Daniel's bookshelf: read en-US Mon, 21 Apr 2025 22:46:54 -0700 60 Daniel's bookshelf: read 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)]]> 203608754 The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive.

Dalinar Kholin has challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions, and the Knights Radiant and the nations of Roshar have a mere 10 days to prepare for the worst. The fate of the entire world—and the Cosmere at large—hangs in the balance.]]> 1330 Brandon Sanderson 125031917X Daniel 5 4.60 2024 Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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]]> Normal: Book 1 (Normal, #1) 30687965
Some people call it "abyss gaze." Gaze into the abyss all day and the abyss will gaze into you.

There are two types of people who think professionally about the Foresight strategists are civil futurists who think about geoengineering and smart cities and ways to evade Our Coming Doom; strategic forecasters are spook futurists, who think about geopolitical upheaval and drone warfare and ways to prepare clients for Our Coming Doom. The former are paid by nonprofits and charities, the latter by global security groups and corporate think tanks.

For both types, if you're good at it, and you spend your days and nights doing it, then it's something you can't do for long. Depression sets in. Mental illness festers. And if the abyss gaze takes hold there's only one place to Normal Head, in the wilds of Oregon, within the secure perimeter of an experimental forest.

When Adam Dearden, a foresight strategist, arrives at Normal Head, he is desperate to unplug and be immersed in sylvan silence. But then a patient goes missing from his locked bedroom, leaving nothing but a pile of insects in his wake. A staff investigation ensues; surveillance becomes total. As the mystery of the disappeared man unravels in Warren Ellis's Normal, Adam uncovers a conspiracy that calls into question the core principles of how and why we think about the future--and the past, and the now.]]> 27 Warren Ellis 1466896000 Daniel 4 3.97 2015 Normal: Book 1 (Normal, #1)
author: Warren Ellis
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2018/09/07
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]]> Cambion's Law (Cambion, #1) 57838398
Lily protects her secret and the safety of those around her by abstaining from the skin-to-skin contact that would grant her superhuman powers. An ambitious criminal prosecutor, she’s all work and no play, determined to prove herself in the courtroom to atone for the ex-lovers she’s left for dead in her past.

But after a fellow succubus turns up murdered and the police arrest an innocent man, Lily discovers evidence of a supernatural killer stalking the foggy San Francisco streets. And when human justice falls short, she launches an unsanctioned investigation to find the real culprit. To stop the killer, she must embrace the full power of her heritage and risk the soul of the handsome suspect she can’t help but fall for. Can Lily face her true nature without losing her humanity—or will she become the monster she fears most of all?]]> 371 Erin Fulmer 1648981127 Daniel 3 3.97 2021 Cambion's Law (Cambion, #1)
author: Erin Fulmer
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2022/12/09
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]]> The Power Fantasy #1 216991447 SERIES PREMIERE
“Superpowered.” You have certain preconceptions. They’re incorrect. Here, that word has a specific technical definition. Namely, “any individual with the destructive capacity of the nuclear arsenal of the USA.”Ěý
There are six such people on Earth. The planet’s survival relies on them never coming into conflict.
Come dance to the ticking of the doomsday clock withĚýKIERON GILLEN (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, DIE) and CASPAR WIJNGAARDĚý(HOME SICK PILOTS, ALL AGAINST ALL).
The eternal fight against fighting starts now.Ěý]]> Kieron Gillen Daniel 5 4.50 2024 The Power Fantasy #1
author: Kieron Gillen
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/25
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]]> <![CDATA[The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires]]> 58938741 Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias meet Dracula in this Southern-flavored supernatural thriller set in the '90s about a women's book club that must protect its suburban community from a mysterious and handsome stranger who turns out to be a blood-sucking fiend.

Patricia Campbell had always planned for a big life, but after giving up her career as a nurse to marry an ambitious doctor and become a mother, Patricia's life has never felt smaller. The days are long, her kids are ungrateful, her husband is distant, and her to-do list is never really done. The one thing she has to look forward to is her book club, a group of Charleston mothers united only by their love for true-crime and suspenseful fiction. In these meetings, they're more likely to discuss the FBI's recent siege of Waco as much as the ups and downs of marriage and motherhood.

But when an artistic and sensitive stranger moves into the neighborhood, the book club's meetings turn into speculation about the newcomer. Patricia is initially attracted to him, but when some local children go missing, she starts to suspect the newcomer is involved. She begins her own investigation, assuming that he's a Jeffrey Dahmer or Ted Bundy. What she uncovers is far more terrifying, and soon she--and her book club--are the only people standing between the monster they've invited into their homes and their unsuspecting community.]]> 410 Grady Hendrix Daniel 0 currently-reading 3.91 2020 The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
author: Grady Hendrix
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> Lifeboat on a Burning Sea 21794104 32 Bruce Holland Rogers Daniel 0 3.83 2013 Lifeboat on a Burning Sea
author: Bruce Holland Rogers
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Organizing Solutions for People With Attention Deficit Disorder: Tips and Tools to Help You Take Charge of Your Life and Get Organized]]> 278974 192 Susan C. Pinsky 159233234X Daniel 3 3.81 2006 Organizing Solutions for People With Attention Deficit Disorder: Tips and Tools to Help You Take Charge of Your Life and Get Organized
author: Susan C. Pinsky
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 2017/10/17
date added: 2024/08/09
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]]> Blindsight (Firefall, #1) 48484 Two months since the stars fell...

Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched around the Earth like a luminous fist, screaming to the heavens as the atmosphere burned them to ash. Two months since that moment of brief, bright surveillance by agents unknown.

Two months of silence while a world holds its breath.

Now some half-derelict space probe, sparking fitfully past Neptune’s orbit, hears a whisper from the edge of the solar system: a faint signal sweeping the cosmos like a lighthouse beam. Whatever’s out there isn’t talking to us. It’s talking to some distant star, perhaps. Or perhaps to something closer, something en route.

So who do you send to force introductions on an intelligence with motives unknown, maybe unknowable? Who do you send to meet the alien when the alien doesn’t want to meet?

You send a linguist with multiple personalities, her brain surgically partitioned into separate, sentient processing cores. You send a biologist so radically interfaced with machinery that he sees X-rays and tastes ultrasound, so compromised by grafts and splices he no longer feels his own flesh. You send a pacifist warrior in the faint hope she won’t be needed, and a fainter hope she’ll do any good if she is needed. You send a monster to command them all, an extinct hominid predator once called “vampire,” recalled from the grave with the voodoo of recombinant genetics and the blood of sociopaths. And you send a synthesist – an informational topologist with half his mind gone – as an interface between here and there, a conduit through which the Dead Center might hope to understand the Bleeding Edge.

You send them all to the edge of interstellar space, praying you can trust such freaks and retrofits with the fate of a world. You fear they may be more alien than the thing they’ve been sent to find.

But you’d give anything for that to be true, if you only knew what was waiting for them…]]> 384 Peter Watts 0765312182 Daniel 5 science-fiction, hard-sf 4.01 2006 Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
author: Peter Watts
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 2008/03/01
date added: 2024/08/07
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Peter Watts is one of the more brilliant living science fiction authors, and "Blindsight" is an excellent addition to his work. This book has one of the more interesting takes on first contact with alien life I have read in a while, as well as quite a few interesting things to say on the topic on sentience.
]]> <![CDATA[The Resurrection Man's Legacy: And Other Stories]]> 24281617 A breathtaking collection of wonders and horrors—including robotic surrogate parents and zombie voters—from a new acknowledged master of darkest fantasy Whether speculating on an all-too-possible future or plumbing the stygian depths of supernatural evil and human degradation, Dale Bailey’s award-winning short fiction has been justifiably compared to the work of some of the true giants in the field—Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, and Theodore Sturgeon, to name but a few. In this first collection of astonishing stories, the acclaimed author of the modern horror masterworksĚýThe FallenĚýandĚýHouse of BonesĚýdemonstrates his remarkable range with tales that exhilarate, terrify, and touch the soul. A young boy comes of age on a secluded farm that grows a particularly grisly crop. The dead rise up to cast their ballots in a close presidential election. An assassin plots his next kill from inside the body of someone frighteningly close to the victim. An African American census taker discovers a hidden bayou town where time has stopped at a nightmarish point in history. Bailey takes readers inside the tents of a circus of shadows and explores an expectant father’s dark and terrible legacy for his unborn child. This extraordinary collection runs the gamut from fantasy to horror, from science fiction to heartbreaking reality, speaking in voices, old and young, that brilliantly capture the light and the darkness of their ingeniously imagined worlds. Includes the Nebula Award–nominated novelette, “The Resurrection Man’s Legacy.”]]> 464 Dale Bailey 1497601991 Daniel 0 currently-reading 4.00 2003 The Resurrection Man's Legacy: And Other Stories
author: Dale Bailey
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[Frank Herbert's Dune Saga Collection (Dune #1-6)]]> 53750651 Perfect for longtime fans and new readers alike—this eBook collection includes all six original novels in the Dune Saga written by Frank Herbert.

In the far future, on a remote planet, an epic adventure awaits. Here are the first six novels of Frank Herbert’s magnificent Dune saga—a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction series of all time.

The Dune Saga begins on the desert planet Arrakis with the story of the boy Paul Atreides—who would become known as Muad’Dib—and of a great family’s ambition to bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream....

