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Trae

trae@bookrastinating.com

Joined 1 year, 3 months ago

Used to absolutely destroy a ton of books...now it's hard to get around to it.

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finished reading Farilane by Michael J. Sullivan (The Rise and Fall, #2)

Michael J. Sullivan: Farilane (Hardcover, 2023, Riyria Enterprises, LLC.) 5 stars

SOME TRUTHS ARE DANGEROUS, CERTAIN SECRETS BEST CONCEALED, AND ONE STORY NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN …

One of the better ones he's written. The protagonist is fantastic, the story is gripping and great, the prose is wonderful as always, and it's just a good story.

I'm a fan of this one. Can't wait for the rest.

Brandon Sanderson: The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Hardcover, 2023, Tor) 4 stars

A man awakes in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no …

First off, it’s a well written book. Second it felt really close to Scott Meyers Wizard 2.0 premise. It has just enough to be different, just made it difficult to get over. This did have more heart. Some of the story flow left plot holes that weren’t 100% addressed. Enjoyed the story and the main character.

reviewed The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson (The Mistborn Saga, #7)

Brandon Sanderson: The Lost Metal (Hardcover, 2022, Tor Books) 5 stars

For years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the …

Loved It!!

5 stars

This was a great ending to this era of Mistborn. Loved all the new characters, loved, the old characters, loved Sanderson's writing as always, and just enjoyed the read all the way through. Totally worth reading! Now to some of his new books!

Chuck Wendig: Wanderers (Paperback, 2020, Del Rey) 5 stars

This is a hard review. The writing is amazing, as you would expect from Wendig. It's a crazy prediction of what happened during COVID-19, I had to keep reminding myself that it was written before the pandemic. Yet there were a number of things that nagged at me.

First, it really needed editing down. There was so much in this book that many parts came and went without any type a payoff or need to the story. Second, I felt Wendig got some of the details around religion wrong and you could tell it was written by someone that didn't quite understand the subject. Third, the ending was rough. It made the sort of turn that I wasn't expecting, nor did I want. Makes me double check if I want to read the next book.

Carr, Jack (Joint pseudonym): The terminal list (2018) 4 stars

"A Navy SEAL has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after …

Exactly what I thought it was

4 stars

This was exactly what I thought it would be. I like to grab one or two of these types of books to simply see if the story is worth following. Read the first Reacher book, and a few Vince Flynn books. Neither really stuck, unlike Orphan series from Hurwitz. This was more entertaining than those, but really don't feel a need to continue the series.