Review: We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I haven't had this much Geeky Fun since [Ready Player One]. Lots of shout outs for us Geeks and Nerds.
Bob just sold his software company for megabucks. To celebrate, he signs up to have his head frozen after he dies. Then, a sudden accident, and Bob wakes up. Things are not at all what he'd expected!

Funny, imaginative, geeky, nerdy and I can't wait to read Book 2.

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Review: The Eye of God

The Eye of God by James Rollins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The ninth entry into the Sigma Series doesn't disappoint. Science and lots of action. My favorite thriller series by far.

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Review: Jaran

Jaran by Kate Elliott
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

Did Not Finish. Read 343 pages, and got tired of endless tramping across prairies and mountains with nothing much happening. Reminded me of [Hammerfall] which was also found too long and boring.

The writing is quite good, and the world building is good. The characters are well drawn altho the female lead is an idiot in many ways.

I've read other books by Kate Elliot and enjoyed them more.

I'm counting the pages and counting the book as a ROOT, but nothing else.

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Review: The Element of Fire

The Element of Fire by Martha Wells
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Martha Wells debut novel, the first in the Ile-Rein series.

I found it a bit slow to get started but once I felt comfortable in the world and the pace picked up I enjoyed it tremendously.

Lots of court intrigue, a young King who has no idea what he's doing, his mother the real brains behind the throne. When the country is attaced by Fairy, the fact that the king's half sister, a half fey herself, shows up and muddles the picture of just who is up to what, and who to trust.

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Review: The Likeness

The Likeness by Tana French
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Psychological thriller. A detective goes undercover into a house owned by a group of students to discover more about a mysterious murder victim whom they can't even identify, never mind come up with a motive for murder.

Deeply psychological and convoluted plot that keeps you guessing throughout.

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Review: The Mirror Empire

The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

An ambitious book, taking on lots of societal assumptions. Complex characters, most of whom are surviving as best they can, and not always doing the right thing as a result. The magical system is not clearly defined so the reader is left to feel her way through the book attempting to make sense of things. And not all of it ever manages to make sense.

It reminded me of Mieville's [The City & the City] in many ways, as worlds collide and bleed through into each other

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