Ugh. I hate being disappointed in books. This one almost totally missed the mark for me. It was aggressively okay, and the coolest bits I’ve seen done better elsewhere. I knew going in this might be an off book for me, but if anything I anticipated it being more like the last book was: a fun sci-fi romance romp about starcrossed lovers in an alien environment. Well, actually, turns out that was exactly what I got, because everything about this book is echoed from the […]
They keep throwing the same fish around
Last year I read the first book in the Magic 2.0 series, Off to be the Wizard and I loved it. It was clever, funny, snarky, full of nerdy, geeky jokes and references, and time travellers being confused by other time travellers. It was a lot of fun and even though I never got around to writing a CBR6 review for it, I remember recommending it to some people. With good memories of the previous book, I picked this one up and saved it for […]
Multiple personality disorder as a superpower.
Stephen Leeds is a truly unique individual. There are forty-seven people (and counting) living in his house, each of whom specialize in different things, like botany, biology, security, psychology, handwriting analysis, etc. These people have personalities and talents and fears and all come from different cultures and religious backgrounds. And all of them are hallucinations. Stephen doesn’t really have multiple personality disorder, because he is completely aware of and actively participates in the maintaining of his aspects. He uses them as a sort of extension […]
. . . And I feel fine. . . .
I found this book through a book I read last Cannonball – Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, which I didn’t really like. BUT – at the end were a few bonus chapters of another book written by the same author. I was totally sucked in, and bought the whole thing. Hank Palace always wanted to be a police detective, and he recently achieved his goal, which is fantastic. That’s really the only good thing, though. Because a huge asteroid is heading this way. It is […]
Castaway Story for the Cosmos Age, LOVE
This is a story about an astronaut named Mark Watney who is accidentally left behind on Mars after his crew believes he is killed during the emergency evacuation of their base camp on Mars (I know I already said Mars, but omg Mars) in a freak windstorm. Our hero has to figure out how to survive with his available resources, ration his remaining supplies, and try to get back in contact with Earth, knowing that his food will run out before they can rescue him. The author, Andy Weir, […]
Rebel
I really liked Reboot, and Rebel was also really good. It’s a good conclusion to the series. You can read my full review here.
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