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What are you reading right now? For 2024
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Has nobody else in the group read this?
Finished Temporary Duty by Ric Locke. Well worth rereading, but need 2-3 years between reads or I remember too many spoilers.
I have a preordered fantasy dropping on Monday, and the next Bob and Nikki book should drop on Wednesday. Not sure what I’ll read in the meantime.
I have a preordered fantasy dropping on Monday, and the next Bob and Nikki book should drop on Wednesday. Not sure what I’ll read in the meantime.
No luck with free previews. Decided to reread The Riss Gamble by C.R. Daems and will likely reread the sequel. Not sure about binging the entire series, because I’m easily distracted lately.
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Finished The Riss Gamble and The Riss Proposal. Currently rereading The Riss Survival. There are six books in this series.
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enjoyed reading again
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Liked it better this time but still feels like last third of book doesn't belong with rest of book. Feels like separate book. Published together saved having to buy two books with one being relatively short so thanks for that.
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More like the length of the first book but longer would be better if it meant getting more of (view spoiler) .["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>
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What the author does (view spoiler) is novel and original, and its refreshing to read an intelligent anti-war space opera, considering the amount of drivel that is churned out and published as military sci-fi.
Although many of the characters are young adults, this is grown-up and nuanced sci-fi, and I'd highly recommend it.
Unfortunately, I believe this is the author's only sci-fi book so far - but I will definitely be checking out some of her previous books, and watching out for her in the future.
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Currently rereading 4 of the Riss series. That fantasy I had preordered isn’t dropping today. The correct date is June 24, 2025. This is the first time I’ve seen a preorder available including the cover more than a full year ahead. I preordered it months ago! And reread the first book of the series too. This will be book 2.
Oh well, new Bob and Nikki book due out later this week. Possibly Friday instead of Wednesday.
Oh well, new Bob and Nikki book due out later this week. Possibly Friday instead of Wednesday.
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Finished rereading all six of the Riss series books. Noticed that there is another book in the same universe so I bought it and will read that next. Desperate Measures: A Novel in the Riss Series by C.R. Daems. The Riss series is space opera, sort of military SF, with aliens, governments that don’t abide by their own agreements but are furious if you don’t hold up your part of it anyway. Definitely not hard SF - don’t try to make sense out of the way they give distances. At one point the author mentions an empire that spans multiple star systems as being one light year across. I enjoyed rereading it.
New Bob and Nikki book out: Steamed Punks. I’m about 33% into Desperate Measures and enjoying it so I’ll try to finish it before diving into Steamed Punks.
Finished both Desperate Measures: A Novel in the Riss Series by C.R. Daems and Steamed Punks by Jerry Boyd. Both very good, definitely space opera. Now to tackle my accumulated free previews to see if anything grabs my attention.
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I’ve been reading fantasy lately but am now in the mood for some space opera. Mackey Chandler has finished a new book but needs a cover for it before he uploads it to Amazon. I reread the two most recent books in that series less than a year ago, so no point in rereading them now. Finally found a book I haven’t reread in a long time and I’m rereading that one: A Galaxy Unknown by Thomas DePrima. It’s a Mary Sue but definitely space opera, with battles, space pirates, etc.
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Mackey Chandler’s new book dropped about an hour ago. Title is A Reluctant Sovereign. It’s the next book in the Family Law series.
Finished A Reluctant Sovereign. There’s a lot more of Tish in this book than previous ones, and it’s nice seeing Clare blossom too.
Guess I’m back to rereading Galaxy Unknown unless something else catches my attention.
Guess I’m back to rereading Galaxy Unknown unless something else catches my attention.
Finished rereading A Galaxy Unknown by Thomas DePrima. Now rereading Valor at Vauzlee which is #2 of the series. Space opera, mil SF, cheesy. Space pirates, female protagonist.
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Finished rereading Valor at Vauzlee and now rereading The Clones of Mawcett which is third in the series. From vague memory the fourth book wasn’t worth rereading so I’ll likely look for something else soon.
Finished rereading the first three books of Galaxy Unknown series.
Now rereading Bob's Saucer Repair by Jerry Boyd and will likely binge a fistful of that series, until I get distracted by something new.
Now rereading Bob's Saucer Repair by Jerry Boyd and will likely binge a fistful of that series, until I get distracted by something new.
I’m almost finished rereading the 4th Bob and Nikki book. Odds are good that I’ll be looking for something different when I’m done.
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I recommend Mal Goes to War by Edward Ashton. It’s by the same author who wrote the excellent Mickey 7, and this book has Murderbot vibes.
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I'm about a third through it so far, and am not sure what I think. It's very dialogue heavy, and it's first-person. But now that I know it's book 3, some of my confusion about all the names and places is understandable.
By David Feintuch? I read most if not all of that series decades ago, then reread the first several books of it again in 2013. It’s far too dystopian for my current tastes, but I must have really liked it the first time I read them or I wouldn’t have bought all those paperbacks.
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And I'm just about to start another fantasy - Song of the Stag - a debut novel from R.M. Brown. I was unable to resist the description of "A tale of the struggle for freedom that uses the fantasy genre to contribute to the political debate about Scottish independence".
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I discovered a new to me fantasy author and have been blowing my budget on a large backlist. But the new Bob and Nikki book just dropped. Nikki's Day Out by Jerry Boyd, so I’m taking a break from the werewolf series.
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Finished Nikki's Day Out by Jerry Boyd, which was fun.
Finished that werewolf series I had started. Wow what a page turner. It’s somewhere in between paranormal and science fiction, with the wolves not having a lot of the legendary features. First book is Unacceptable Risk includes Unsettled Interlude by Kaje Harper.
Now I’m back rereading the Bob and Nikki series to avoid straining my book budget even farther. Currently on #6, Lost in Transit by Jerry Boyd.
Finished that werewolf series I had started. Wow what a page turner. It’s somewhere in between paranormal and science fiction, with the wolves not having a lot of the legendary features. First book is Unacceptable Risk includes Unsettled Interlude by Kaje Harper.
Now I’m back rereading the Bob and Nikki series to avoid straining my book budget even farther. Currently on #6, Lost in Transit by Jerry Boyd.
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I finished Auberon several days ago, decided not to reread the sequel and switched to fantasy for a while. Now I’m back rereading SF again, specifically the series that starts with Luna of Earth by Laura Jo Phillips.
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Finished Chicken Train. That was a really strange kind of alien. I was curious and found the song on YouTube - really, bluegrass that mentions lasers?? #51 is likely going to be on Earth for a while, unless Bob comes across something strange on the way back.
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Is the title of the song "Chicken Train" or something else?
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It'll be interesting to hear your thoughts on that one, Caitlin. I really enjoyed the first book, and went on to read the other two.
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I'd never heard of them. After listening to Chicken Train I can understand why.
John wrote: I'd never heard of them. After listening to Chicken Train I can understand why."
Ditto. I didn’t say I enjoyed that song, just that it was weird.
Ditto. I didn’t say I enjoyed that song, just that it was weird.
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