Includes Books 1 - 6: DUNE • DUNE MESSIAH • CHILDREN OF DUNE • GOD EMPEROR OF DUNE • HERETICS OF DUNE • CHAPTERHOUSE: DUNE]]> 2490 Frank Herbert 0593333020 Daniel 0 currently-reading 4.57 2012 Frank Herbert's Dune Saga Collection (Dune #1-6)
author: Frank Herbert
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan #1)]]> 150249463
In Daretana’s greatest mansion, a high imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree erupted from his body. Even here at the Empire’s borders, where contagions abound and the blood of the leviathans works strange magical changes, it’s a death both terrifying and impossible.

Assigned to investigate is Ana Dolabra, a detective whose reputation for brilliance is matched only by her eccentricities. Rumor has it that she wears a blindfold at all times, and that she can solve impossible cases without even stepping outside the walls of her home.

At her side is her new assistant, Dinios Kol, magically altered in ways that make him the perfect aide to Ana’s brilliance. Din is at turns scandalized, perplexed, and utterly infuriated by his new superior—but as the case unfolds and he watches Ana’s mind leap from one startling deduction to the next, he must admit that she is, indeed, the Empire’s greatest detective.

As the two close in on a mastermind and uncover a scheme that threatens the Empire itself, Din realizes he’s barely begun to assemble the puzzle that is Ana Dolabra—and wonders how long he’ll be able to keep his own secrets safe from her piercing intellect.

By an “endlessly inventive” (Vulture) author with a “wicked sense of humor” (NPR), The Tainted Cup mixes the charms of detective fiction with brilliant world-building to deliver a fiendishly clever mystery that’s at once instantly recognizable and thrillingly new.]]> 410 Robert Jackson Bennett 1984820729 Daniel 5 4.41 2024 The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan #1)
author: Robert Jackson Bennett
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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]]> Yellowface 62060532
So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? This piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller. That is what June believes, and The New York Times bestseller list agrees.

But June cannot escape Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens her stolen success. As she races to protect her secret she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.]]> 329 R.F. Kuang Daniel 0 3.77 2023 Yellowface
author: R.F. Kuang
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)]]> 57680116 Exit Strategy.]]> 19 Martha Wells Daniel 5 4.24 2020 Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)
author: Martha Wells
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2021/05/21
date added: 2023/08/18
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]]> <![CDATA[Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening]]> 55883882
Collects MONSTRESS #1-6

About the Creators:

New York Times bestselling and award-winning writer Marjorie Liu is best known for her fiction and comic books. She teaches comic book writing at MIT, and leads a class on Popular Fiction at the Voices of Our Nation (VONA) workshop. Ms. Liu's extensive work includes the bestselling "Astonishing X-Men" for Marvel Comics, which featured the gay wedding of X-Man Northstar and was subsequently nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for outstanding media images of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Prior to writing full-time, Liu was a lawyer. She currently resides in Boston.

Sana Takeda is an illustrator and comic book artist who was born in Niigata, and now resides in Tokyo, Japan. At age 20 she started out as a 3D CGI designer for SEGA, a Japanese video game company, and became a freelance artist when she was 25. She is still an artist, and has worked on titles such as "X-23" and "Ms. Marvel" for Marvel Comics, and is an illustrator for trading card games in Japan.]]> 192 Marjorie M. Liu 1632157098 Daniel 5 graphic-novels 3.96 2016 Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
author: Marjorie M. Liu
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2017/01/16
date added: 2023/07/13
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]]> <![CDATA[Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening]]> 30333227
Collects MONSTRESS #1-6]]> 208 Marjorie M. Liu Daniel 5 3.94 2016 Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
author: Marjorie M. Liu
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2016
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]]> Lazarus, Vol. 6: Fracture I 49426056
And while the war takes its toll as Lazarus fights Lazarus, the next Forever Carlyle--the 14-year-old known as "Eight" who is being groomed for service--finds herself in a life-or-death struggle of a different kind. The secrets are taking their toll, and when they come out, the results will be shattering.

Collects LAZARUS: RISEN #1-3]]> 152 Greg Rucka 1534308423 Daniel 3 4.07 2020 Lazarus, Vol. 6: Fracture I
author: Greg Rucka
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2020/11/11
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]]> Cambion's Blood 61246443 "I may have been a whole damn mess, but I was a whole damn mess on a mission."

Half-succubus attorney Lily Knight has blood on her hands.

Haunted by guilt, behind on her rent, and facing professional disgrace, Lily must figure out how to survive in the wreckage of her former life. To make ends meet, she accepts a contract job she never wanted but can’t refuse—hunting another demon murderer. This time, the victims are human, and a shadowy government agency will reward Lily with a way out of her dire financial straits.

If Lily doesn’t solve the case before the news gets out, fear and hatred will put all demonkind at risk from the proverbial torch-carrying mob. But when a young succubus on the run from the authorities begs for her help, Lily faces a new conflict of interest—especially after the suspect, Eve, reveals her father is Lily’s old frenemy.

Now Lily must juggle the pressures of a high-stakes murder case, her complicated relationship with her “not-boyfriend” Sebastian, and responsibility for a wayward teenager as she races to find the real culprit.

When her investigation brings her face to face with an ancient, implacable entity fixated on bloody justice, Lily must reckon with her worst the truth about what went down with Eve’s father in the desert—and its consequences.

If you love Richelle Mead, Lisa Edmonds, or Seanan McGuire, discover a paranormal mystery series complete with a fierce heroine that will have you begging for the next book!]]> 296 Erin Fulmer Daniel 3 4.33 Cambion's Blood
author: Erin Fulmer
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.33
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]]> The Red Scholar's Wake 62915735
When tech scavenger XĂ­ch Si is captured and imprisoned by the infamous pirates of the Red Banner, she expects to be tortured or killed. Instead, their leader, Rice Fish, makes XĂ­ch Si an utterly incredible proposition: an offer of marriage.

Both have their reasons for this arrangement: Xích Si needs protection; Rice Fish, a sentient spaceship, needs a technical expert to investigate the death of her first wife, the Red Scholar. That’s all there is to it.

But as the interstellar war against piracy rages on and their own investigation reaches a dire conclusion, the two of them discover that their arrangement has evolved into something much less business-focused and more personal...and tender. And maybe the best thing that’s ever happened to either of them—but only if they can find a way to survive together.

Advance Praise for The Red Scholar's Wake:
“So romantic I may simply perish.” —Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne

“LESBIAN SPACE PIRATES. Enough said.” —Katee Robert, NYT bestselling author of Neon Gods

“The Red Scholar’s Wake is a fizzingly inventive space opera, quite unlike anything I’ve encountered before, and told with style, grace, and a big dose of heart. SF is lucky to have Aliette de Bodard.” —Alastair Reynolds, Sunday Times bestselling author

“The Red Scholar’s Wake takes you on an exhilarating dive into space piracy with passion, politics, dazzling settings, and-even better-a profound core of love transcending hopelessness that rings throughout the story.” —Everina Maxwell, author of WINTER’S ORBIT]]> 319 Aliette de Bodard 1625676107 Daniel 5 3.92 2022 The Red Scholar's Wake
author: Aliette de Bodard
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> The Haunting of Hill House 50534595 The greatest haunted house story ever written, the inspiration for a 10-part Netflix series directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, and Timothy Hutton
Ěý
First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a “haunting”; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.
Ěý
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.The greatest haunted house story ever written, the inspiration for a 10-part Netflix series directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, and Timothy Hutton
Ěý
First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a “haunting”; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.
Ěý
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.]]> 158 Shirley Jackson Daniel 5 3.69 1959 The Haunting of Hill House
author: Shirley Jackson
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1959
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night]]> 60656255 The first volume in a new graphic novel horror trilogy from Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda—the creative team behind the New York Times bestselling series Monstress

Chinese American twins, Milly and Billy, are having a tough time. On top of the multiple failures in their personal and professional lives, they’re struggling to keep their restaurant afloat. Luckily their parents, Ipo and Keon, are in town for their annual visit. Having immigrated from Hong Kong before the twins were born, Ipo and Keon have supported their children through thick and thin and are ready to lend a hand—but they're starting to wonder, has their support made Milly and Billy incapable of standing on their own?
Ěý Ěý Ěý
When Ipo forces them to help her clean up the house next door—a hellish and run-down ruin that was the scene of a grisly murder—the twins are in for a nasty surprise. A night of terror, gore, and supernatural mayhem reveals that there is much more to Ipo and her children than meets the eye.

Eisner Award–winning and bestselling author Marjorie Liu and illustrator Sana Takeda have crafted a wild and wicked tale that will leave readers hungry for more. She Eats the Night is the perfect start to The Night Eaters trilogy, which is a combination ofĚýMonsters by Barry Windsor-Smith and Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan.]]> 208 Marjorie M. Liu 1419758705 Daniel 5 4.07 2022 The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night
author: Marjorie M. Liu
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> Monstress, Volume 7: Devourer 60685342
Collects MONSTRESS #36-41]]> 178 Marjorie M. Liu 1534323198 Daniel 5 4.37 2022 Monstress, Volume 7: Devourer
author: Marjorie M. Liu
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> No Gods For Drowning 61135782
WITHOUT THE GODS, THEY'LL BE PREY AGAIN.

