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Books I have read

Books

Books I have read

2020

• Orson Scott Card Earth Unaware [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
• Orson Scott Card Earth Afire [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
• Orson Scott Card Earth Awakens [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
• Orson Scott Card The Swarm [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
• Orson Scott Card The Hive [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
• Orson Scott Card Ender's Game [Enderverse] (★★★★★)
• Orson Scott Card Ender's Shadow [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
• Orson Scott Card A War of Gifts [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
• Orson Scott Card Pretty Boy [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
  • These are fun. Nice to get to know characters before they got wrapped up in Ender.
• Orson Scott Card Cheater [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
• Orson Scott Card Mazer in Prison [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
• Orson Scott Card Children of the Fleet [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
• Orson Scott Card Shadow of the Hegemon [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
• Orson Scott Card Shadow Puppets [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
• Orson Scott Card Shadow of the Giant [Enderverse] (★★★★☆)
• Orson Scott Card Ender In Exile [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
• Orson Scott Card Shadows in Flight [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
• Orson Scott Card First Meetings [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
• Orson Scott Card Speaker for the Dead [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
  • I definitely appreciate this sequel branch more as an adult than a young teen.
• Orson Scott Card Xenocide [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
• Orson Scott Card Children of the Mind [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)

2019

• Steven Erikson Deadhouse Gates [Malazan Book of the Fallen 2.0] (★★★★☆)
  • I like this more than the first book. The magic is still really cool. Another long book.
• Steven Erikson Gardens of the Mooon [Malazan Book of the Fallen 1.0] (★★★☆☆)
  • First of 10 in The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen. Long book, cool setting, interesting magic.
• Rick Riordan The Lightning Thief (★★☆☆☆)
  • A fun little children's story. Son of Poseidon has to help save some face.
• Stephen King Under the Dome (★★★★★)
  • Mysterious field surrounds a small town. Events occur. I really enjoy this story.
• Orson Scott Card Ender's Game (★★★★★)
  • Have read this every couple years since middle school. Still one of my favorites.

2018

• Rick Cook The Wizardry Consulted [Wizardry 4.0] (★★★☆☆)
  • Wiz consults for humans with a dragon problem
• Rick Cook The Wizardry Cursed [Wizardry 3.0] (★★★☆☆)
  • Failed robots and dogfights
• Rick Cook The Wizardry Compiled [Wizardry 2.0] (★★★☆☆)
  • Wiz brings in some help
• Rick Cook Wizard's Bane [Wizardry 1.0] (★★★☆☆)
  • Fun wizardry and programming languages
• Chuck Palahniuk Choke (★★★★☆)
  • Really good. Really expressed the mood.
• K. J. Parker Memory (Scavenger #3) (★★★☆☆)
  • An adequate end to the slogging
• K. J. Parker Pattern (Scavenger #2) (★★★☆☆)
  • Less of a slog
• K. J. Parker Shadow (Scavenger #1) (★★☆☆☆)
  • A slog
• Frank Miller The Dark Knight III: The Master Race (★★★★★)
  • This was really good. So much going on. Batman is dead.
• Clare B. Dunkle The Walls have Eyes (The Sky Inside, #2) (★★☆☆☆)
  • Conclusion to The Sky Inside
• Clare B. Dunkle The Sky Inside (The Sky Inside, #1) (★★☆☆☆)
  • Enjoyable young adult book about genetically-engineered children.
• Beth Revis Rebel Rising (★★★☆☆)
  • Covers Jyn Erso's life before Rogue One.
  • Enjoyable.
• K. J. Parker The Proof House [Fencer 3.0] (★★★☆☆)
  • A decent end to the trilogy. Really enjoyed all of the proofing.
• Jason Aaron The Goddamned Volume 1: Before the Flood (★★★★☆)
  • Gruesome. Great.
  • Cain walks the Earth 1600 years after Eden. Cain is cursed with life.
• K. J. Parker The Belly of the Bow [Fencer 2.0] (★★★☆☆)
  • Gorgas fights wars, Bardas kind of gets revenge.
• K. J. Parker Colours in the Steel [Fencer 1.0] (★★★☆☆)
  • Fun read. Reminiscent of Engineer trilogy.
  • Lawyers decide their client's cases by fencing. Dead lawyer lost.
• Peter Watts Echopraxia (★★★★☆)
  • Sequel to Blindsight
  • Deals with religion, transcendentalist monastic orders, hive minds, vampires, zombies (!), parasites
• Peter Watts Blindsight (★★★★☆)
  • Great book, hard read
  • Covers consciousness, sentience, intelligence, alien life, vampires(!)

2017

I completely failed to log my reading in 2017

2016

• Jonathan Harr A Civil Action (★★★★☆)
  • Covers the trial of Anderson vs Cryovac.
• Arthur C. Clarke Hammer of God (★★★★☆)
  • Good look into how we might deal with asteroid on collision course with Earth.
• Isaac Asimov The Martian Way (★★★★☆)
  • Mars pulls a fast one.
• James Blish Earthman, Come Home (★★☆☆☆)
  • Space-borne city upsets local government.
• Algis Budrys Rogue Moon (★★★☆☆)
  • How to explore a deadly structure on the dark side of the moon.
• Theodore Cogswell The Spectre General (★★★★☆)
  • I really liked how this came around in the end.
• E. M. Forster The Machine Stops (★★☆☆☆)
  • What if the infrastructure that keeps us from having to live breaks down.
• Frederik Pohl The Midas Plague (★★☆☆☆)
  • Can't break some eggs without making an omelette. Consumption is king.
• James H. Schmitz The Witches of Karres (★★★☆☆)
  • Man "rescues" three sisters, tries to deliver them to their home planet.
• T. L. Sherred E for Effort (★★☆☆☆)
  • Man invents recording device that records silent video of any time and place.
• Wilmar H. Shiras In Hiding (★★☆☆☆)
  • How a child super-genius might hide in plain sight.
• Clifford D. Simak The Big Front Yard (★★☆☆☆)
  • What happens if your door suddenly opens to another world.
• Jack Vance The Moon Moth (★★★☆☆)
  • A culture that uses music to augment speech and convey meaning. Really enjoyed this.

2015

• George Orwell Animal Farm (★★★★★)
  • Wow.
• Orson Scott Card Wyrms (★★★☆☆)
• Alan Dean Foster Sentenced to Prism (★★★☆☆)
  • Enjoyed the silicon-based lifeforms
• T. L. Sherred Alien Island (★★★☆☆)
  • Decent bit of scifi
• Colin Harvey Winter Song (★★☆☆☆)
• Robert Heinlein Friday (★★★☆☆)
  • Somehow missed the main character was female until quite far in
• C. J. Cherryh Faded Sun Trilogy (★★★☆☆)
  • Enjoyable
• C. J. Cherryh Chanur Saga (★★★☆☆)
• C. J. Cherryh Chanur's Endgame (★★★☆☆)
  • Enjoyed descriptions of relativistic speed and inherent communication challenges

Before

• Jerry Spinelli Maniac Magee (★★★★★)
  • First read in middle school(?). Loved it and read it many times after.
  • Keep coming back to this one.
• John Kennedy Toole A Confederacy of Dunces (★★★★★)
  • Hilarious
• Louis Lamour The Walking Drum (★★★★☆)
  • Another I keep coming back to
• Orson Scott Card Ender's Game (★★★★★)
  • Have read this every couple years since middle school