brandon Sanderson (9/10) (Reread) 2. Words of Radiance (Stormlight Archives #2) - Brandon Sanderson (10/10) (Reread) 3. Edgedancer (Stormlight Archives #2.5) - Brandon Sanderson (8/10) (Reread) 4. Oathbringer (Stormlight Archives #3) - Brandon Sanderson (9/10) (Reread) 5. Dawnshard (Stormlight Archives #3.5) - Brandon Sanderson (7/10) (Reread) 6. Rhythm of War (Stormlight Archives #4) - Brandon Sanderson (7/10) (Reread) 7. Wind and Truth (Stormlight Archives #5) - Brandon Sanderson (9/10) 8. The Sunlit Man (Stormlight Archives #5.5) - Brandon Sanderson (8/10) (reread) 9. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl #1) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 10. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 11. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl #3) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 12. The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl #4) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 13. The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl #5) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 14. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl #6) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 15. The Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl #7) - Matt Dinniman (8/10) 16. We Are Legion (Bobiverse #1) - Dennis Taylor (8/10) 17. For We Are Many (Bobiverse #2) - Dennis Taylor (9/10) 18. All These Worlds (Bobiverse #3) - Dennis Taylor (8.5/10) 19. Heaven's River (Bobiverse #4) - Dennis Taylor (8/10) 20. Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5) - Dennis Taylor (7/10) 21. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) - Martha Wells (7/10) 22. Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries #0.5) - Martha Wells (6/10) 23. Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) - Martha Wells (7.5/10) 24. Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries #3) - Martha Wells (7.5/10) 25. Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries #4) - Martha Wells (8/10) 26. Home, Habitat, Range, Niche Territory (The Murderbot Diaries #4.5) - Martha Wells (5/10) 27. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries #5) - Martha Wells (8.5/10) 28. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries #6) - Martha Wells (9/10)
1. Way of Kings (Stormlight Archives #1) - Brandon Sanderson (9/10) (Reread) 2. Words of Radiance (Stormlight Archives #2) - Brandon Sanderson (10/10) (Reread) 3. Edgedancer (Stormlight Archives #2.5) - Brandon Sanderson (8/10) (Reread) 4. Oathbringer (Stormlight Archives #3) - Brandon Sanderson (9/10) (Reread) 5. Dawnshard (Stormlight Archives #3.5) - Brandon Sanderson (7/10) (Reread) 6. Rhythm of War (Stormlight Archives #4) - Brandon Sanderson (7/10) (Reread) 7. Wind and Truth (Stormlight Archives #5) - Brandon Sanderson (9/10) 8. The Sunlit Man (Stormlight Archives #5.5) - Brandon Sanderson (8/10) (reread) 9. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl #1) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 10. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 11. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl #3) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 12. The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl #4) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 13. The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl #5) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 14. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl #6) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 15. The Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl #7) - Matt Dinniman (8/10) 16. We Are Legion (Bobiverse #1) - Dennis Taylor (8/10) 17. For We Are Many (Bobiverse #2) - Dennis Taylor (9/10) 18. All These Worlds (Bobiverse #3) - Dennis Taylor (8.5/10) 19. Heaven's River (Bobiverse #4) - Dennis Taylor (8/10) 20. Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5) - Dennis Taylor (7/10) 21. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) - Martha Wells (7/10) 22. Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries #0.5) - Martha Wells (6/10) 23. Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) - Martha Wells (7.5/10) 24. Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries #3) - Martha Wells (7.5/10) 25. Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries #4) - Martha Wells (8/10) 26. Home, Habitat, Range, Niche Territory (The Murderbot Diaries #4.5) - Martha Wells (5/10) 27. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries #5) - Martha Wells (8.5/10) 28. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries #6) - Martha Wells (9/10) 29. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries #7) - Martha Wells (9/10)
1. Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King 9/10: first reread of the first King book I ever read, enjoyed the low level Dark Tower references 2. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 8.5/10: first reread of this guy so I was refreshed a little for Ready Player Two in the future 3. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 10/10 not the ending I was expecting but a very good read
1. Moscow X by David McCloskey - 9/10 2. Challenger by Adam Higginbotham - 9.5/10 3. The Barn by Wright Thompson - 10/10 4. A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko - 7/10 5. What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci - 5/10 6. Augustus by John Williams - 10/10 7. Wagnerism by Alex Ross - 8/10 8. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - 9/10 9. Seventh Floor by David McCloskey 10. Ghost Wars by Steve Coll - 8/10 11. The Final Kingdom: Mistborn Series 1 - 10/10 12. Butchers crossing by John Williams - 9.5/10 13. Pops by Michael Chabon 14. Beartooth by Callan Wink - 8/10 15. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones - 10/10 16. The Well of Ascension - 7/10 17. The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami - 6.5/10 18. Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood - 6/10 19. Determined by Robert Sapolsky - 7/10 20. Tiny Love: the complete stories by Larry Brown - 9/10 21. The Fate of the Day by Rick Atkinson - 9/10 22. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - 10/10 23. The Gunfighters by Bryan Burroughs - 8/10 24. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad - 9.5/10 25. Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy - 8/10 26. King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby - 9/10. Love these books, Cosby coming into his own at this specific type of crime novel
1) Demon in White (Sun Eater #3) by Christopher Ruocchio 10/10 2) Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson 9/10 3) Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey 8/10 4) A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towels 10/10 5) Starry Messenger by Neil Degrasse Tyson 7/10 6) A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders 7/10 7) Tales of the Sun Eater Vol. 2 by Christopher Ruocchio 7/10 8) Mistborn: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson 9/10 9) Kingdoms of Death (Sun Eater #4) by Christopher Ruocchio 10/10 10) End of the World Running Club by Adrian J. Walker 7.5/10 11) Mistborn: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson 9/10 12) The Lost Season by Dick Vitale 6/10 13) Open by Andre Agassi 10/10 14) Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson 8/10 15) Elantris by Brandon Sanderson 8.25/10 16) Ashes of Man (Sun Eater #5) by Christopher Ruocchio 9.5/10 17) Orbital by Samantha Harvey 8/10 18) Sphere by Michael Crichton 7/10 19) Fup by Jim Dodge 9/10 20) The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson 10/10 21) My Friends by Fredrick Backman 8.5/10 22) Girl Dad: Stories, Lessons, and Advice from Girl Dads & Their Daughters by Madeline Anderson 23) The Dregs of Empire by Christopher Ruocchio 7.5/10 24) Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich 8.5/10 25) Discovery by JAJ Minton 7.75/10 26) Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman 10/10 27) This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub 8/10 28) James by Percival Everett 9/10 29) Unscripted: The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary by Ernie Johnson Jr. 8/10 30) Carl's Doomsday Scenario (DCC #2) by Matt Dinniman 9/10 31) Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson 10/10 32) The Rider by Tim Krabbe 8/10 33) Lost Man's Lane by Scott Carson 8.25/10 34) Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 8.75/10 The writing was great and easy to read. Short at around 240 pages, the closer I got to the end the more I was expecting some sort of bigger reveal that I didn't get, so it fell a bit flat for me in that regard. But, it did give me a possible idea for a book that could be cool if I ever get around to trying to write one in the future. 35) Slaying The Badger: Greg LeMond, Bernard Hinault, and the Greatest Tour de France 7/10 Had more back story on people that I really didn't care about than the actual race itself.