The old gods have fled, and the monsters they had kept at bay for centuries now threaten to drown the city of Valentine, hunting mankind as in ancient times. In the midst of the chaos, a serial killer has begun ritually sacrificing victims, their bodies strewn throughout the city.

Lilac Antonis wants to stop the impending destruction of her city by summoning her mother, a blood god—even if she has to slit a few throats to do it. But evading her lover Arcadia and her friends means sneaking, lying, and even spilling the blood of people she loves.

Alex and Cecil of Ace Investigations have been tasked with hunting down the killer, but as they close in—not knowing they're hunting their close friend Lilac—the detectives realize the gods may not have left willingly.

As flooding drags this city of cars and neon screaming into the jaws of sea demons and Arcadia struggles to save the people as captain of the evacuation team, Lilac’s ritual killings at last bear fruit, only to reveal her as a small piece in a larger plan. The gods’ protection costs far more than anyone has ever known, and Alex and Cecil are running out of time to discover the true culprit behind the gods’ disappearance before an ancient divine murder plot destroys them all.

Set in an alternate reality which updates mythology to near-modern day, NO GODS FOR DROWNING is part hunt for a serial killer, part noir detective story, and unlike anything you’ve ever read before.]]> 430 Hailey Piper 1957957115 Daniel 4 3.82 2022 No Gods For Drowning
author: Hailey Piper
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> Babel 59729042 A novel that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire.

Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.

1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel.

Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empire’s quest for colonization.

For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide…

Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?]]> 560 R.F. Kuang Daniel 5 4.14 2022 Babel
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name: Daniel
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> Leech 56563910
For hundreds of years the Interprovincial Medical Institute has grown by taking root in young minds and shaping them into doctors, replacing every human practitioner of medicine. The Institute is here to help humanity, to cure and to cut, to cradle and protect the species from the apocalyptic horrors their ancestors unleashed.

In the frozen north, the Institute’s body will discover a competitor for its rung at the top of the evolutionary ladder. A parasite is spreading through the baron’s castle, already a dark pit of secrets, lies, violence, and fear. The two will make war on the battlefield of the body. Whichever wins, humanity will lose again.']]> 317 Hiron Ennes Daniel 5 3.76 2022 Leech
author: Hiron Ennes
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Golden Enclaves (The Scholomance #3)]]> 59743336 Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate.

The one thing you never talk about while you’re in the Scholomance is what you’ll do when you get out. Not even the richest enclaver would tempt fate that way. But it’s all we dream about: the hideously slim chance we’ll survive to make it out the gates and improbably find ourselves with a life ahead of us, a life outside the Scholomance halls.

And now the impossible dream has come true. I’m out, we’re all out—and I didn’t even have to turn into a monstrous dark witch to make it happen. So much for my great-grandmother’s prophecy of doom and destruction. I didn’t kill enclavers, I saved them. Me and Orion and our allies. Our graduation plan worked to perfection: We saved everyone and made the world safe for all wizards and brought peace and harmony to all the enclaves everywhere.

Ha, only joking! Actually, it’s gone all wrong. Someone else has picked up the project of destroying enclaves in my stead, and probably everyone we saved is about to get killed in the brewing enclave war. And the first thing I’ve got to do now, having miraculously gotten out of the Scholomance, is turn straight around and find a way back in.]]> 411 Naomi Novik Daniel 4 4.40 2022 The Golden Enclaves (The Scholomance #3)
author: Naomi Novik
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)]]> 59830943
The zombies are coming back.

And all Nona wants is a birthday party.

In many ways, Nona is like other people. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. But Nona's not like other people. Six months ago she woke up in a stranger's body, and she's afraid she might have to give it back.

The whole city is falling to pieces. A monstrous blue sphere hangs on the horizon, ready to tear the planet apart. Blood of Eden forces have surrounded the last Cohort facility and wait for the Emperor Undying to come calling. Their leaders want Nona to be the weapon that will save them from the Nine Houses. Nona would prefer to live an ordinary life with the people she loves, with Pyrrha and Camilla and Palamedes, but she also knows that nothing lasts forever.

And each night, Nona dreams of a woman with a skull-painted face...]]> 502 Tamsyn Muir 1250854121 Daniel 5 4.30 2022 Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)
author: Tamsyn Muir
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2022/09/14
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]]> Spinning Silver 36896898 Spinning Silver draws readers deeper into a glittering realm of fantasy, where the boundary between wonder and terror is thinner than a breath, and safety can be stolen as quickly as a kiss.

Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s inability to collect his debts has left his family on the edge of poverty—until Miryem takes matters into her own hands. Hardening her heart, the young woman sets out to claim what is owed and soon gains a reputation for being able to turn silver into gold.

When an ill-advised boast draws the attention of the king of the Staryk—grim fey creatures who seem more ice than flesh—Miryem’s fate, and that of two kingdoms, will be forever altered. Set an impossible challenge by the nameless king, Miryem unwittingly spins a web that draws in a peasant girl, Wanda, and the unhappy daughter of a local lord who plots to wed his child to the dashing young tsar.

But Tsar Mirnatius is not what he seems. And the secret he hides threatens to consume the lands of humans and Staryk alike. Torn between deadly choices, Miryem and her two unlikely allies embark on a desperate quest that will take them to the limits of sacrifice, power, and love.

Channeling the vibrant heart of myth and fairy tale, Spinning Silver weaves a multilayered, magical tapestry that readers will want to return to again and again.]]> 465 Naomi Novik Daniel 0 currently-reading 4.20 2018 Spinning Silver
author: Naomi Novik
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> The Gone World 33413556 Inception meets True Detective in this science fiction thriller of spellbinding tension and staggering scope that follows a special agent into a savage murder case with grave implications for the fate of mankind...

Shannon Moss is part of a clandestine division within the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. In western Pennsylvania, 1997, she is assigned to solve the murder of a Navy SEAL's family--and to locate his vanished teenage daughter. Though she can't share the information with conventional law enforcement, Moss discovers that the missing SEAL was an astronaut aboard the spaceship U.S.S. Libra—a ship assumed lost to the currents of Deep Time. Moss knows first-hand the mental trauma of time-travel and believes the SEAL's experience with the future has triggered this violence.

Determined to find the missing girl and driven by a troubling connection from her own past, Moss travels ahead in time to explore possible versions of the future, seeking evidence to crack the present-day case. To her horror, the future reveals that it's not only the fate of a family that hinges on her work, for what she witnesses rising over time's horizon and hurtling toward the present is the Terminus: the terrifying and cataclysmic end of humanity itself.

Luminous and unsettling, The Gone World bristles with world-shattering ideas yet remains at its heart an intensely human story.]]> 400 Tom Sweterlitsch 0399167501 Daniel 5 3.90 2018 The Gone World
author: Tom Sweterlitsch
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2022/07/15
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]]> <![CDATA[Locklands (The Founders Trilogy, #3)]]> 55535618
Sancia, Clef, and Berenice have gone up against plenty of long odds in the past. But the war they’re fighting now is one even they can’t win.

This time, they’re not facing robber-baron elites, or even an immortal hierophant, but an entity whose intelligence is spread over half the globe—a ghost in the machine that uses the magic of scriving to possess and control not just objects, but human minds.

To fight it, they’ve used scriving technology to transform themselves and their allies into an army—a society—that’s like nothing humanity has seen before. With its strength at their backs, they’ve freed a handful of their enemy’s hosts from servitude, even brought down some of its fearsome, reality-altering dreadnaughts. Yet despite their efforts, their enemy marches on—implacable. Unstoppable.

Now, as their opponent closes in on its true prize—an ancient doorway, long buried, that leads to the chambers at the center of creation itself—Sancia and her friends glimpse a chance at reaching it first, and with it, a last desperate opportunity to stop this unbeatable foe. But to do so, they’ll have to unlock the centuries-old mystery of scriving’s origins, embark on a desperate mission into the heart of their enemy’s power, and pull off the most daring heist they’ve ever attempted.

And as if that weren’t enough, their adversary might just have a spy in their ranks—and a last trick up its sleeve.]]> 544 Robert Jackson Bennett Daniel 5 4.03 2022 Locklands (The Founders Trilogy, #3)
author: Robert Jackson Bennett
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds]]> 23131478 365 Joseph Laycock 0520960564 Daniel 5 4.15 2015 Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds
author: Joseph Laycock
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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In terms of intersections of my interests, I feel like this book was written for me. Great analysis of not just the history of the moral panic over RPGs but the role of imaginative play in our lives.
]]> Dead Silence 57693184 Titanic meets The Shining in S.A. Barnes’ Dead Silence, a SF horror novel in which a woman and her crew board a decades-lost luxury cruiser and find the wreckage of a nightmare that hasn't yet ended.

A GHOST SHIP.
A SALVAGE CREW.
UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS.

Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed—made obsolete—when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to investigate.

What they find at the other end of the signal is a shock: the Aurora, a famous luxury space-liner that vanished on its maiden tour of the solar system more than twenty years ago. A salvage claim like this could set Claire and her crew up for life. But a quick trip through the Aurora reveals something isn’t right.

Whispers in the dark. Flickers of movement. Words scrawled in blood. Claire must fight to hold onto her sanity and find out what really happened on the Aurora, before she and her crew meet the same ghastly fate.]]> 343 S.A. Barnes 1250819997 Daniel 5 3.76 2022 Dead Silence
author: S.A. Barnes
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> The Hollow Places 50892288 A young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house, leading to madness and terror in this gripping new novel.

