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essteeyou

essteeyou@bookwyrm.social

Joined 9 months ago

I primarily read science fiction, but I will also read some general fiction, and even an interesting autobiography.

I love The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. I'm not sure if anything I'll ever read will supplant it as my favorite thing to read.

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2024 Reading Goal

25% complete! essteeyou has read 3 of 12 books.

Kaliane Bradley: Ministry of Time (2024, Simon & Schuster) 4 stars

In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and …

I have really enjoyed this so far. I've been making time to listen to it.

I saw that it was tagged as "romance" alongside "sci-fi" but I have to say I wasn't expecting the stuff that just happened, especially while I was out walking the dog!

Haruki Murakami: After Dark (Hardcover, 2007, Knopf) 4 stars

In After Dark—a gripping novel of late night encounters—Murakami’s trademark humor and psychological insight are …

Murakami stories are always easy to read for me. This one seems to have more horror elements than the ones I've read so far, but who knows how it'll turn out?

H. P. Lovecraft: At the mountains of madness 3 stars

At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. …

This took its sweet time to get to the interesting part, and then abruptly ended.

As my first ever H. P. Lovecraft book I have to say it hasn't exactly inspired me to read any more. I suppose I have to give him at least one more chance, though, because it seems like everyone regards him highly.