Dune by Frank Herbert
CBR 16 Bingo – Part 2: The 2nd 2 sections of Dune (the last approximately 300 pages) I already reviewed the 1st half of Dune for Part 1, this is the 2nd half. To start, I would like to warn anyone that hasn’t read this yet that between Dune and Muad’dib there is a time jump, so that you don’t spend 50+ pages being confused since it doesn’t say that there was any sort of time jump. Looking back, I probably should have known given […]
Dune by Frank Herbert
CBR 16 Bingo – Part 1 I could have used this book for at least 50% of the bingo squares, but given how long it took me to read it, and that I have different opinions about the first and second halves, I chose to do the part 1/part 2. Also its kind of perfect since its almost exactly 600 pages. The book is divided into 3 sections (Dune, Muad’Dib, and The Prophet). The first one, Dune, is roughly 400 pages so I’ll focus on […]
Sea of Thieves by Jeremy Whitley
Sea of Thieves: Origins Volume One by Jeremy Whitley
Sea of Thieves: Origins: Champion of Souls by Jeremy Whitley
I started with Sea of Thieves: Sea Dog’s Search illustrated by Rhoald Marcellius. Though it says it has issues one to three, it was actually after the no added title, Sea of Thieves. We meet our main pirate twins, their friends, frenemies and a possible lover or two or three…. Here we build up the story of all the characters we find in the second book (or the main ones) and we learn about a few creatures and events. However, you needed Sea of Thieves: […]
Chupacabra: Tales Of Blood & Ink by Matthew Medney, Kyle Faehnrich
Chupacabra: Tales Of Blood & Ink by Matthew Medney, Kyle Faehnrich and editor Steve Orlando is a horror graphic novel for older readers. It has a strong aged 15/16 and up tone, but also reads quickly. The violence is not subtle, but not necessarily gratuitous either. Yet, there are places that sometimes went for the, “Ooooh-kaaay, what was that?” and “WHY was that?” It has a typical graphic novel/comic look. It is dark, crowded, sometimes the action blends in and can’t be easily “read” or […]
System Collapse by Martha Wells
CBR16 Bingo: Rage (The Murderbot Diaries are all the rage all over the bookish internet, in addition, there’s a lot of rage-inducing behaviour from the evil corporation in the book) Spoiler warning! This is book 7 in the series, and absolutely not the place to start reading. This book will not make as much sense if it’s your first encounter with Murderbot. You should have read at least All Systems Red, Artificial Condition and the previous novel, Network Effect to have the requisite backstory for […]
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
**Spoilerific** I don’t leave books unfinished. Well maybe once (looking at you, How To Do Nothing). 26 pages of Cannonball reviews and only one DNF… Until now. Now, a few facts: I absolutely loved Justin Cronin’s ‘The Passage’ trilogy. It was expansive and emotional and deep and scary. I started reading this book in June. I slowly and tortuously made it 90% of the way through this book before giving it in last night. This book… this damned book. It has sucked the life out […]