Pray they are hungry.

Kara finds these words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house. Freshly divorced and living back at home, Kara now becomes obsessed with these cryptic words and starts exploring the peculiar bunker—only to discover that it holds portals to countless alternate realities. But these places are haunted by creatures that seem to hear thoughts…and the more you fear them, the stronger they become.]]> 341 T. Kingfisher 1534451129 Daniel 4 3.76 2020 The Hollow Places
author: T. Kingfisher
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Keep House While Drowning]]> 60139504 How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles that will revolutionize the way you approach home care—without endless to-do lists. Presented in 31 daily thoughts, this compassionate guide will help you begin to get free of the shame and anxiety you feel over home care.

Inside you will learn:
¡ How to shift your perspective of care tasks from moral to functional;
¡ How to stop negative self-talk and shame around care tasks;
· How to give yourself permission to rest, even when things aren’t finished;
¡ How to motivate yourself to care for your space.]]> 151 K.C. Davis 166800285X Daniel 5 4.21 2022 How to Keep House While Drowning
author: K.C. Davis
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> Nettle & Bone 56179377
Seeking help from a powerful gravewitch, Marra is offered the tools to kill a prince—if she can complete three impossible tasks. But, as is the way in tales of princes, witches, and daughters, the impossible is only the beginning.

On her quest, Marra is joined by the gravewitch, a reluctant fairy godmother, a strapping former knight, and a chicken possessed by a demon. Together, the five of them intend to be the hand that closes around the throat of the prince and frees Marra's family and their kingdom from its tyrannous ruler at last.]]> 243 T. Kingfisher 1250244048 Daniel 5 4.07 2022 Nettle & Bone
author: T. Kingfisher
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tyrant Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #3)]]> 51887751 752 Seth Dickinson 1466875143 Daniel 5 4.35 2020 The Tyrant Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #3)
author: Seth Dickinson
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Monster Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #2)]]> 38117105 Game of Thrones, The Monster Baru Cormorant is the long-anticipated sequel to Seth Dickinson gut-wrenching debut, The Traitor Baru Cormorant.

Baru Cormormant's world was shattered by the Empire of Masks. To exact her revenge, she has clawed her way up razor-edged rungs of betrayal, sacrifice, and compromise, becoming the very thing she seeks to destroy.

Now she strides in the Masquerade's halls of power. To save the world, she must tear it asunder...and with it, all that remains of her soul.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.]]> 464 Seth Dickinson 1466875135 Daniel 5 3.89 2018 The Monster Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #2)
author: Seth Dickinson
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Traitor Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #1)]]> 40189879 The Traitor Baru Cormorant is an epic geopolitical fantasy about one woman's mission to tear down an empire by learning how to rule it.

Tomorrow, on the beach, Baru Cormorant will look up from the sand of her home and see red sails on the horizon.

The Empire of Masks is coming, armed with coin and ink, doctrine and compass, soap and lies. They'll conquer Baru’s island, rewrite her culture, criminalize her customs, and dispose of one of her fathers. But Baru is patient. She'll swallow her hate, prove her talent, and join the Masquerade. She will learn the secrets of empire. She’ll be exactly what they need. And she'll claw her way high enough up the rungs of power to set her people free.

In a final test of her loyalty, the Masquerade will send Baru to bring order to distant Aurdwynn, a snakepit of rebels, informants, and seditious dukes. Aurdwynn kills everyone who tries to rule it. To survive, Baru will need to untangle this land’s intricate web of treachery - and conceal her attraction to the dangerously fascinating Duchess Tain Hu.

But Baru is a savant in games of power, as ruthless in her tactics as she is fixated on her goals. In the calculus of her schemes, all ledgers must be balanced, and the price of liberation paid in full.]]> 401 Seth Dickinson Daniel 5 4.14 2015 The Traitor Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #1)
author: Seth Dickinson
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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]]> Comfort Me with Apples 56179382
It's just that he's away so much. So often. He works so hard. She misses him. And he misses her. He says he does, so it must be true. He is the perfect husband and everything is perfect.

But sometimes Sophia wonders about things. Strange things. Dark things. The look on her husband's face when he comes back from a long business trip. The questions he will not answer. The locked basement she is never allowed to enter. And whenever she asks the neighbors, they can't quite meet her gaze...

But everything is perfect. Isn't it?]]> 103 Catherynne M. Valente 1250816211 Daniel 4 3.57 2021 Comfort Me with Apples
author: Catherynne M. Valente
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[No Gods, No Monsters (Convergence Saga, #1)]]> 55748103
Monsters are real. And they want everyone to know it.

As creatures from myth and legend come out of the shadows, seeking safety through visibility, their emergence sets off a chain of seemingly unrelated events. Members of a local werewolf pack are threatened into silence. A professor follows a missing friend’s trail of bread crumbs to a mysterious secret society. And a young boy with unique abilities seeks refuge in a pro-monster organization with secrets of its own. Meanwhile, more people start disappearing, suicides and hate crimes increase, and protests erupt globally, both for and against the monsters. At the center is a mystery no one thinks to ask: Why now? What has frightened the monsters out of the dark? The world will soon find out.]]> 387 Cadwell Turnbull 1982603720 Daniel 4 3.42 2021 No Gods, No Monsters (Convergence Saga, #1)
author: Cadwell Turnbull
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts]]> 58313981 Explore the history and cultural impact of a groundbreaking television show adored by old and new fans alike: Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Over the course of its seven-year run, Buffy the Vampire Slayer cultivated a loyal fandom and featured a strong, complex female lead, at a time when such a character was a rarity. Evan Ross Katz explores the show’s cultural relevance through a book that is part oral history, part celebration, and part memoir of a personal fandom that has universal resonance still, decades later.

Katz—with the help of the show’s cast, creators, and crew—reveals that although Buffy contributed to important conversations about gender, sexuality, and feminism, it was not free of internal strife, controversy, and shortcomings. Men—both on screen and off—would taint the show’s reputation as a feminist masterpiece, and changing networks, amongst other factors, would drastically alter the show’s tone.

Katz addresses these issues and more, including interviews with stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Charisma Carpenter, Emma Caulfield, Amber Benson, James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head, Seth Green, Marc Blucas, Nicholas Brendon, Danny Strong, Tom Lenk, Bianca Lawson, Julie Benz, Clare Kramer, K. Todd Freeman, Sharon Ferguson; and writers Douglas Petrie, Jane Espenson, and Drew Z. Greenberg; as well as conversations with Buffy fanatics and friends of the cast including Stacey Abrams, Cynthia Erivo, Lee Pace, Claire Saffitz, Tavi Gevinson, and Selma Blair.

Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born engages with the very notion of fandom, and the ways a show like Buffy can influence not only how we see the world but how we exist within it.]]> 400 Evan Ross Katz 0306826682 Daniel 2
But this book is SO poorly written and near as I can tell, barely edited. It jumps around topics and rehashes them at the same level of detail multiple times over the course of a book. At one point, he publishes an actor’s statement verbatim, only to reiterate the exact same thing on the next page.

As a result you’re left with this feeling that the book is about a 1/3 longer than it should have been, and the author’s personal commentary comes off as more inflated ego prancing than self reflection.

So incredibly disappointing. The second star comes entirely from the breadth of cast and crew commentary. I don’t know if I could have finished this if I didn’t love the show as much as I do. ]]> 3.97 2022 Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts
author: Evan Ross Katz
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average rating: 3.97
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rating: 2
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I wanted to like this book so much. The Buffy series has a special place in my heart and was excited to read a book filled with interviews from cast, crew, and other people who were influenced by the show.

But this book is SO poorly written and near as I can tell, barely edited. It jumps around topics and rehashes them at the same level of detail multiple times over the course of a book. At one point, he publishes an actor’s statement verbatim, only to reiterate the exact same thing on the next page.

As a result you’re left with this feeling that the book is about a 1/3 longer than it should have been, and the author’s personal commentary comes off as more inflated ego prancing than self reflection.

So incredibly disappointing. The second star comes entirely from the breadth of cast and crew commentary. I don’t know if I could have finished this if I didn’t love the show as much as I do.
]]> Nothing But Blackened Teeth 53195923 Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in Japanese folklore and full of devastating twists.

A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company.

It’s the perfect wedding venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends.

But a night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare. For lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart.

And she gets lonely down there in the dirt.

Effortlessly turning the classic haunted house story on its head, Nothing but Blackened Teeth is a sharp and devastating exploration of grief, the parasitic nature of relationships, and the consequences of our actions.]]> 125 Cassandra Khaw 1250759412 Daniel 4 2.64 2021 Nothing But Blackened Teeth
author: Cassandra Khaw
name: Daniel
average rating: 2.64
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> The Hellbound Heart 52635 164 Clive Barker 0061002828 Daniel 2 4.08 1986 The Hellbound Heart
author: Clive Barker
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1986
rating: 2
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Every once in a while I give Barker a try again, but it never works out for me. But two stars for creation of the iconic Cenobites, but otherwise left me cold.
]]> <![CDATA[The Last Graduate (The Scholomance, #2)]]> 55559887 A budding dark sorceress determined not to use her formidable powers uncovers yet more secrets about the workings of her world in the stunning sequel to A Deadly Education, the start of Naomi Novik’s groundbreaking crossover series.