1. Way of Kings (Stormlight Archives #1) - Brandon Sanderson (9/10) (Reread) 2. Words of Radiance (Stormlight Archives #2) - Brandon Sanderson (10/10) (Reread) 3. Edgedancer (Stormlight Archives #2.5) - Brandon Sanderson (8/10) (Reread) 4. Oathbringer (Stormlight Archives #3) - Brandon Sanderson (9/10) (Reread) 5. Dawnshard (Stormlight Archives #3.5) - Brandon Sanderson (7/10) (Reread) 6. Rhythm of War (Stormlight Archives #4) - Brandon Sanderson (7/10) (Reread) 7. Wind and Truth (Stormlight Archives #5) - Brandon Sanderson (9/10) 8. The Sunlit Man (Stormlight Archives #5.5) - Brandon Sanderson (8/10) (reread) 9. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl #1) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 10. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 11. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl #3) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 12. The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl #4) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 13. The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl #5) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 14. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl #6) - Matt Dinniman (9/10) 15. The Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl #7) - Matt Dinniman (8/10) 16. We Are Legion (Bobiverse #1) - Dennis Taylor (8/10) 17. For We Are Many (Bobiverse #2) - Dennis Taylor (9/10) 18. All These Worlds (Bobiverse #3) - Dennis Taylor (8.5/10) 19. Heaven's River (Bobiverse #4) - Dennis Taylor (8/10) 20. Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5) - Dennis Taylor (7/10) 21. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) - Martha Wells (7/10) 22. Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries #0.5) - Martha Wells (6/10) 23. Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) - Martha Wells (7.5/10) 24. Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries #3) - Martha Wells (7.5/10) 25. Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries #4) - Martha Wells (8/10) 26. Home, Habitat, Range, Niche Territory (The Murderbot Diaries #4.5) - Martha Wells (5/10) 27. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries #5) - Martha Wells (8.5/10) 28. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries #6) - Martha Wells (9/10) 29. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries #7) - Martha Wells (9/10) 30. The Three-Body Problem (The Three-Body Problem #1) - Cixin Liu (9/10)
1. Wool (Silo #1) - Hugh Howey (9/10) 2. Stoner - John Williams (10/10) 3. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (8/10) 4. The Heart in Winter - Kevin Barry (5/10) 5. Carl’s Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2) - Matt Dinniman (8/10) 6. Shift (Silo #2) - Hugh Howey (9.5/10) 7. Dust (Silo #3) - Hugh Howey (9/10) 8. King of Ashes - S.A. Cosby (9.5/10)
1. The Twelve (The Passage #2) - Justin Cronin - (9/10) 2. Elantris - Brandon Sanderson (6.5/10) 3. The Emperor's Soul - Brandon Sanderson (9/10) 4. The Hope of Elantris - Brandon Sanderson -- 5. Breath of the Dragon (Breathmarked #1) - Fonda Lee and Shannon Lee (8.5/10) 6. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs - Camilla Townsend (9/10) 7. Death of the Author - Nnedi Okorafor (8.5/10) 8. Alloy of Law (Mistborn Era 2 #1) - Brando Sando (8/10) 9. Allomancer Jak (Mistborn Era 2 #1.5). Brando Sando -- 10. Shadows of Self (Mistborn Era 2 #2) - Brando Sando (8.5/10) 11. City of Mirrors (The Passage #3) - Justin Cronin - (8/10 ) 12. Bands of Mourning (Mistborn Era 2 #3) - Brando Sando (9/10) 13. Mistborn: A Secret History - Brando Sando (9/10) 14. The Lost Metal (Mistborn 2 #4) - Brand Sando (9/10) 15. An Honorable Assassin (Nick Mason #3) - Steve Hamilton (6.5/10) 16. A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles (8/10) 17. Nemesis (Orphan X #10) - Gregg Hurwitz (7.5/10) 19. Butter - Asako Yuzuki (7/10) 20. The Forever War - Joe Haldeman (7.5/10) 21. Caliban's War (The Expanse #2) - James SA Corey(10/10) 22. Gods of Risk (The Expanse #2.5) - James SA Corey (9/10 23. An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence - Zeinab Bawadi (8.5/10) 24. Abaddon's Gate (The Expanse #3) - James SA Corey (10/10) 25. The Churn (The Expanse #3.5) - James SA Corey (10/10) 26. The Blade Itself (First Law #1) - Joe Abercrombie (9/10) 27. The Unworthy - Agustina Bazterrica (6.5/10) 28. Cibola Burn (The Expanse #4) - James SA Corey (9/10) 29. Before They Are Hanged (The First Law #2) - Joe Abercrombie (10/10) 30. Nemesis Games (The Expanse #5) - James SA Corey (10/10) 31. Vital Abyss (The Expanse 5.5) - James SA Corey (6/10) 32. The Last Argument of Kings (First Law #3) - Joe Abercrombie 33. All the Colors of the Dark - Chris Whitaker (10/10) 34. Star Wars: Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear - Alexander Freed (9/10) 35. Everyone Who is Gone is Here: United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis - Jonathan Blitzer (10/10) 36. Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins (9/10) 37. Persepolis Rising (The Expanse #7) - James SA Corey (10/10) reread 38. Auberon (The Expanse #7.5) - James SA Corey (9/10) reread 39. Beartooth - Callan Wink (7/10) 40. Babylon's Ashes (The Expanse #6) James SA Corey 41. Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning - Peter Bienart (9/10) 42. Extinction - Douglas Preston - (8/10) 43. The Humans - Matt Haig (7/10) 44. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones (7/10) 45. The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 - Rick Atkinson (8.5/10) 46.Best Served Cold - Joe Abercrombie (9/10) 47 Musashi - Eiji Yoshikawa (7.5/10) 48. Wild Dark Shore - Charolette McCounaghy - (6.5/10) 49. Star Wars: Acolyte: Wayseeker - Justina Ireland (6/10) 50. Leviathan Falls (The Expanse #9) - James SA Corey (10/10) 51. The Sins of our Fathers (The Expanse 9.5) - James SA Corey (8/10) 52. My Friends - Fredrik Backman (9/10) 53. Red Sparrow (Red Sparrow #1) - Jason Matthews (10/10) 54. Mark Twain - Ron Chernow (8/10) 55. Palace of Treason (Red Sparrow #2) Jason Matthews (10/10) 56. King of Ashes - S A Cosby (9.5/10) 57. The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the Wild West - Bryan Burrough (7/10) 58. The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie (8.5/10) 59. The Kremlin's Candidate (Red Rising #3) - Jason Matthews (10/10) 60. The Compound - Ainsley Rawle (7/10) 61. The Dream Hotel - Laila Lalami (8.5/10) 62. Star Wars: The High Republic: Trails of the Jedi - Charles Soule (7.5/10) Dream Hotel - Near future dystopian novel where citizens have all their data compiled into a threat score. If your threat score is high enough you can be detained to prevent future crimes. Basically Minority Report but an algorithm instead of pre-cogs. This novel hit hard w current events. Social commentary on the police state, for profit prisons ect. Cant say I enjoyed it. I dont think youre supposed to, but it was an engrossing read. Star Wars - The Final installment of The High Republic Series. Although Im sure they'll find a way to do more in that era. The series had it's peaks and valleys. Like most Star Wars these days not named Andor - it left more interesting questions lingering than satisfying conclusions.
1. Moscow X by David McCloskey - 9/10 2. Challenger by Adam Higginbotham - 9.5/10 3. The Barn by Wright Thompson - 10/10 4. A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko - 7/10 5. What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci - 5/10 6. Augustus by John Williams - 10/10 7. Wagnerism by Alex Ross - 8/10 8. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - 9/10 9. Seventh Floor by David McCloskey 10. Ghost Wars by Steve Coll - 8/10 11. The Final Kingdom: Mistborn Series 1 - 10/10 12. Butchers crossing by John Williams - 9.5/10 13. Pops by Michael Chabon 14. Beartooth by Callan Wink - 8/10 15. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones - 10/10 16. The Well of Ascension - 7/10 17. The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami - 6.5/10 18. Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood - 6/10 19. Determined by Robert Sapolsky - 7/10 20. Tiny Love: the complete stories by Larry Brown - 9/10 21. The Fate of the Day by Rick Atkinson - 9/10 22. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - 10/10 23. The Gunfighters by Bryan Burroughs - 8/10 24. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad - 9.5/10 25. Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy - 8/10 26. King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby - 9/10 27. Murderland by Caroline Fraser - 6/10. This was so disjointed. Part recounting of serial killers from the PNW (Bundy, BTK, etc) part corporate/environmental history of smelters in the area and subsequent lead output from this. The author links lead exposure to an increase in serial killers from the area. So that’s the basis of the book but then you have part memoir about the author recounting growing up in the area with digressions about her hardass dad coupled with a history of a dangerous bridge in the area. It’s too much. And the main thesis isn’t wholly convincing either…an interesting idea for a book that was incredibly researched. Think it just fell a bit short
Do you write your name in the front of books you own? Is anyone here fancy enough to have their own stamp or bookplate?
