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Paul

pwaring@ramblingreaders.org

Joined 1 year, 3 months ago

Reader of a wide range of genres, including a lot of non-fiction. I’m an active member of a sci-fi book club and occasional attendee at a post-apocalyptic book club.

Trying this out as an alternative and hopefully replacement for Goodreads, though I'm posting on both sites at the moment.

I don't follow from here, my main Fediverse account is: @pwaring@fosstodon.org

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2025 Reading Goal

50% complete! Paul has read 25 of 50 books.

reviewed Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #2)

Tamsyn Muir: Harrow the Ninth (Paperback, 2021, Tor.com) 4 stars

"She answered the Emperor's call.

She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only …

Not as good as the first book

No rating

I really enjoyed the first book in this series, but the second one is very different, and in a way that didn't work for me.

Stephen King: The Gunslinger (Paperback, 2012, Hodder & Stoughton) 4 stars

[The Dark Tower][1] I

The opening chapter in the epic Dark Tower series. Roland, the …

I just don't get Stephen King

2 stars

Stephen King gets rave reviews, and sells books by the truck load, but I just don't get his works. I thought at first it was because he's mostly famous for horror (not a favourite genre of mine), but even reading his works outside of that fall flat for me.

reviewed The Mist by Stephen King

Stephen King: The Mist (Paperback, 2007, Signet) 3 stars

1 New York Times bestselling author STEPHEN KING suspends a small town in a haze …

Depressing and unfulfilling

1 star

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