3.5 out of 5 stars A Book 2 with more grit and less googly-eyed staring = +.25 stars. Goodreads.com: This Shattered World, by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Starbound #2) I love series that spin-off internally, then allow the characters from multiple books to encounter each other. I don't mean dusting off Jace & Clary … Continue reading Review: This Shattered World
3.25 out of 5 stars Crashing space ships and intergalactic conspiracies? Don't mind if I do. Goodreads.com: These Broken Stars, by Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner (Starbound #1) Lilac LaRue, deubtante of the galaxy and heiress to the fortune of her father's deep space tech company, is not the cossetted twit we expect. Well, she … Continue reading Review: These Broken Stars
DNF (Did Not Finish) #1 of 2019 Goodreads.com: Alex and Eliza, by Melissa de la Cruz (Alex and Eliza #1) I don't read a lot of realistic fiction, but I do love historical fiction, so I was moderately excited for this book. That turned out to be 100 x more exciting than anything that happens … Continue reading DNF: Alex and Eliza
3.5 out of 5 stars It's not The Martian, but Artemis definitely does science the shit out of its surroundings. Goodreads.com: Artemis, by Andy Weir Artemis is advertised as a heist story, set on the moon. Heists?! My favorite. Sci-fi?! Also on the list! And I knew my husband would be into it on audiobook … Continue reading Review: Artemis
2.5 out of 5 stars I wanted to like you so much. Goodreads.com: Wildcard, by Marie Lu (Warcross #2) Wildcard veers well off the course set by its predecessor, Warcross. It leaves the flashy, immersive tech and hacking brilliance of a future lived mostly online, and delves deeply into the characters' pasts and motivations. Too … Continue reading Review: Wildcard
3.5 out of 5 stars Like the whole Dark Artifices series, this final installment isn't perfect, but it's well worth it. Goodreads.com: Queen of Air and Darkness, by Cassandra Clare (The Dark Artifices #3) I'm always nervous when authors re-visit their previously created worlds. When the wonder of first discovery is gone, and the characters … Continue reading Review: Queen of Air and Darkness
Another year, another enormous amount of time not wasted on my commute because BOOKS! Thank heaven for them. I read 42 books in 2018 - and if that number isn't significant to you, get thee to a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy right now. (Possibly my all-time favorite book.) This year I read … Continue reading My Favorite Books of 2018
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