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Jul 22, 2019 16:13:32 GMT
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Post by dmc1001 on Jul 22, 2019 16:13:32 GMT
I've dissed a second book. Premise is good, started good, but then there were some weird things. Here's the cover and maybe consider what follows to be spoilers. Here are my thoughts. A woman is pursued and her car ends up in a river with her inside. In the same since the car sunk, a pursuer shows up underwater in a wetsuit, with breather apparatus for himself and the woman. How is that possible? Did they know a truck was going to slam into her when she went through an intersection against the light and send her into the water? Lacks credulity. Super villain (not super-powered but practically mustache-twirling) says he can turn a wealthy heiress into a "cheap whore" by throwing a hundred million dollars at her. She's the brains behind a corporation she runs. Worse, she acts like she's drugged/mind controlled. Seriously? I'm no kind of uber feminist (beyond standard equality everyone deserves) but this stretches my suspension of disbelief beyond and past my limits. It would have made more sense if he DID use drugs to make her behave as she did but, no, it was just because he threw money at her. Last bit was a thought by Super Villain. He says his transactions are typically legal so long as he isn't caught! Sounds like it's illegal to me. That was the point when I stopped, 14% of the way through according to Kindle. I guess this is bound to happen with free/extra cheap books. However, I have read some excellent books and went on to read more from said authors. I can see a miss on the story for someone, but the thinking that went into this tells me it's not worth reading more from the author.
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Jul 22, 2019 16:16:41 GMT
Post by dmc1001 on Jul 22, 2019 16:16:41 GMT
Now I'm reading some, hmm, erotica. "Active Duty: Gay Military Erotic Romance". I'll spare you the cover which isn't pornographic by any stretch but, eh, not necessary. I did start this book a while ago but think I found it too explicit. May happen again.
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Jul 29, 2019 4:48:49 GMT
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Post by dmc1001 on Jul 29, 2019 4:48:49 GMT
Currently reading this. It's okay. Nothing special but easy reading. Could probably get through it in an afternoon at the beach. Forgot that I previously read this. It was better than the first two. It's apparently part of a much bigger series but I don't go beyond three books (unless it's literally an extra book that caps the overarching story) because it ends up being soap opera.
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Post by Kaiser Arian on Jul 29, 2019 5:19:48 GMT
The last chapter was kinda stupid and too sad, plus it was all about only one of the characters. The fate of others remained unknown. Despite having good and interesting scenes and dialogues and important messages in the book, it wasn't charming enough, aka semi-boring. 6/10An average Isaac Asmiov's novel is more amusing than BNW. I blame the last 2 chapters... a satisfying ending could have made it a 8/10.
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Aug 20, 2019 13:39:05 GMT
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Post by Iakus on Aug 20, 2019 13:39:05 GMT
Sequel to last year's "The Minds of Men" The war had taken everything from Lina Sucherin—her parents, sisters, a fledgling romance…even her faith in herself and her psychic abilities. All of it, ripped away with the fall of the Third Reich and the brutal Soviet sack of Berlin.
Three years later, amid the suspicion, paranoia, and fledgling brutality of communist East Germany, danger threatens the only people Lina cares about, forcing her to overcome her lingering self-doubt. In order to save the only family she has left, she will have to rise above her past and learn to trust an old enemy—and herself—if she is to be successful.
But does she still have enough of her psyche left to do so? Or has the war torn her world too far asunder for it to ever be whole again?
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Sept 5, 2019 16:18:07 GMT
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Post by Iakus on Sept 5, 2019 16:18:07 GMT
When Owen Pitt and the rest of the Monster Hunter International crew are called away to mount a month’s-long rescue mission in a monster-infested nightmare dimension, Julie Shackleford—Owen’s wife and descendant of MHI founder Bubba Shackleford—is left behind. Her task: hold down the fort and take care of her new baby son Ray. Julie’s devoted to the little guy, but the slow pace of office work and maternity leave are starting to get to her. But when a routine field call brings her face-to-face with an unspeakable evil calling itself Brother Death, she’ll get more excitement than she ever hoped for.
