2023
Title | Author | Date Finished | Review |
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What Lies Between Us | John Marrs | 3rd August 2023 | |
Thursday Murder Club | Richard Osman | 2nd August 2023 | |
Golden Age of the Solar Clipper - Trader's Tales/Seeker's Tales/Smuggler's Tales (12 books) | Nathan Lowell | 1st August 2023 | |
Oxygen | Seth Rain | 4th June 2023 | This was really bad |
Static | Jacqueline Druga | 29th May 2023 | |
Broadcast | Liam Brown | 27th May 2023 | |
Wolf Country | Tunde Farrand | 23rd May 2023 | |
Before and After (2 book series) | Andrew Shanahan | 11th May 2023 | These were silly but I did enjoy them |
The Girlfriend | KL Slater | 8th May 2023 | |
Run | Blake Crouch | 6th May 2023 | Generic family survives ultra-violent dystopian events against the odds. As shit as it sounds. |
Secret Runners of New York | Matthew Reilly | 2nd May 2023 | Silly but enjoyable |
Are You Awake | Claire McGowan | 29th April 2023 | |
The Couple at Number 9 | Claire Douglas | 23rd April 2023 | The main characters were very annoying, and I had it worked out within like 25% |
DELIO | RR Haywood | 18th April 2023 | |
The Saxon Chronicles (books 1-13) | Bernard Cornwell | 13th April 2023 | Audiobook, been going since Feb. I suspect it would be harder to read because of the names etc. I was sad when it ended. |
The Family Upstairs | Lisa Jewell | 11th April 2023 | I was gripped for most of it, but the ending was pants. Acceptable holiday book though |
Hull Zero Three | Greg Bear | DNF | I got about halfway through and was miserable throughout, gave up |
The Chronicles of St Marys (books 6-13) | Jodi Taylor | 6th April 2023 | More (not) time travel, just as fun as the earlier ones |
An Officer And A Spy | Robert Harris | March 2023 | Way better than I expected considering it is well out of my usual genre |
Back From The Dead | Joan M Cheever | March 2023 | Interesting, though convenient that all the men she interviewed were 'innocent' or their crimes were 'justifiable'... |
Into Thin Air | John Krakauer | March 2023 | |
The Elfor One | RR Haywood | 9th Feb 2023 | Can this man write a bad book?? |
No-one Knows Us Here | Rebecca Kelley | 4th Feb 2023 | It was free, I can see why |
Aurora | Kim Stanley Robinson | 30th Jan 2023 | I think I've read this before, nevertheless I did enjoy it, the end was weirdly depressing though |
The Chronicles of St Marys (books 1-5) | Jodi Taylor | 22nd Jan 2023 | Definitely not time travel. Lightweight and easy to read but lots of fun |
Space Opera | Catherynne M Valenta | 2nd Jan 2023 | Very silly, excellent xmas holiday choice though |
2022
Title | Author | Date Finished | Review |
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The Sparrow | Mary Doria Russell | 28th December 2022 | Depressing but compelling |
Parable of the Sower/Parable of the Talents (Earthseed) | Octavia Butler | 12th December 2022 | |
Great North Road | Peter F Hamilton | 25th November 2022 | This was one of those books where everything was resolved in the last couple of chapters, annoying because it was good before that. |
Children of Ruin | Adrian Tchaikovsky | 12th October 2022 | I really did not enjoy this book |
Way Station | Clifford Simack | 3rd October 2022 | |
The Belt (1-6) | Gerald M. Kilby | 21st September 2022 | |
State of Terror | Hilary Clinton | 29th August 2022 | |
Breakfast of Champions | Kurt Vonnegut | 8th August 2022 | A reread |
Beacon 23 | Hugh Howey | 4th August 2022 | Bleak, I do love HH though |
Axiom's End | Lindsay Ellis | 31st July 2022 | This got good reviews but didn't do it for me, I don't think aliens-on-earth is my genre |
Attack Surface | Cory Doctorow | 26th July 2022 | |
Homeland | Cory Doctorow | 19th July 2022 | |
Little Brother | Cory Doctorow | 9th July 2022 | |
Revelation Space | Alistair Reynolds | 1st July 2022 | It would be an understatement to say that I did NOT enjoy this and could not wait for it to end. |
The good psychopath's guide to success | Kevin Dutton & Andy McNab | 3rd June 2022 | Written in a really annoying way, not sure it contained any particularly useful information |
For we are many | Dennis Taylor | 30th May 2022 | I'm over the Bobiverse now |
Red Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson | 25th May 2022 | A classic |
Dark state | Charles Stross | 16th May 2022 | |
Empire games | Charles Stross | 29th April 2022 | |
I choose you | Gayle Curtis | 16th April 2022 | So badly written, awful plot that doesn't really make sense. All the characters were unlikeable. Nothing is revealed til the last chapter and even then it makes little sense. |
The galaxy and the ground within | Becky Chambers | 13th April 2022 | This one is new, woo |
Record of the spaceborn few | Becky Chambers | 10th April 2022 | Yep, definitely read this before |
A closed and common orbit | Becky Chambers | 3rd April 2022 | I'm sure I've read this before |
A long way to a small angry planet | Becky Chambers | 27th March 2022 | Re-read |
The 22 Murders of Madison May | Max Barry | Mar 12, 2022 | Kinda lightweight but enjoyable parallel world stuff, would recommend |
