CyborgHobbit reviewed A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #32)
Something is coming after Tiffany ...Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. …
Review of 'A Hat Full of Sky' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Beautiful.
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CyborgHobbit reviewed Exit Strategy by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
"Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling …
Review of 'Exit Strategy' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I found this installment to be a bit drier than previous installments.
March: Una crónica de la lucha por los derechos civiles de los afroamericanos by John Lewis, Nate Powell, Andrew Aydin
El congresista John Lewis es una de las figuras más importantes del movimiento por los derechos civiles del pueblo afroamericano …
CyborgHobbit rated Last Wish: 3 stars
Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski (The Witcher, #1)
Geralt de Rivia is a witcher. A cunning sorcerer. A merciless assassin. And a cold-blooded killer.His sole purpose: to destroy …
CyborgHobbit reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
Review of 'All Systems Red' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A fun, quick read.
CyborgHobbit rated Artificial condition: 4 stars
Artificial condition by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it …
CyborgHobbit reviewed An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
In Hank Green's sweeping, cinematic debut novel, a young woman becomes an overnight celebrity before …
Review of 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Not my style. I didn't care for the main character or her "controlling the narrative" ambitions.
CyborgHobbit rated Persepolis Rising: 3 stars
CyborgHobbit reviewed Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
Autonomous features a rakish female pharmaceutical pirate named Jack who traverses the world in her …
Review of 'Autonomous' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
There were some really fun parts in this book, but other times it dragged on a bit.
CyborgHobbit reviewed The Labyrinth Index by Charles Stross (Laundry Files, #9)
"The arrival of vast, alien, inhuman intelligences reshaped the landscape fo human affairs across the …
Review of 'The labyrinth index' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
After the excellent book that came before it, I found The Labyrinth Index to be a bit of a let down. Clearly others love it, and I'm no book critic; so this is likely a case of "it's not you, book, it's me". That said, I still liked it, and as always with the Laundry Files, I can't wait to read what happens next.
CyborgHobbit reviewed The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross
Review of 'The Delirium Brief' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
The stakes have been raised! The consequences are large. Old friends and enemies are back and the future is very unclear. A solid entry in the Laundry Files.
Review of 'Still Life (A Three Pines Mystery)' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
My wife and I read this together, taking turns reading aloud. If not for our mutual shock and awe at how not-for-us the book was, I wouldn't have been able to finish it. We laughed at the writing, and snuck in (what should have been) ridiculous embellishments to see if the other would catch it ("Wait, does it really say that?!") This made it all the better (or worse) when the answer was, "Yes, it's really in the book. Look!" (For those who might take pause, I assure you after a beat any unnoticed embellishments were revealed by the current reader before proceeding.)
Neither of us reads modern "cozy" murder mysteries, so maybe we're lacking the experience or context required to appreciate a book like this. I'm told the series gets better, but so far the first third of the next book (we're trying to give the first three a …
My wife and I read this together, taking turns reading aloud. If not for our mutual shock and awe at how not-for-us the book was, I wouldn't have been able to finish it. We laughed at the writing, and snuck in (what should have been) ridiculous embellishments to see if the other would catch it ("Wait, does it really say that?!") This made it all the better (or worse) when the answer was, "Yes, it's really in the book. Look!" (For those who might take pause, I assure you after a beat any unnoticed embellishments were revealed by the current reader before proceeding.)
Neither of us reads modern "cozy" murder mysteries, so maybe we're lacking the experience or context required to appreciate a book like this. I'm told the series gets better, but so far the first third of the next book (we're trying to give the first three a chance due to receiving them as a gift) doubles down on the worst aspects of the first book.
Cheers to all of those who enjoy the series. And hugs to all of those as traumatized by this book as we were.
CyborgHobbit rated Equal Rites: 4 stars
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (The Discworld series)
Equal Rites is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett. Published in 1987, it is the third novel in the …
CyborgHobbit reviewed Terry Pratchett's The light fantastic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld -- 2)
Review of "Terry Pratchett's The light fantastic" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
While I enjoyed the first half of The Color of Magic (Discworld #1) better than its second half, I liked the second half of The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2) better than its first half; much better.
CyborgHobbit reviewed The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have …
Review of 'The Colour of Magic' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I enjoyed my second reading much more than my initial introduction to Discworld years ago.