Julie is the Guardian of a powerful ancient artifact known as the Kamaresh Yar, and Brother Death wants it. In the wrong hands, it could destroy reality as we know it. Julie would die before giving it up.
Then Ray goes missing, taken by Brother Death. The price for his safe return: the Kamaresh Yar. If Julie doesn’t hand over the artifact it means death—or worse—for baby Ray. With no other choice left to her, Julie agrees to Brother Death’s demands. But when you’re dealing with an ancient evil, the devil is in the details.
To reclaim her son, Julie Shackleford will have to fight her way through necromantic death cults, child-stealing monsters, and worse. And she’ll have to do it all before Brother Death can unleash the Kamaresh Yar.
It’s one woman against an army of monsters. But Julie Shackleford is no ordinary woman—she’s one tough mother!
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Post by dazk on Sept 10, 2019 23:00:36 GMT
So at Iakus recommendation have been reading through the 14 Honor Harrington books by David Weber and finished book 13 last night. I enjoyed it and liked the political intriguing etc. but the whole how stupid are the Solarian League "Mandarins" plot line has become a bit tiresome, I understand the sub plot with Mesa but yeah. Weber again telegraphed a large plot moment in Filareta's battle IMO but I didn't see the Rajampet moment coming. This image has been reduced by 46%. Click to view full size. Looking forward to what happens with regards to the Beowulf plot line but fear the synopsis for Uncompromising Honor has spoilt it unintentionally.
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Oct 16, 2019 1:05:10 GMT
Post by dazk on Oct 16, 2019 1:05:10 GMT
So finished Honor Harrington a while ago, the last book was slightly disappointing as was a proper conclusion to the whole Manpower story arch. Just finished reading a six book series called The Void wraith Saga, was OK but can't complain as I got it for free. Like HH, the end was disappointing again with an auther not brining a conclusion to the story arch of the main antagonist race although clearly stating in the last book that was the aim. It was like he got distracted with another race that was introduced then added a small part at the end with a battle against the antagonist race but no conclusion to that conflict over all!!!! The last book also sidelined a couple of main characters that were basically not heard of except for a few minor references. Just started a new free series The first book is called Starship Blackbeard, description is: 7 novels. 2 complete series.
"In the aftermath of an interstellar war with an alien race, Captain James Drake is unjustly court martialed. But Drake won't go down without a fight. Rather than surrender, he'll lead his loyal crew into the frontier worlds to repair and rearm. Fighting the treacherous Lord Admiral Malthorne, Drake makes alliances with aliens and smugglers to clear his name and defeat treason in his beloved homeland."
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Oct 29, 2019 5:07:02 GMT
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Post by dmc1001 on Oct 29, 2019 5:07:02 GMT
Recently read/reread this.
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Post by dmc1001 on Oct 29, 2019 5:08:35 GMT
Now reading this, an I swear this gut is becoming my hero. Came across him on The Rubin Report and have seen lots of interviews with him. He is pretty much completely on the same page as me.
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Oct 30, 2019 3:13:04 GMT
Post by dazk on Oct 30, 2019 3:13:04 GMT
So finished the Starship Blackbeard books and thought they were really good. Now reading the follow on Trilogy called the Void Queen which focuses on a side character in the main books and who reminds me of Isabella from DA.
