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24% complete! Stephen has read 11 of 45 books.
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Stephen finished reading Head On by John Scalzi (Lock In #2)
Head On by John Scalzi (Lock In #2)
Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. The main goal of …
Stephen finished reading Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Welcome to Charon's Crossing. The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing through.
When …
Stephen finished reading Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #1)
Consider Phlebas, first published in 1987, is a space opera novel by Scottish writer Iain …
Stephen started reading Ancestral Vices by Tom Sharpe
I read this book many moons ago while taking a train journey. People were looking …
Airbnb find. Probably won't finish it
Moomin
The Moomins (Swedish: Mumintroll) are the central characters in a series of novels, short stories, and a comic strip by …
Stephen finished reading Arcade Game Typography by Toshi Omigari
Arcade Game Typography by Toshi Omigari, Kiyonori Muroga
Publisher description: Arcade Game Typography presents readers with a fascinating new world of typography – the pixel typeface. Video game …
Stephen finished reading Skyward, Vol. 3 by Lee Garbett (Skyward, Vol. 3)
Skyward, Vol. 3 by Lee Garbett, Joe Henderson, Antonio Fabela (Skyward, Vol. 3)
Stephen finished reading Skyward, Vol. 2 by Joe Henderson (Skyward, Vol. 2)
Skyward, Vol. 2 by Joe Henderson (Skyward, Vol. 2)
Stephen finished reading The Wager by David Grann
The Wager by David Grann
On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside …
Stephen wants to read Raffles by E. W. Hornung (Raffles, #1)
Raffles by E. W. Hornung (Raffles, #1)
First published in 1899, The Amateur Cracksman was the first collection of stories detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman …
Stephen finished reading Skyward, Vol. 1 by Joe Henderson (Skyward, Vol. 1)
Skyward, Vol. 1 by Joe Henderson (Skyward, Vol. 1)
Stephen reviewed Double Cross by Ben Macintyre
Found this one the hardest of the Macintyre books
3 stars
I've put off reviewing this as I can't really give a good reason, but I didn't like this book as much. I think it doesn't help is there's a lot of gaps in the story, and the story itself is two sides guessing about the other, and the UK guessing what its agents are doing while they're guessing what the others are doing, and then the author guessing about the gaps in the record. Lots of guessing.
And it's just a bit less cheerful, didn't end super well for the spies.
Stephen reviewed This Was No * * * * Picnic by John Schmidt
A collection of memories
3 stars
There's some interesting history here but it's buried by not really telling any chronological story, presumably assuming the reader already knows how the Klondike Highway was built by the US Army. Instead there is some theming around the stories but they didn't quite keep my interest.
Stephen finished reading The Magic of Recluce by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (The Saga of Recluce, #1)
The Magic of Recluce by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (The Saga of Recluce, #1)
Gunnar, who has kept himself and his family alive using druidic techniques taught by his brother Justen, sends his son …