dht6000 finished reading The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Great, enjoyed the recent TV adaptation and wanted to see where it came from. Excellent story with a feel of documentary about it
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dht6000 finished reading King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence (The Broken Empire, #2)
In book two of the Broken Empire trilogy, the boy who would be king has …
Bit odd, the way the narrative works makes it a bit hard to get into. Also shades of Indiana Jones towards the end which seems unnecessary
dht6000 finished reading Prince of thorns by Mark Lawrence (Broken empire -- bk. 1)
After witnessing the murder of his mother and brother and leading a band of bloodthirsty …
Liked this, although the hints of it being some kinds of post-apocalyptic world are a bit strained.
dht6000 finished reading The Wager by David Grann
On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on …
Very interesting story, with in depth research. Excellent combination of facts and narrative to make it a great read
dht6000 wants to read The Wager by David Grann
On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on …
Don’t read much non-fiction but this was called out on a podcast I follow so giving it a go
dht6000 finished reading The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
Everyone knows that the world is flat, and supported on the backs of four elephants. …
A favourite
dht6000 finished reading Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
Night Watch is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 29th book in …
Read it many times and love it more every time
dht6000 finished reading The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
The Dark Forest (Chinese: 黑暗森林) is a 2008 science fiction novel by the Chinese writer …
A bit like 3 body problem, this is a peculiar story. I understand the translation for Chinese is almost like writing the book again which might be what makes it that way.
dht6000 started reading The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
The Dark Forest (Chinese: 黑暗森林) is a 2008 science fiction novel by the Chinese writer …
Waited a long time for this one from the library. Enjoyed the first one but did find it a bit strange - not sure if that was down to the translation or how it was meant to be written
dht6000 finished reading Odds and Gods by Tom Holt
Visited some old friends :)
dht6000 finished reading Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow (Martin Hench, #1)
Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to …
Was OK, I find his characters and plots a bit thin sometimes but this was one of the better ones.
dht6000 finished reading Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky (duplicate)
Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study alien life in person. But when his …
Really good, some really entertaining metaphors used right through that add to what is already a great story
dht6000 started reading Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky (duplicate)
Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study alien life in person. But when his …
Looking forward to this one
dht6000 finished reading Star Wars: Chaos Rising by Timothy Zahn (Thrawn Ascendancy)
Discover Thrawn's origins within the Chiss Ascendancy in the first book in an epic new …
Thought this was good, found it in the Horror section of the library which seemed odd for a Star Wars book. Anyone hoping for a horror story will be disappointed but it’s a decent sci-fi book and sits quite neatly in the canon.
dht6000 finished reading The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
Solve the murder to save what's left of the world.
Outside the island there is …
Excellent, the plot shift continually and kept me guessing right til almost the last page.