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Post by novatrex on Oct 30, 2019 5:32:52 GMT
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Post by dazk on Dec 1, 2019 1:22:33 GMT
Nov 26, 2019 14:03:13 GMT 11 dazk said: So been reading a series of Military Sci Fi books called The Lost Fleets by Jack Campbell. I just finished book 3 I think. They are a conundrum in that the story is interesting but the characters aren't and they are just very repetitive. I don't need to here that the view screen in the flagship is really large and clear every time someone looks at it!!!! The author also has this weir habit of referring to characters by their rank and full name and then in the same paragraph by their first name over and over again. It gets tiring as does the almost teen romance spin on the main characters, yep very aware that Kelsey loves Jason and misses him very much when they are apart and totally not interested that the girls are excited about going shopping in the middle of a crisis and war and that Kevin loves hamburgers!!!! I could go on but you probably get the message!!!! Anyway I am enjoying them for the story but I am not sure I'd recommend them. So I finished the five books in this series, the last couple of books redeemed the characters a fair bit and the story continues to be engaging. The resolution to this series was well done but it launches a trilogy of its own which I cannot not read having read so much in the story that has transpired already. The next trilogy starts with the book: Investigating what the next trilogy led me to find that this writer is prodigious. I was unaware that there were several books prior to The Lost Fleet that lead up to it and several other side arch's as well. I have no interest in going down those paths but wanted to see where the continuation of the Lost Fleets story ended up. A salutary call out to the author who for the past twelve or more months who had kidney failure and has continued writing to conclude several books from home on dialysis and who thanked his readers for getting him through some dark times. Amazing achievement. His books: raymondlweil.com/index.html
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Dec 1, 2019 17:45:46 GMT
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Post by Iakus on Dec 1, 2019 17:45:46 GMT
Nov 26, 2019 14:03:13 GMT 11 dazk said: So been reading a series of Military Sci Fi books called The Lost Fleets by Jack Campbell. I just finished book 3 I think. They are a conundrum in that the story is interesting but the characters aren't and they are just very repetitive. I don't need to here that the view screen in the flagship is really large and clear every time someone looks at it!!!! The author also has this weir habit of referring to characters by their rank and full name and then in the same paragraph by their first name over and over again. It gets tiring as does the almost teen romance spin on the main characters, yep very aware that Kelsey loves Jason and misses him very much when they are apart and totally not interested that the girls are excited about going shopping in the middle of a crisis and war and that Kevin loves hamburgers!!!! I could go on but you probably get the message!!!! Anyway I am enjoying them for the story but I am not sure I'd recommend them. So I finished the five books in this series, the last couple of books redeemed the characters a fair bit and the story continues to be engaging. The resolution to this series was well done but it launches a trilogy of its own which I cannot not read having read so much in the story that has transpired already. The spinoff series, The Lost Stars is pretty interesting. It tells things from "the bad guys'" pov. Namely the Midway government. And it runs parallel to Beyond the Frontier, which is the further adventures of Black Jack as he travels beyond explored human space. Then there's the Genesis Fleet series, which is a prequel about the foundation of the Alliance. And yes, features the ancestors of Jack and Tanya. [/quote]
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Dec 2, 2019 1:50:58 GMT
Post by dazk on Dec 2, 2019 1:50:58 GMT
Nov 26, 2019 14:03:13 GMT 11 dazk said: So been reading a series of Military Sci Fi books called The Lost Fleets by Jack Campbell. I just finished book 3 I think. They are a conundrum in that the story is interesting but the characters aren't and they are just very repetitive. I don't need to here that the view screen in the flagship is really large and clear every time someone looks at it!!!! The author also has this weir habit of referring to characters by their rank and full name and then in the same paragraph by their first name over and over again. It gets tiring as does the almost teen romance spin on the main characters, yep very aware that Kelsey loves Jason and misses him very much when they are apart and totally not interested that the girls are excited about going shopping in the middle of a crisis and war and that Kevin loves hamburgers!!!! I could go on but you probably get the message!!!! Anyway I am enjoying them for the story but I am not sure I'd recommend them. So I finished the five books in this series, the last couple of books redeemed the characters a fair bit and the story continues to be engaging. The resolution to this series was well done but it launches a trilogy of its own which I cannot not read having read so much in the story that has transpired already. The spinoff series, The Lost Stars is pretty interesting. It tells things from "the bad guys'" pov. Namely the Midway government. And it runs parallel to Beyond the Frontier, which is the further adventures of Black Jack as he travels beyond explored human space. Then there's the Genesis Fleet series, which is a prequel about the foundation of the Alliance. And yes, features the ancestors of Jack and Tanya. [/quote] "The Midway Government" not sure what that is and no idea re Tanya and jack? I think I have entered his universe in the middle somewhere, the first five books were about the "Special 5" Jeremy, Kelsey, Katie, Kevin and Angela who were the children of the people who created the New Federation but were kept in Cryo to fight the current war after the Slaver Wars. The new trilogy or more is about after they discover The Originator race who built the Dyson Spheres.