At the Scholomance, El, Orion, and the other students are faced with their final year—and the looming specter of graduation, a deadly ritual that leaves few students alive in its wake. El is determined that her chosen group will survive, but it is a prospect that is looking harder by the day as the savagery of the school ramps up. Until El realizes that sometimes winning the game means throwing out all the rules . . .]]> 388 Naomi Novik 0593128869 Daniel 5 4.20 2021 The Last Graduate (The Scholomance, #2)
author: Naomi Novik
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)]]> 50548197
A Deadly Education is set at Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death (for real) — until one girl, El, begins to unlock its many secrets.

There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships, save strategic ones. Survival is more important than any letter grade, for the school won’t allow its students to leave until they graduate… or die! The rules are deceptively simple: Don’t walk the halls alone. And beware of the monsters who lurk everywhere.

El is uniquely prepared for the school’s dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out millions. It would be easy enough for El to defeat the monsters that prowl the school. The problem? Her powerful dark magic might also kill all the other students.]]> 320 Naomi Novik 0593128486 Daniel 5 3.93 2020 A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
author: Naomi Novik
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)]]> 56312400
In her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her encyclopedic knowledge of horror films could have prepared her for in this latest chilling novel that “will give you nightmares. The good kind, of course” ( BuzzFeed ) from the Jordan Peele of horror literature, Stephen Graham Jones.

“Some girls just don’t know how to die…”

Shirley Jackson meets Friday the 13th in My Heart Is a Chainsaw , written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones, called “a literary master” by National Book Award winner Tananarive Due and “one of our most talented living writers” by Tommy Orange.

Alma Katsu calls My Heart Is a Chainsaw “a homage to slasher films that also manages to defy and transcend genre.” On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. But beneath is its beating heart: a biting critique of American colonialism, Indigenous displacement, and gentrification, and a heartbreaking portrait of a broken young girl who uses horror movies to cope with the horror of her own life.

Jade Daniels is an angry, half-Indian outcast with an abusive father, an absent mother, and an entire town that wants nothing to do with her. She lives in her own world, a world in which protection comes from an unusual source: horror movies… especially the ones where a masked killer seeks revenge on a world that wronged them. And Jade narrates the quirky history of Proofrock as if it is one of those movies. But when blood actually starts to spill into the waters of Indian Lake, she pulls us into her dizzying, encyclopedic mind of blood and masked murderers, and predicts exactly how the plot will unfold.

Yet, even as Jade drags us into her dark fever dream, a surprising and intimate portrait emerges…a portrait of the scared and traumatized little girl beneath the Jason Voorhees mask: angry, yes, but also a girl who easily cries, fiercely loves, and desperately wants a home. A girl whose feelings are too big for her body. My Heart Is a Chainsaw is her story, her homage to horror and revenge and triumph.]]> 412 Stephen Graham Jones Daniel 4 3.58 2021 My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)
author: Stephen Graham Jones
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Ballads: Nightsongs and Neckverses]]> 58511030 44 Roz Kaveney Daniel 4 4.50 Ballads: Nightsongs and Neckverses
author: Roz Kaveney
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.50
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]]> <![CDATA[Kill Six Billion Demons: Book Four]]> 58763086 193 Tom Parkinson-Morgan 1534321470 Daniel 4 4.68 2020 Kill Six Billion Demons: Book Four
author: Tom Parkinson-Morgan
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.68
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> The Final Girl Support Group 55939506
Lynnette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre. For more than a decade, she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, working to put their lives back together. Then one woman misses a meeting, and their worst fears are realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to rip their lives apart again, piece by piece. Ěý But the thing about final girls is that no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.]]> 352 Grady Hendrix 0593201256 Daniel 5 3.64 2021 The Final Girl Support Group
author: Grady Hendrix
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Kill Six Billion Demons, Book 3: Seeker of Thrones]]> 41217191 147 Tom Parkinson-Morgan Daniel 4 4.58 2018 Kill Six Billion Demons, Book 3: Seeker of Thrones
author: Tom Parkinson-Morgan
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.58
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Kill 6 Billion Demons, Book 2: Wielder of Names]]> 36525679 Kill 6 Billion Demons, woefully out-of-place sorority sister Allison Ruth and angelic lawman '82 White Chain' must struggle against their own fears in a fateful clash with one of the seven evil masters of creation.]]> 128 Tom Parkinson-Morgan 1534306455 Daniel 4 4.43 2018 Kill 6 Billion Demons, Book 2: Wielder of Names
author: Tom Parkinson-Morgan
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> In the Shadows of Men 53187788 0 Robert Jackson Bennett 1713526506 Daniel 4 4.02 2020 In the Shadows of Men
author: Robert Jackson Bennett
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals II]]> 58369190 BitterKarella Daniel 5 4.36 Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals II
author: BitterKarella
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.36
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]]> <![CDATA[Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals]]> 53564205 99 BitterKarella Daniel 5 4.40 Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals
author: BitterKarella
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.40
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]]> The Book of Accidents 55782435
Long ago, Maddie was a little girl making dolls in her bedroom when she saw something she shouldn’t have—and is trying to remember that lost trauma by making haunting sculptures.

Long ago, something sinister, something hungry, walked in the tunnels and the mountains and the coal mines of their hometown in rural Pennsylvania.

Now, Nate and Maddie Graves are married, and they have moved back to their hometown with their son, Oliver.

And now what happened long ago is happening again . . . and it is happening to Oliver. He meets a strange boy who becomes his best friend, a boy with secrets of his own and a taste for dark magic.

This dark magic puts them at the heart of a battle of good versus evil and a fight for the soul of the family—and perhaps for all of the world. But the Graves family has a secret weapon in this battle: their love for one another.]]> 530 Chuck Wendig 0399182136 Daniel 5 3.70 2021 The Book of Accidents
author: Chuck Wendig
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology]]> 54228607
The folklore that has shaped our dominant culture teems with frightening female creatures. In our language, in our stories (many written by men), we underline the idea that women who step out of bounds—who are angry or greedy or ambitious, who are overtly sexual or not sexy enough—aren’t just outside the norm. They’re unnatural. Monstrous. But maybe, the traits we’ve been told make us dangerous and undesirable are actually our greatest strengths.

Through fresh analysis of 11 female monsters, including Medusa, the Harpies, the Furies, and the Sphinx, Jess Zimmerman takes us on an illuminating feminist journey through mythology. She guides women (and others) to reexamine their relationships with traits like hunger, anger, ugliness, and ambition, teaching readers to embrace a new image of the female hero: one that looks a lot like a monster, with the agency and power to match.

Often, women try to avoid the feeling of monstrousness, of being grotesquely alien, by tamping down those qualities that we’re told fall outside the bounds of natural femininity. But monsters also get to do what other female characters—damsels, love interests, and even most heroines—do not. Monsters get to be complete, unrestrained, and larger than life. Today, women are becoming increasingly aware of the ways rules and socially constructed expectations have diminished us. After seeing where compliance gets us—harassed, shut out, and ruled by predators—women have never been more ready to become repellent, fearsome, and ravenous.]]> 224 Jess Zimmerman 0807054933 Daniel 4 3.74 2021 Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology
author: Jess Zimmerman
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2021/07/09
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]]> <![CDATA[The Heroine's Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture]]> 54618816 Frustrated that funny, romantic, and comforting stories aren’t taken seriously?
Sad that the books and movies you love never seem to be critically acclaimed, even when they sell like crazy?

The heroine’s journey is here to help.

Multiple New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger presents a clear concise analysis of the heroine’s journey, how it differs from the hero’s journey, and how you can use it to improve your writing and your life.

In this book you’ll learn:

* How to spot the heroine’s journey in popular books, movies, and the world around you.
* The source myths and basic characters, tropes, and archetypes of this narrative.
* A step-by-step break down of how to successfully write this journey.

What do Agatha Christie, JK Rowling, and Nora Roberts all have in common?
They all write the heroine’s journey. Read this book to learn all about it.

From Harry Potter to Twilight, from Wonder Woman to Star Wars, you’ll never look at pop culture the same way again.

With over a dozen NYT and USA Today bestsellers, and over a million books in print, popular genre author and former archaeologist Gail Carriger brings her cheeky comedic tone and over a decade of making her living as a fiction author to this fascinating look at one of the most popular yet neglected narratives of our time. The presentation she does on this subject sells for hundreds of dollars.

“I’m not sure how you can just rewire my brain to see the heroine’s journey like this and then expect me to make coherent, thought-out comments about the text when all I want to do is hold it in my twisted little grip while I shove it at people screaming like a madman and pointing at passages.”
~ Author Beta Reader

Gail Carriger uses the heroine’s journey to produce bestselling, critically-acclaimed books that genre blend science fiction, cozy mystery, young adult, urban fantasy, romance, historical fiction, and alternate history. In this non-fiction book she uses her academic background and creative writing skills to bring to life the archetypes, tropes, story beats, themes, and messages inherent in the heroine’s journey. Part treatise on authorship, part feminist literary criticism, part how to write guide, Carriger uses mythology, legend, and Gothic victorian 19th century literature to explore movies, screenwriting, books, and audience desires.

