Luke: grue fodderJan 3, 2023

Thread of 2023 book reviews.

First one? SOLARIS.

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https://captainfez.com/2023/01/03/book-and-movie-review-solaris/

Book (and movie?) review: Solaris

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Show threadLuke: grue fodderJan 28, 2023

Seventh: WAYPOINTS.

https://captainfez.com/2023/01/28/book-review-waypoints/

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Book review: Waypoints

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Show threadLuke: grue fodderFeb 4, 2023

Eighth: THE ANOMALY

https://captainfez.com/2023/02/04/book-review-the-anomaly/

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Book review: The Anomaly

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Show threadLuke: grue fodderMar 14, 2023

Ninth-fifteenth: MASON & DIXON, THE STAND, GRIMMISH, NEGATIVE SPACE, HOUSE OF LEAVES, A SCENT OF NEW-MOWN HAY and A TALE OF TWO CITIES.

https://captainfez.com/2023/03/14/book-reviews-six-or-so-no-its-six/

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Book reviews: six or so (no, it’s six)

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Show threadLuke: grue fodderAug 26, 2023

In which I write reviews of the two books I finished in the past few days. Wangs and stolen manuscripts feature!

https://captainfez.com/2023/08/26/book-review-the-adventures-of-christian-rosy-cross-and-yellowface/ #books2023

Book review: The Adventures of Christian Rosy Cross and Yellowface

WHOOMP! HERE I AM. In an attempt to not spend months between posts, here’s some reviews of books I finished in the past couple of days. They’re both a bit … well, me-ish … b…

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Show threadLuke: grue fodder
Another one bites the dust.
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https://captainfez.com/2023/08/27/book-review-crossing-the-line/
Book review: Crossing the Line

Crossing the Line: The Inside Story of Murder, Lies and a Fallen Hero by Nick McKenzie.My rating: four stars I’m not going to lie: I’m reading this for different reasons (and have proba…

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Show threadLuke: grue fodderSep 13, 2023

Two recent reads, reviewed.

https://captainfez.com/2023/09/13/book-reviews-plows-and-cactus-boots/

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Book reviews: Plows and Cactus Boots

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones).My rating: five stars I really don’t want to say too much about this book. Because I feel that to say to…

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Show threadLuke: grue fodderSep 24, 2023

Numbers forty-five and forty-six for the year: reviewed.

https://captainfez.com/2023/09/24/book-review-gibbons-and-dubliners/

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Book review: Gibbons and Dubliners

Gibbons, or One Bloody Thing After Another by James Morrison.My rating: four stars There’s a bit of trepidation I feel in reviewing this one, as its author, a noted issuer of lamentations abo…

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Show threadLuke: grue fodderOct 2, 2023

Number forty-seven reviewed.
https://captainfez.com/2023/10/02/book-review-shutting-out-the-sun/

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Book review: Shutting Out the Sun

Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Generated its Own Lost Generation by Michael Zielenziger.My rating: three stars Japan is a country that’s had a Bit Of A Time. At the end of WWII is was bombed…

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Show threadLuke: grue fodderOct 4, 2023

Number forty-eight reviewed.

https://captainfez.com/2023/10/04/book-review-the-guesthouse-at-the-sign-of-the-teetering-globe/

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Book review: The Guesthouse at the Sign of the Teetering Globe

The Guesthouse at the Sign of the Teetering Globe by Franziska zu Reventlow and James J. Conway (tr).My rating: four stars Franziska zu Reventlow isn’t anyone I’d heard of before, but s…

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Show threadLuke: grue fodderDec 23, 2023
Another ten reviewed. #bookstodon #books #kindle #reviews #books2023 #2023books
https://captainfez.com/2023/12/23/review-chunks/
Review chunks

Once again, it’s been a while since I wrote. Call it life. Call it work deadlines. Call it the second round of COVID-19 I’ve had this year. Regardless, slackness ensurs and so now I&#82…

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Show threadLuke: grue fodderDec 31, 2023

Final book reviews of the year: get 'em before midnight.

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https://captainfez.com/2023/12/31/quick-reviews-before-the-year-and-the-world-ends/

Quick reviews before the year (and the world?) ends

So it’s the end of the year and I’m convinced that I won’t read any more books in 2023. Sad, but it has to be called at some point I guess. Anyway, let’s get this final-revi…

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Show threadElizabeth M, stationerSep 13, 2023
@captainfez I think PLOW is in the running for my book of the year, unless I stumble upon something even greater/darker/excellently-crafted-weirder.