It took a while for me to get into this - but that’s probably a factor of starting a series on book 8, as there was a large cast of characters that wasn’t entirely well-introduced. Now I’m going back to the beginning.
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Joel A rated The Space Between Worlds: 5 stars
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
A multiverse-hopping outsider discovers a secret that threatens her home world and her fragile place in it-a stunning sci-fi debut …
Joel A rated The world to come: 3 stars
The world to come by Dara Horn
Having stolen a million-dollar Marc Chagall masterpiece, thirty-year-old quiz-show writer Benjamin Ziskind and his twin sister work to evade the …
Joel A rated The Bad Muslim Discount: 4 stars
Joel A rated The Long Haul: 3 stars
Joel A rated Travels with Charley: In Search of America: 4 stars
Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
Travels with Charley: In Search of America is a 1962 travelogue written by American author John Steinbeck. It depicts a …
Joel A rated The sex lives of cannibals: 5 stars
The sex lives of cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
The laugh-out-loud true story of a harrowing and hilarious two-year odyssey in the distant South Pacific island nation of Kiribati--possibly …
Joel A rated WORDS OF MERCURY; ED. BY ARTEMIS COOPER.: 3 stars
Joel A reviewed Bad Actors by Mick Herron
A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has …
Review of 'Bad Actors' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Joel A rated Return of Faraz Ali: 4 stars
Joel A reviewed Gorel & The Pot Bellied God [hc] by Lavie Tidhar
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Review of 'Gorel & The Pot Bellied God [hc]' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Meh. Too much going on. The world is vivid, but I got lost.
Joel A rated Central Station: 5 stars
Central Station by Lavie Tidhar
A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station. Cultures collide …
Joel A reviewed Provenance by Ann Leckie
A stand-alone adventure set in the world of Ancillary Justice. Ingray has just one chance …
Review of 'Provenance' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A nice mash-up of sci fi meets procedural mystery. Not as good as the Ancillary Justice trilogy, but that sets a very high bar
Joel A rated Sea of Tranquility: 5 stars
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an …