This is an excellent reference guide for genre fiction authors seeking to improve their craft or for readers and pop culture enthusiasts interested in understanding their own taste. It is the perfect counterpoint to The Hero with a Thousand Faces not to mention Save the Cat, Women Who Run With The Wolves, and The Breakout Novelist.]]> 324 Gail Carriger Daniel 5 4.59 2020 The Heroine's Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture
author: Gail Carriger
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower]]> 54391767
But no prince has managed to conquer the first flight yet, let alone get to the fortieth.

In fact, the supply of fresh princes seems to have quite dried up.

And winter is closing in on Floralinda…]]> 146 Tamsyn Muir 1596069929 Daniel 5 4.17 2020 Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower
author: Tamsyn Muir
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)]]> 42036538
The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.

Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit.

Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won't set her free without a service.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon's sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die.

Of course, some things are better left dead.]]> 448 Tamsyn Muir 1250313198 Daniel 5
Was so not prepared for the end. ]]> 4.19 2019 Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
author: Tamsyn Muir
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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This book was such a wonderful and wild ride. Funny, spooky, and sad. I’m only taking off one star because I occasionally felt a little lost keeping track of the large cast.

Was so not prepared for the end.
]]> Upright Women Wanted 45429274 In Upright Women Wanted, award-winning author Sarah Gailey reinvents the pulp Western with an explicitly antifascist, near-future story of queer identity.

“That girl’s got more wrong notions than a barn owl’s got mean looks.”

Esther is a stowaway. She’s hidden herself away in the Librarian’s book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her—a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend. Her best friend who she was in love with. Her best friend who was just executed for possession of resistance propaganda.

The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing.

]]> 171 Sarah Gailey 1250213657 Daniel 5 3.76 2020 Upright Women Wanted
author: Sarah Gailey
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> Kill 6 Billion Demons, Book 1 31387194 Kill 6 Billion Demons, sorority sister Allison Ruth must travel to Throne, the ancient city at the center of the multiverse, in an epic bid to save her boyfriend from the clutches of the seven evil kings that rule creation. Includes excerpts from in-universe religious texts, stories, and more.]]> 104 Tom Parkinson-Morgan 1534300147 Daniel 3 4.07 2016 Kill 6 Billion Demons, Book 1
author: Tom Parkinson-Morgan
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2016
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)]]> 53205854 No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall.

When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people—who knew?)

Yes, the unthinkable is about to happen: Murderbot must voluntarily speak to humans!

Again!]]> 168 Martha Wells 1250765374 Daniel 5 4.25 2021 Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
author: Martha Wells
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2021/05/16
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]]> <![CDATA[Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites]]> 7703037
Black magic, demonic frogs, and zombie roadkill are just a few of the problems plaguing this seemingly sleepy little town. With the human residents unaware of the danger, it's up to a determined crew of dogs (and one cat) to keep their community safe.

Horror, adventure, mystery, and humor thrive on every page of Beasts of Burden, which promises to capture readers' hearts and haunt their dreams.

Award-winning comics creators Evan Dorkin (Milk & Cheese) and Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother) come together to share the lives of some unlucky heroes, first introduced in The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings, for which Dorkin and Thompson won coveted Eisner awards for Best Short Story and Best Painter. Animal Rites collects those earliest tales, along with the four-issue comic series Beasts of Burden.]]> 180 Evan Dorkin 1595825134 Daniel 3 4.18 2010 Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites
author: Evan Dorkin
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2010
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Broken (In the Best Possible Way)]]> 54305363 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let’s Pretend This Never Happened comes a deeply relatable book filled with humor and honesty about depression and anxiety.

As Jenny Lawson’s hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken, Jenny brings readers along on her mental and physical health journey, offering heartbreaking and hilarious anecdotes along the way.

With people experiencing anxiety and depression now more than ever, Jenny humanizes what we all face in an all-too-real way, reassuring us that we’re not alone and making us laugh while doing it. From the business ideas that she wants to pitch to Shark Tank to the reason why Jenny can never go back to the post office, Broken leaves nothing to the imagination in the most satisfying way. And of course, Jenny’s long-suffering husband Victor―the Ricky to Jenny’s Lucille Ball―is present throughout.

A treat for Jenny Lawson’s already existing fans, and destined to convert new ones, Broken is a beacon of hope and a wellspring of laughter when we all need it most.]]> 285 Jenny Lawson 1250077036 Daniel 4 4.01 2021 Broken (In the Best Possible Way)
author: Jenny Lawson
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[You Can Do Anything, Magic Skeleton]]> 52088035
For several years, Chuck has crafted hilarious and inspirational thoughts of the day--they might begin with an optimistic salvo, but inevitably and mirthfully detour into the demon-summoning, robot-making, or confirming that humans are actually mythical hybrid creatures. Equal parts inspiring, sweet, and very funny, Wendig's profane and imaginative galvanizing quips in You Can Do Anything, Magic Skeleton! are sure to amp up readers and motivate them to get things done.]]> Chuck Wendig Daniel 5 4.51 2021 You Can Do Anything, Magic Skeleton
author: Chuck Wendig
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2021/04/17
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]]> <![CDATA[Dead Lies Dreaming (Laundry Files, #10; The New Management, #1)]]> 52261634 In a world where magic has gone mainstream, a policewoman and a group of petty criminals are pulled into a heist to find a forbidden book of spells that should never be opened.

The secret agents of the Laundry Files novels were unable to stop magic becoming public knowledge - in book one of this new series by Charles Stross, the repercussions of that failure are felt by ordinary people everywhere, as the world slides unknowingly towards occult cataclysm...

]]> 384 Charles Stross 0356513785 Daniel 4 3.91 2020 Dead Lies Dreaming (Laundry Files, #10; The New Management, #1)
author: Charles Stross
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Hex11, Vol. 2: The Hellion Awakens]]> 40520333
In the wake of the events of Volume One, Elanor has become both hero and villain within The Hex, finding herself caught between two worlds. The power she has and the evil she vowed to fight, may turn out to be one and the same.

Contains issues #7-#12]]> 151 Kelly Sue Milano 1946949043 Daniel 4 4.23 2018 Hex11, Vol. 2: The Hellion Awakens
author: Kelly Sue Milano
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2021/04/01
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]]> <![CDATA[Hex11, Vol. 1: The Magic Age Rises]]> 29483460
HEX11: VOLUME ONE collects the first 6-issue story arc of this continuing hit series; the premiere title for independent publisher HexComix. Nominated for the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity, with art by Lisa K. Weber and script by Kelly Sue Milano, HEX11 is an exciting drama for all sci-fi/fantasy fans.]]> 151 Kelly Sue Milano Daniel 4 4.07 2016 Hex11, Vol. 1: The Magic Age Rises
author: Kelly Sue Milano
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2021/03/31
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]]> Happy! 16173662
By a tiny blue horse called Happy!

Collects issues #1-4 of the mini-series.]]> 96 Grant Morrison 1607066777 Daniel 2 3.51 2013 Happy!
author: Grant Morrison
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2013
rating: 2
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]]> The Filth 22356 313 Grant Morrison 1401200133 Daniel 2 3.72 2004 The Filth
author: Grant Morrison
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2004
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)]]> 52767659
We know the universe had a beginning. With the Big Bang, it went from a state of unimaginable density to an all-encompassing cosmic fireball to a simmering fluid of matter and energy, laying down the seeds for everything from dark matter to black holes to one rocky planet orbiting a star near the edge of a spiral galaxy that happened to develop life. But what happens at the end of the story? In billions of years, humanity could still exist in some unrecognizable form, venturing out to distant space, finding new homes and building new civilizations. But the death of the universe is final. What might such a cataclysm look like? And what does it mean for us?

Dr. Katie Mack has been contemplating these questions since she was eighteen, when her astronomy professor first informed her the universe could end at any moment, setting her on the path toward theoretical astrophysics. Now, with lively wit and humor, she unpacks them in The End of Everything, taking us on a mind-bending tour through each of the cosmos’ possible finales: the Big Crunch; the Heat Death; Vacuum Decay; the Big Rip; and the Bounce. In the tradition of Neil DeGrasse’s bestseller Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Mack guides us through major concepts in quantum mechanics, cosmology, string theory, and much more, in a wildly fun, surprisingly upbeat ride to the farthest reaches of everything we know.]]> 226 Katie Mack 198210354X Daniel 5 4.24 2020 The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
author: Katie Mack
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)]]> 49021976 The eagerly awaited sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from epic fantasy author Brandon Sanderson

After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar's crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move.

Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin's scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals, and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their strength.

At the same time that Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with his changing role within the Knights Radiant, his Windrunners face their own problem: As more and more deadly enemy Fused awaken to wage war, no more honorspren are willing to bond with humans to increase the number of Radiants. Adolin and Shallan must lead the coalition’s envoy to the honorspren stronghold of Lasting Integrity and either convince the spren to join the cause against the evil god Odium, or personally face the storm of failure.]]> 1232 Brandon Sanderson 0765326388 Daniel 5 4.58 2020 Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.58
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age]]> 53122357
In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities, each the center of a sophisticated civilization: the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Central Turkey, the Roman vacation town of Pompeii on Italy’s southern coast, the medieval megacity of Angkor in Cambodia, and the indigenous metropolis Cahokia, which stood beside the Mississippi River where East St. Louis is today.