Im an ebook guy but ive seen those personalized stamps on IG. I would totally do that if I read more physical books. They're pretty sweet
used to when I was a kid, my parents got me some bookplates as a bday present or something. Didn't appreciate it then but I'd fuck with them now
The final boss fancy level is when you have your books bound in matching binding and get marbling on the edges of the pages
Ever seen something like that? Certain books had a hidden image on the edge of the pages and you had to spread them out to see the top of each page and the image appears. Evidently called a fore-edge painting.
it's similar to this but i think a little more expensive https://www.simplystamps.com/from-t...9uobsq7_9PvL_qGrJzhoCNq4QAvD_BwE#gad_source_1
Going to get back into reading this year, so catching up in this thread. May start with the Red Sparrow novels, as they seem right up my alley Truman Were you not still in HS when this was the all-school summer read? Basically one summer reading book that everyone read. I think I was still in the lower school at the time and definitely did not appreciate the book as much as I should have.
I don't think we were doing the all-school read when I was there. I definitely didn't have this assigned as a summer read, although I was such a shithead back then I probably wouldn't have read it anyway
1) Demon in White (Sun Eater #3) by Christopher Ruocchio 10/10 2) Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson 9/10 3) Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey 8/10 4) A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towels 10/10 5) Starry Messenger by Neil Degrasse Tyson 7/10 6) A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders 7/10 7) Tales of the Sun Eater Vol. 2 by Christopher Ruocchio 7/10 8) Mistborn: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson 9/10 9) Kingdoms of Death (Sun Eater #4) by Christopher Ruocchio 10/10 10) End of the World Running Club by Adrian J. Walker 7.5/10 11) Mistborn: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson 9/10 12) The Lost Season by Dick Vitale 6/10 13) Open by Andre Agassi 10/10 14) Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson 8/10 15) Elantris by Brandon Sanderson 8.25/10 16) Ashes of Man (Sun Eater #5) by Christopher Ruocchio 9.5/10 17) Orbital by Samantha Harvey 8/10 18) Sphere by Michael Crichton 7/10 19) Fup by Jim Dodge 9/10 20) The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson 10/10 21) My Friends by Fredrick Backman 8.5/10 22) Girl Dad: Stories, Lessons, and Advice from Girl Dads & Their Daughters by Madeline Anderson 23) The Dregs of Empire by Christopher Ruocchio 7.5/10 24) Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich 8.5/10 25) Discovery by JAJ Minton 7.75/10 26) Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman 10/10 27) This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub 8/10 28) James by Percival Everett 9/10 29) Unscripted: The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary by Ernie Johnson Jr. 8/10 30) Carl's Doomsday Scenario (DCC #2) by Matt Dinniman 9/10 31) Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson 10/10 32) The Rider by Tim Krabbe 8/10 33) Lost Man's Lane by Scott Carson 8.25/10 34) Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 8.75/10 35) Slaying The Badger: Greg LeMond, Bernard Hinault, and the Greatest Tour de France 7/10 36) The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (DCC #3) by Matt Dinniman 8/10 A step down from the first two, but still fun. 37) Big Two-Hearted River by Ernest Hemingway 8/10 Set in upper Michigan, it just seemed right to read this short story this morning while having coffee on a porch in Western Michigan.