I finished Shift (Hugh Howey) and it was enjoyable enough, but didn't feel it added to the story.
It's the 2nd book in the Wool series, which is Silo on AppleTV.
It also confused the narrative a bit for me:
Reread Batman: The Dark Knight Returns because I love it and seem to be drawn back to it.
I dug out the sequel as I couldn't remember much about it, then remembered why. It's awful.
Terrible story and artwork:
Tower of Jack: A LitRPG Adventure (Sean Loomer)
I do like a LitRPG as a book and game fan. I find LitRPGs lend themselves to audiobooks particularly well.
This sees a smart-mouthed assassin, who's like a wise-cracking 80's action hero, thrown into a dungeon and adventures follow.
Yeah, pretty funny and I like the protagonist, but can see how he annoys other readers.
Murder at the Book Festival (Jane Bettany)
Book 2 of the Violet Brewster Mystery series. Violet is such a lovely character that doesn't try to be nosy, but the instinct to do what's right leads her into trouble.
Really nice cosy murder mystery series and we'll listen to the next one as a family on the nxt long journey!
The Puppet Show (M.W. Craven)
I love Craven's series with Ben Koenig, a guy with no sense of danger after an accident, but there's only 2 of those books, so thought I'd investigate some of his other work, starting with the first Poe and Tilly book and it was brilliant.
Some real deduction going on, but some proper twists too.
Washington Poe is a grizzled detective on leave after he accidentally let the parents of a kidnapped girl know the lead suspects' name. He's called back in when a murder victim is revealed to have his name carved into the corpse. He's teamed up with the specialist, Tilly, that found the clue, who is on the autistic spectrum so struggles with social situations and it's a really good team-up as they learn each other's strengths and weaknesses.
Powered through this and despite the very dark subject matter, managed to laugh throughout because of the wittily-written dialogue.
Recommended!
The Three-Body Problem (Cixin Liu)
Heard people talking about the Netflix series and started this ages ago. Lost mometum and picked it up again whilst waiting for my next Prime Music audiobook credit.
I found it a real slog.
I had to get 48% through the book to find out what it's ultimately about.
The final payoff was not worth the effort to get through it.
It's the 2nd book in the Wool series, which is Silo on AppleTV.
It also confused the narrative a bit for me:
Reread Batman: The Dark Knight Returns because I love it and seem to be drawn back to it.
I dug out the sequel as I couldn't remember much about it, then remembered why. It's awful.
Terrible story and artwork:
Tower of Jack: A LitRPG Adventure (Sean Loomer)
I do like a LitRPG as a book and game fan. I find LitRPGs lend themselves to audiobooks particularly well.
This sees a smart-mouthed assassin, who's like a wise-cracking 80's action hero, thrown into a dungeon and adventures follow.
Yeah, pretty funny and I like the protagonist, but can see how he annoys other readers.
Murder at the Book Festival (Jane Bettany)
Book 2 of the Violet Brewster Mystery series. Violet is such a lovely character that doesn't try to be nosy, but the instinct to do what's right leads her into trouble.
Really nice cosy murder mystery series and we'll listen to the next one as a family on the nxt long journey!
The Puppet Show (M.W. Craven)
I love Craven's series with Ben Koenig, a guy with no sense of danger after an accident, but there's only 2 of those books, so thought I'd investigate some of his other work, starting with the first Poe and Tilly book and it was brilliant.
Some real deduction going on, but some proper twists too.
Washington Poe is a grizzled detective on leave after he accidentally let the parents of a kidnapped girl know the lead suspects' name. He's called back in when a murder victim is revealed to have his name carved into the corpse. He's teamed up with the specialist, Tilly, that found the clue, who is on the autistic spectrum so struggles with social situations and it's a really good team-up as they learn each other's strengths and weaknesses.
Powered through this and despite the very dark subject matter, managed to laugh throughout because of the wittily-written dialogue.
Recommended!
The Three-Body Problem (Cixin Liu)
Heard people talking about the Netflix series and started this ages ago. Lost mometum and picked it up again whilst waiting for my next Prime Music audiobook credit.
I found it a real slog.
I had to get 48% through the book to find out what it's ultimately about.
The final payoff was not worth the effort to get through it.
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