Newitz travels to all four sites and investigates the cutting-edge research in archaeology, revealing the mix of environmental changes and political turmoil that doomed these ancient settlements. Tracing the early development of urban planning, Newitz also introduces us to the often anonymous workers—slaves, women, immigrants, and manual laborers—who built these cities and created monuments that lasted millennia.

Four Lost Cities is a journey into the forgotten past, but, foreseeing a future in which the majority of people on Earth will be living in cities, it may also reveal something of our own fate.]]> 320 Annalee Newitz 0393652661 Daniel 5 3.76 2021 Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
author: Annalee Newitz
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You): A How-to Guide from the First Family of Podcasting]]> 53287275 Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy made their names as “advice giving brothers who have no business giving advice” (New York Times) on the hit podcast My Brother, My Brother and Me. But while they may not have the best relationship or workplace advice, they certainly make you laugh, and they do know a thing or two about podcasting.
In fact, the McElroy Brothers have spent the last decade making podcasts, including My Brother, My Brother and Me; The Adventure Zone; Sawbones; and more. From their start, independently producing and releasing the early episodes of My Brother, My Brother and Me, to their eleven currently available podcasts, the McElroys have become experts in creating successful podcasts. And now, they want to share what they’ve learned with you.
In Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You), the McElroy Brothers will walk you through the process of turning an idea into ear-candy for legions of fans, sharing their expertise on everything from deciding on an effective name (definitely not something like My Brother, My Brother and Me), what type of microphone to use (definitely not one from the video game Rock Band), to making lots and lots of money (spoiler: you probably won’t).
A must-read for anyone interested in podcasting, Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You) shares the keys to success as well as the mistakes to avoid and draws on the vast experiences of three of the funniest and most successful podcasters working today.]]> 272 Justin McElroy 0062974807 Daniel 4 4.18 2021 Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You): A How-to Guide from the First Family of Podcasting
author: Justin McElroy
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[RickĚýandĚýMorty: Deluxe Edition, Book Five]]> 50891963 The smash-hit comic book series based on Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland’s hilarious [adult swim]™ animated show RICK AND MORTY™ is available in its fifth deluxe hardcover collection!Ěý

Watch as Summer discovers doomed romance! Learn the tragic secrets of Krombopulous Michael! Check out some really cool dinosaurs! This special edition collects issues #31-35 of the main series, as well as the first four oversized issues of Rick and Morty Presents, starring The Vindicators, Sleepy Gary, Krombopulous Michael, and PICKLE RICK! It also includes a brand-new introduction from writer Magdalene Visaggio and a cover gallery featuring EVERY cover from all issues!

This volume features Eisner-nominated writers Kyle Starks (Sexcastle, Assassination Nation) and Magdalene Visaggio (Kim & Kim, Morning in America), in collaboration with artist CJ Cannon and Marc Ellerby, plus guest writers Tini Howard (Thanos, Euthanauts), Pamela Ribon (Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet).Ěý]]> 304 Kyle Starks 1620107651 Daniel 2 4.00 RickĚýandĚýMorty: Deluxe Edition, Book Five
author: Kyle Starks
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[RickĚýandĚýMorty: Deluxe Edition, Book Four]]> 43253940
When aliens threaten to destroy the world (again), what happens when Jerry tries to talk 'em out of it? Nothing good! Morty and Summer need dates to the prom, but when Rick tries to...help...everyone BUGS out! From Interdimensional Cable to Beth's never-ending struggles for even the smallest amount of respect...you'll find all that and more in this oversized collection, not to mention 5 full issues of Multiple Morty Madness!!

This special edition collects issues #26-30 of the main series, as well as the entire Pocket Like You Stole It miniseries, based on the bestselling mobile game. It also includes a brand-new introduction, cover art, and a gallery of Pocket Like You Stole It trading cards! Get schwifty!]]> 288 Kyle Starks 1620105942 Daniel 3 3.95 RickĚýandĚýMorty: Deluxe Edition, Book Four
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]]> <![CDATA[RickĚýandĚýMorty: Deluxe Edition, Book Three]]> 38747887
Catch up on the adventures of sociopathic genius scientist Rick Sanchez and his inherently timid grandson Morty Smith as they embark on dangerous adventures across the universe! Recoil at the despicable Doofus Jerry and his attempt to take over the family (and the world)! Relive the joys and sorrows of Tiny Rick! Join Summer and Mr. Poopybutthole on their own adventure through fame and misfortune! All that and more in this oversized collection!

This special edition collects issues #21-25 of the main series, as well as the entire Lil' Poopy Superstar miniseries. It also includes a brand-new introduction by Rick and Morty™ show co-creator Dan Harmon, over thirty pages of extras, and an exclusive sound clip voiced by Justin Roiland. Wubba lubba dub dub!]]> 288 Kyle Starks 1620105357 Daniel 3 4.05 RickĚýandĚýMorty: Deluxe Edition, Book Three
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]]> <![CDATA[RickĚýandĚýMorty: Deluxe Edition, Book Two]]> 34895948 288 Tom Fowler 1620104393 Daniel 4 4.27 RickĚýandĚýMorty: Deluxe Edition, Book Two
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average rating: 4.27
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]]> <![CDATA[RickĚýandĚýMorty: Deluxe Edition, Book One]]> 30724373 Join the excitement as depraved genius Rick Sanchez embarks on insane adventures with his awkward grandson Morty across the universe and across time. Caught in the crossfire are his teenage granddaughter Summer, his veterinary surgeon daughter Beth, and his hapless son-in-law Jerry. This collection features the first ten issues of the comic book series, including " The Wubba Lubba Dub Dub of Wall Street, "Mort-Balls!," "Ball Fondlers Special," and more, along with hilarious mini-comics showcasing the whole family.
This special hardcover edition also includes an exclusive sound clip of Rick and Morty and all the cover art from the first ten issues of the comic book series!
"]]> 296 Zac Gorman 1620103605 Daniel 4 4.29 RickĚýandĚýMorty: Deluxe Edition, Book One
author: Zac Gorman
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.29
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]]> <![CDATA[The Boys, Volume 1: The Name of the Game]]> 1214485
Collects The Boys #1-6]]> 152 Garth Ennis 9133305463 Daniel 1 3.92 2007 The Boys, Volume 1: The Name of the Game
author: Garth Ennis
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2007
rating: 1
read at: 2020/11/30
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]]> <![CDATA[Descender: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 2]]> 45289067
Collects DESCENDER #17-32]]> 424 Jeff Lemire 1534314555 Daniel 5 4.38 2019 Descender: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 2
author: Jeff Lemire
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Descender: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1]]> 35357761
Collecting issues #1-16 of Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, Trillium) and Dustin Nguyen's (Little Gotham) critically acclaimed, bestselling new science fiction series in deluxe oversized hardcover format featuring extensive never before seen behind the scenes material.]]> 400 Jeff Lemire 1534303464 Daniel 5 4.44 2017 Descender: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1
author: Jeff Lemire
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Grendel Omnibus, Vol. 1: Hunter Rose]]> 14489588
Volume 1 reprints Grendel: Devil by the Deed; the short story collections Grendel: Black, White, & Red and Grendel: Red, White, & Black, featuring a host of legendary guest artists; and the epic Grendel: Behold the Devil.]]> 600 Matt Wagner 1595828931 Daniel 3 4.00 2012 Grendel Omnibus, Vol. 1: Hunter Rose
author: Matt Wagner
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)]]> 52381770
It worries about the fragile human crew who've grown to trust it, but only where no one can see.

It tells itself that they're only a professional obligation, but when they're captured and an old friend from the past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action.

Drastic action it is, then.

]]> 350 Martha Wells 1250229863 Daniel 5 4.44 2020 Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
author: Martha Wells
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> Here There Be Gerblins 40651088 Welcome to the Adventure Zone!

SEE! The illustrated exploits of three lovable dummies set loose in a classic fantasy adventure!

READ! Their journey from small-time bodyguards to world-class artifact hunters!

MARVEL! At the sheer metafictional chutzpah of a graphic novel based on a story created in a podcast where three dudes and their dad play a tabletop role playing game in real time!

Join Taako the elf wizard, Merle the dwarf cleric, and Magnus the human warrior for an adventure they are poorly equipped to handle AT BEST, guided ("guided") by their snarky DM, in a graphic novel that, like the smash-hit podcast it's based on, will tickle your funny bone, tug your heartstrings, and probably pants you if you give it half a chance.

With endearingly off-kilter storytelling from master goofballs Clint McElroy and the McElroy brothers, and vivid, adorable art by Carey Pietsch, The Adventure Zone: Here There be Gerblins is the comics equivalent of role-playing in your friend's basement at 2am, eating Cheetos and laughing your ass off as she rolls critical failure after critical failure.

]]> 256 Clint McElroy 1250213665 Daniel 5 4.54 2018 Here There Be Gerblins
author: Clint McElroy
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)]]> 53086262 Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to the sensational, USA today best-selling novel Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperor's haunted space station.

She answered the Emperor's call.

She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.

In victory, her world has turned to ash.

After rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues the story of the penumbral Ninth House in Harrow the Ninth, a mind-twisting puzzle box of mystery, murder, magic, and mayhem. Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the Emperor, and the fate of the galaxy rests on one woman's shoulders.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her Emperor to fight an unwinnable war. Side-by-side with a detested rival, Harrow must perfect her skills and become an angel of undeath — but her health is failing, her sword makes her nauseous, and even her mind is threatening to betray her.

