Many months ago I read this, and it still has stuck in my head so it must be great, right? I started a classic series in the genre: Foundation by Isaac Asimov. Having read The Caves of Steel the month before I knew that I enjoyed Asimov’s writing style, so it was time to start his opus. This is the first in the Foundation series. It is loosely modeled after the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, of which I’ll be honest I don’t […]
I’m back?
So, after 10 months away, I’m back! I’ve actually read over 52 books this year already (I think I’m at ~60), but where did I go for all those months? Well, I lived on the road all over the southern US for a few months working a miserable job, therefore I went and got a new job, moved across the country for it and started working long hours at the new one. But this one I love so overall my life is much happier. Oh, […]
February Sci Fi
So I’m not much (ever) a sci fi reader, but this year I promised the boyfriend that if he (physicist book worm that he is) picked one out a month I would read them, and give his genre a shot (don’t worry I’m doing the same back for him: historical fiction). So I read a Heinlein in January, and my first Asimov this February: The Caves of Steel. This is the story of Lije (Elijah) Baley, a plain-clothes cop in a future of earth where […]
Sometimes I wish I wasn’t a completist
So, I’m a completist when it comes to things. Especially bad romance novel series. So when I found out the bad romance novel I read the other week for a distraction was part of a trilogy… well this is the end result. I read two more bad romance novels. This time Born in Ice and Born in Shame. Yes, those may be two of the worst titles ever for books, and no, neither of them deserve their own separate review. So here’s books 6 and […]
Somedays you need to read fluff
Sometimes it
I think I need to turn in my Neil Gaiman fan club card…
Okay, I don