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Kevin

ktneely@bookrastinating.com

Joined 3 years, 1 month ago

I love to read, I just don't do it as often as I'd like. The book is always greener on the other side.

I read more fiction than non-fiction, and more science-fiction than fiction.

My bookshelf has a row dedicated to older O'Reilly books, one dedicated to one-off hardbacks of long series I've read, such as Expanse, Harry Potter, H.P. Lovecraft, Shakespeare, and one dedicated to shoe-horning in board games.

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C. D. Payne: Frisco pigeon mambo (2000, AIVIA Press)

A fun and silly book

I read this back in 2021, as it has the distinction of being my first ever Amazon purchase. It's a great tale of a gang of pigeons making their way through life in San Francisco.

One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are …

I had to re-read the books since they released a series based upon the trilogy, but telling a quitre different storyline than the original. It's a classic, but reading it ~25 years since my first reading, I remember it differently. It really seemed more epic the first time around.

Still, this was a nice visit with an old friend and we had a nice time.

finished reading Saints of Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton (The Salvation Sequence book three)

Peter F. Hamilton: Saints of Salvation (2020, Pan Macmillan)

Sequel to Salvation Lost.

Humanity welcomed the Olyix and their utopian technology. However, mankind …

Enjoyable first book in the series. I like the vignettes that explore the various uses of the portal technology.