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Dec 2, 2019 4:40:49 GMT
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Post by Iakus on Dec 2, 2019 4:40:49 GMT
The spinoff series, The Lost Stars is pretty interesting. It tells things from "the bad guys'" pov. Namely the Midway government. And it runs parallel to Beyond the Frontier, which is the further adventures of Black Jack as he travels beyond explored human space. Then there's the Genesis Fleet series, which is a prequel about the foundation of the Alliance. And yes, features the ancestors of Jack and Tanya. "The Midway Government" not sure what that is and no idea re Tanya and jack? I think I have entered his universe in the middle somewhere, the first five books were about the "Special 5" Jeremy, Kelsey, Katie, Kevin and Angela who were the children of the people who created the New Federation but were kept in Cryo to fight the current war after the Slaver Wars. The new trilogy or more is about after they discover The Originator race who built the Dyson Spheres. [/quote] I think we may be talking about different Lost Fleet series
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Dec 3, 2019 0:12:37 GMT
Post by dazk on Dec 3, 2019 0:12:37 GMT
"The Midway Government" not sure what that is and no idea re Tanya and jack? I think I have entered his universe in the middle somewhere, the first five books were about the "Special 5" Jeremy, Kelsey, Katie, Kevin and Angela who were the children of the people who created the New Federation but were kept in Cryo to fight the current war after the Slaver Wars. The new trilogy or more is about after they discover The Originator race who built the Dyson Spheres. I think we may be talking about different Lost Fleet series [/quote] LOL yeah that confused the heck out of me when I was searching for the series I was reading on the net!!!!! Those look good though, will look into them when I finish this series.
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Dec 3, 2019 15:46:13 GMT
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Post by Iakus on Dec 3, 2019 15:46:13 GMT
Currently listening to this: No alien menace is too menacing, no galactic rift too rifty for the multiverse's most-trusted Interdimensional Insurance Agent in these three brand-new adventures and two classic escapades. Whether he's underwriting for an overlord, or wearing a pocket protector in a pocket universe, Tom Stranger has just one policy: providing quality customer service. With his trusty Combat Wombat at his side, and the world's worst intern in his way, Tom vows to insure and protect. And nothing - not an invading skeleton army nor evil dolphin kidnappers nor misplacing his favorite bowtie - will stop him from kicking ass and adjusting claims. Written by Audible number-one bestseller Larry Correia, and featuring the narrative stylings of Adam Baldwin, #1 in Customer Service: The Complete Adventures of Tom Stranger
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Jan 26, 2020 19:13:13 GMT
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Post by Iakus on Jan 26, 2020 19:13:13 GMT
Due to the coronavirus thing, here's a series I've read that I kinda recommend: Zombies are real. And we made them. Are you prepared for the zombie apocalypse? The Smith family is, with the help of a few marines.
When an airborne “zombie” plague is released, bringing civilization to a grinding halt, the Smith family, Steven, Stacey, Sophia and Faith, take to the Atlantic to avoid the chaos. The plan is to find a safe haven from the anarchy of infected humanity. What they discover, instead, is a sea composed of the tears of survivors and a passion for bringing hope.
For it is up to the Smiths and a small band of Marines to somehow create the refuge that survivors seek in a world of darkness and terror. Now with every continent a holocaust and every ship an abattoir, life is lived under a graveyard sky.What I have been reading: Thirty years ago, the world ended. Giant electrovoric ants and pterodons came through a rift in space-time, millions of humans died, and that was that. Without electricity, human ingenuity has provided some creative work-arounds to the energy problem, but most people survive at subsistence level.
For Chuck Gordon, the simple life of a rancher was enough. But then he met a mysterious dying stranger and now he’s on the road of destiny across America accompanied by a warrior monk, a beautiful dragon tamer, a runaway cultist, and a mystic drunken lecher—all searching for the key to reclaiming humanity’s past—and future.
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