it's my island

I was just talking about how much of a slog I had in a prior book. This book was not like that. I had to tell myself to slow down.. Slow down Andy, it’s going to end, you need to enjoy it.. NOOOO.. flipflipflipflip.. NOOOOOO…. WHAT DO YOU MEAN ITS ENDING HERE? Yea. I got […]

This is a book of seasons. It had good seasons, smart seasons, tough seasons, and just hard to comprehend ones.. I really couldn’t stay submerged in this book. I tried. I desperately tried, but it told me early on that I couldn’t read this at bedtime because it required more neurons to process and then […]

Shuos Jedao, the Fox in his youth. This quick tale showcases a light element into his past. It’s a very 007-Eske romp and should take you a lunch or two to complete the journey. I enjoyed it, but I feel we lost some of the universes it lives in. Lee’s first foray into this universe […]

Peter Watts has written some pretty interesting tales, and this one has the hallmarks of something amazing, and by the looks of it, it’s the start. Let’s rewind. We have a working kind of generation ship that’s goal is to leave Earth and set up an interstellar highway. The crew, engineered since birth for the […]

Alex Verus, my favorite episodic British mage. Alex has come a long way from his little storefront helping adepts and normies. He strides on the line between Light and Dark. Mainly finding a path of survival through it all for himself and his little band of mages. Not much has changed in that. He is […]

Auri! I am so glad Patrick gave her a moment in the moonlight. During the other books, I would tell my wife how much I enjoyed this girl/woman who would take the inanimate and give them something more. Not quite a life, but a place in the world. It delighted me to read this novelette. […]

Twice as deep as the first book it was absorbed faster than parched ground after a rainstorm. Beautifully articulated as we continue the education, remediation, trials, and tribulations of young Kvothe. The few sticking points I had were time and age-related. In this book Kvothe goes on a journey, there are 3 or so books […]