Exhalation | Ted Chiang | Mar 06, 2022 | As with all short story collections some were excellent, some less so. I particularly liked 'The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling', 'What's Expected of Us' and 'Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom'. 'The Lifecycle of Software Objects' was too long and silly. |
The City Where We Once Lived | Eric Barnes | Feb 24, 2022 | Dark, unsatisfactory ending but that kinda fits. |
Light From Uncommon Starts | Ryka Aoki | Feb 22, 2022 | This was nuts. I enjoyed every second of it. |
Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro | Feb 2, 2022 | A sad book, good read but nothing jolly about it. |
All Systems Red | Martha Wells | Feb 06, 2022 | Lots of people rave about these Murderbot books, I liked it well enought but not excited to read the sequel. |
The Other Mother | Jen Brister | Feb 01, 2022 | Some of this was very relatable, obviously. Given it's about her first year or so with the twins it would probably have meant more if I'd read it a few years ago. |
Demon Haunted World | Carl Sagan | Jan 20, 2022 | Quite dated now but still weirdly relevant. Bit hard work though. |
Bewilderment | Richard Powers | Jan 14, 2022 | Ooof this one hurt me. Prepare yourselves. |
The Fifth Season | NK Jemison | Jan 04, 2022 | Can't decide if I liked this or not. Not my usual cup of tea but I'm editing this review 2 months later and the world is still living in my head. Perhaps I should read the sequel. |
2021
Title | Author | Date Finished | Review |
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Embassytown | Chiana Meiville | Dec 27, 2021 | |
We Are Legion | Dennis E Taylor | Dec 26, 2021 | |
Girl A | Abigail Dean | Dec 25, 2021 | |
This Is How You Lose the Time War | Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone | Dec 20, 2021 | |
Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir | Dec 14, 2021 | This was so disappointing arrrrgggggggggg |
The Girlfriend | Michelle Frances | Dec 9, 2021 | |
Mort | Terry Pratchett | Dec 3, 2021 | |
Witches Abroad | Terry Pratchett | Nov 28, 2021 | |
Blue Remembered Earth | Alistair Reynolds | Nov 6, 2021 | |
Wyrd Sisters | Terry Pratchett | Nov 1, 2021 | |
Equal Rites | Terry Pratchett | Oct 27, 2021 | |
Dune | Frank Herbert | Oct 21, 2021 | |
Guards! Guards! | Terry Pratchett | Oct 11, 2021 | |
Blood At The Premiere | Haywood, RR | Oct 09, 2021 | |
The Humans | Haig, Matt | Sep 21, 2021 | |
Conventions of War (Dread Empires Fall #3) | Williams, Walter Jon | Sep 01, 2021 | |
The Sundering (Dread Empires Fall #2) | Williams, Walter Jon | Aug 24, 2021 | |
The Praxis (Dread Empires Fall #1) | Williams, Walter Jon | Aug 14, 2021 | |
Blood on the Floor | Haywood, R.R. | Aug 05, 2021 | |
The Camping Shop: An Undead Short Story | Haywood, R.R. | Aug 05, 2021 | |
The Undead Twenty Five: The Heat | Haywood, R.R. | Jul 15, 2021 | |
Huntington House: A Mike Humber Detective Novel | Haywood, R.R. | Jul 06, 2021 | |
The Second Reality | Haywood, R.R. | Jun 15, 2021 | |
A Town Called Discovery | Haywood, R.R. | Jun 08, 2021 | |
The Elfor Drop (The Code Book 2) | Haywood, R.R. | May 23, 2021 | |
The Four Worlds of Bertie Cavendish | Haywood, R.R. | May 23, 2021 | |
Greybeard | Aldiss, Brian W. | May 22, 2021 | |
The Book of Etta (The Road to Nowhere, #2) | Elison, Meg | Apr 17, 2021 | |
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (The Road to Nowhere, #1) | Elison, Meg | Apr 11, 2021 | |
The Madame Curie Complex: The Hidden History of Women in Science | Jardins, Julie Des | Mar 26, 2021 | |
Ripped from the Headlines!: The Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies Most Memorable Crimes | Schechter, Harold | Mar 12, 2021 | |
The Exiles Trilogy | Bova, Ben | Feb 26, 2021 | |
Recursion | Crouch, Blake | Feb 20, 2021 | |
Limitless | Tim Peake | Jan 15, 2021 |
2020
Title | Author | Date Finished | Review |
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The Undead Twenty Four: Equilibrium | Haywood, R.R. | Dec 29, 2020 | |
The Undead Twenty Three: The Fort | Haywood, R.R. | Dec 23, 2020 | |
The Undead Twenty Two | Haywood, R.R. | Dec 13, 2020 | |
The Undead Day Twenty One | Haywood, R.R. | Dec 04, 2020 | |
The Undead Day Twenty | Haywood, R.R. | Nov 28, 2020 | |
The Undead Day Nineteen | Haywood, R.R. | Nov 22, 2020 | |
The Undead Day Eighteen | Haywood, R.R. | Nov 16, 2020 | |
The Undead Day Seventeen | Haywood, R.R. | Nov 10, 2020 | |
The Undead Day Sixteen | Haywood, R.R. | Nov 04, 2020 | |
The Undead The Second Week (The Undead #8-14) | Haywood, R.R. | Sep 09, 2020 | |
Circe | Miller, Madeline | Aug 30, 2020 | |
The Undead. The First Seven Days (The Undead #1-7 ) | Haywood, R.R. | Aug 23, 2020 | |
The Worldship Humility (The Code #1) | Haywood, R.R. | Aug 08, 2020 | |
Wall of Silence | Buchanan, Tracy | Jul 19, 2020 | |
Millennium | Bova, Ben | Jun 20, 2020 | |
Outwalkers | Shaw, Fiona | Jun 10, 2020 | |
Someone Else's Secret | Spiro, Julia | Jun 02, 2020 | |
One Word Kill (Impossible Times #1) | Lawrence, Mark | Mar 02, 2020 |