Sealed in the gothic gloom of the Emperor's Mithraeum with three unfriendly teachers, hunted by the mad ghost of a murdered planet, Harrow must confront two unwelcome is somebody trying to kill her? And if they succeeded, would the universe be better off?

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.]]> 512 Tamsyn Muir Daniel 5 4.28 2020 Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
author: Tamsyn Muir
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)]]> 45309582 As a magical revolution remakes a city, an ancient evil is awakened in a brilliant new novel from the Hugo-nominated author ofĚýFoundryside and the Divine Cities trilogy
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Having narrowly saved the metropolis of Tevanne from destruction, Sancia Grado and her allies have turned to their next task: sowing the seeds of a full-on magical-industrial revolution. If they succeed, the secrets behind scriving—the art of imbuing everyday objects with sentience—will be accessible to all of Tevanne’s citizens, much to the displeasure of the robber-barons who’ve hoarded this knowledge for themselves. Ěý
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But one of Sancia’s enemies has embarked on a desperate gambit, an attempt to resurrect a figure straight out of legend—an immortal being known as a heirophant. Long ago, the heirophant was an ordinary man, but he’s used scriving to transform himself into something closer to a god. Once awakened, he’ll stop at nothing to remake the world in his horrifying image.
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And if Sancia can’t stop this ancient power from returning? Well, the only way to fight a god…is with another god.]]> 493 Robert Jackson Bennett 1524760390 Daniel 5 4.02 2020 Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)
author: Robert Jackson Bennett
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[This Is How You Lose the Time War]]> 43352954 Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.

Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war.]]> 209 Amal El-Mohtar Daniel 5 3.86 2019 This Is How You Lose the Time War
author: Amal El-Mohtar
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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]]> Finding Baba Yaga 39680799
You think you know this story.
You do not.

A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: A house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice, her power, herself...]]> 144 Jane Yolen 1250163862 Daniel 5 3.74 2018 Finding Baba Yaga
author: Jane Yolen
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> Uzumaki 17837762
Kurouzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral — the hypnotic secret shape of the world. This bizarre masterpiece of horror manga is now available in a single volume. Fall into a whirlpool of terror!]]> 653 Junji Ito 1421561328 Daniel 3 graphic-novels, horror 4.45 2000 Uzumaki
author: Junji Ito
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2000
rating: 3
read at: 2017/01/12
date added: 2020/03/22
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]]> Your Best Game Ever 52485963 If you play or run roleplaying games, this book is for you. Inside this gorgeous hardcover book, suitable for your coffee table or your gaming table, you will find advice and suggestions for enhancing your RPG experience at the table and away from it.
This is an insider’s look at everything that goes into the hobby—finding a group, making a character, running a game, creating adventures, finding all the right ideas, hosting a game…and that’s just for starters.
If You’re an Experienced Gamer -You’ve been gaming for a while now. Maybe even years. You get the concepts, and you understand the rules. No one needs to explain the dice to you. Your Best Game Ever embraces the hobby you love, and provides real tips, immediately usable advice, and hands-on pointers you can use at your game table.
If You’re Fairly New to Gaming -Your friends play RPGs. You’ve maybe watched some streaming games, or given it a try a few times. You get the general idea, but where do you go from there? This book will give you everything you need and get you going on the fast track to being a great gamer.]]> 239 Monte Cook Daniel 4 4.14 Your Best Game Ever
author: Monte Cook
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.14
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]]> Snow Over Utopia 51331351
In an age of savage science powered by black-mass, and thrown away bio-matter leaked into an underground sea lit by the heart of the great tree, a girl named Eden loses her rare blue eyes. Escaping her fanatical and sadistic slave masters with her eyes in a jar, she runs away with a murderer named Miner. After fleeing for their lives deep within the forest, they are found by the Librarian and his daughter Delilah, and sheltered in their mountain-top sanctuary. But she cannot stop there. If Eden wants to restore her eyes, then she must go on through time and space in a necrotronic stream generated by the living computer program called Witch Mother.

While mutantoid priests in underground bunkers monitor transmissions from the great tree, Eden and Miner must face the horrors of the factories and the coliseum run by the Robot Queen in the city of Utopia. Can they make the ultimate sacrifice and complete their mission? Or will they fail in Snow Over Utopia?]]> 192 Rudolfo A. Serna Daniel 3 3.45 Snow Over Utopia
author: Rudolfo A. Serna
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.45
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction]]> 35888338 Wonderbook has become the definitive guide to writing science fiction and fantasy by offering an accessible, example-rich approach that emphasizes the importance of playfulness as well as pragmatism. It also exploits the visual nature of genre culture and employs bold, full-color drawings, maps, renderings, and visualizations to stimulate creative thinking. On top of all that, the book features sidebars and essays from some of the biggest names working in the field today, including George R. R. Martin, Lev Grossman, Neil Gaiman, Michael Moorcock, and Karen Joy Fowler.

For the fifth anniversary of the original publication, Jeff VanderMeer has added an additional 50 pages of diagrams, illustrations, and writing exercises creating the ultimate volume of inspiring advice that is also a stunning and inspiring object.]]> 384 Jeff VanderMeer 1419729667 Daniel 5 4.38 2013 Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
author: Jeff VanderMeer
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2020/02/09
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]]> <![CDATA[Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)]]> 35519101
And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good.

]]> 158 Martha Wells 1250191785 Daniel 5 4.21 2018 Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
author: Martha Wells
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2018/10/03
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]]> <![CDATA[Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)]]> 36223860 alternate cover for ISBN 9781250186928

It has a dark past – one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot." But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more.

Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don’t want to know what the “A” stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue.

What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks.]]> 158 Martha Wells Daniel 5 4.23 2018 Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
author: Martha Wells
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)]]> 33396171 ASIN B01MYZ8X5C moved to the more recent edition

A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence.

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."

In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.

But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern.

On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid — a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is.

But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.]]> 156 Martha Wells Daniel 5 4.27 2017 All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
author: Martha Wells
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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]]> World War Hulk 1878831
Collects: World War Hulk 1-5, World War Hulk: Aftersmash, Marvel Spotlight: World War Hulk and Planet Hulk Saga.]]> 336 Greg Pak 0785126708 Daniel 3 3.97 2008 World War Hulk
author: Greg Pak
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 2020/01/05
date added: 2020/01/06
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]]> <![CDATA[The Incredible Hulk: Planet Hulk]]> 630621 392 Greg Pak 0785122451 Daniel 4 4.25 2007 The Incredible Hulk: Planet Hulk
author: Greg Pak
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> Rise of the Midnight Sons 644711 The Rise of the Midnight Sons

Collects Ghost Rider (1990-1998 2nd Series) #28 and 31, Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance (1992-1994) #1, Morbius, the Living Vampire (1992-1995) #1, Darkhold (1992-1994) #1, and Nightstalkers (1992-1994) #1.]]> 224 Howard Mackie 0871359693 Daniel 2 3.43 1993 Rise of the Midnight Sons
author: Howard Mackie
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.43
book published: 1993
rating: 2
read at: 2019/12/27
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Another that did not age well.
]]> <![CDATA[DARKHOLD: PAGES FROM THE BOOK OF SINS - THE COMPLETE COLLECTION]]> 39739256 Darkhold, you'll be dying to read what's inside! And when long-lost pages of the Book of Sins begin to resurface, cursing those who read them with vicious twists on their greatest desires, it's up to Victoria Montesi and her Darkhold Redeemers, Sam Buchanan and Louise Hastings, to keep them out of the wrong hands! As the mysterious Darkhold Dwarf spreads chaos and the powerful pages wreak havoc, the Redeemers get a little help from Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider and their fellow Midnight Sons - but whose side is Modred the Mystic on? With demonic forces on the rise, can the Redeemers prevent the rebirth of Chthon? COLLECTING: DARKHOLD: PAGES FROM THE BOOK OF SINS 1-16; DOCTOR STRANGE, SORCERER SUPREME 90; MATERIAL FROM MIDNIGHT SONS UNLIMITED 1-2; MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) 145]]> 464 Christian Cooper 1302913956 Daniel 1 2.95 2018 DARKHOLD: PAGES FROM THE BOOK OF SINS - THE COMPLETE COLLECTION
author: Christian Cooper
name: Daniel
average rating: 2.95
book published: 2018
rating: 1
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Reread this series because I remember being obsessed with anything Midnight Sons related when I was young. It does not hold up.
]]> <![CDATA[The Adventure Zone Vol. 2: Murder on the Rockport Limited!]]> 41812788
You know, the usual things you find on a train.

Hot on the heels of "The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins", the smash hit graphic novel that launched the series, "Murder on the Rockport Limited" picks up the saga where volume 1 left off. Both books are based on "The Adventure Zone," a tabletop RPG comedy podcast with downloads numbering in the tens of millions and an army of passionately devoted fans. With art and co-adaptation from Carey Pietsch, the McElroys are once again turning their raucous freewheeling D&D campaign into some damn fine comics.]]> 219 Clint McElroy 1250153719 Daniel 4 4.60 2019 The Adventure Zone Vol. 2: Murder on the Rockport Limited!
author: Clint McElroy
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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