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Uncomfortable but important

by Michelle | Oct 20, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, E Author

I believe Mr. Ellison’s purpose in writing Invisible Man was simply education. Sadly, his first-person account of all the ways Black people face oppression is not as shocking as it could be because it simply reiterates that there is nothing simple or easy about...

It’s going to be a long wait

by Michelle | Sep 12, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, C Author

Tiamat’s Wrath by James S. A. Corey is the penultimate book in The Expanse series, and it shows. The gentlemen behind Mr. Corey up the ante as they gear up for the ultimate battle for the galaxy. Set four years after the exciting ending of the previous book, we...

The first book in the series to suffer from lazy writing

by Michelle | Sep 4, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, C Author

For most of The Expanse series, I find it to be smart, well-researched, and well-executed, containing strong characters who have enough development to prevent them from being caricatures. Then, I listened to the end of book six and all of book seven. Unfortunately,...

Great story, horrible ending

by Michelle | Aug 29, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, C Author

Babylon’s Ashes by James S. A. Corey is book six in a nine-book series, but it feels a lot like Empire Strikes Back to me. In this, I mean that things are bad for our hapless Rocinante crew and don’t look like they are going to get better any time soon....

Now THIS was great

by Michelle | Aug 22, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, C Author

Five books into The Expanse series and things are really starting to take off for the Roci crew and all of their acquaintances. No kidding, it is my opinion that Nemesis Games by James S. A. Corey is by far the best in the series. Everything about the story, from the...

This one makes up for the boring third book

by Michelle | Aug 5, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, C Author

Book four of The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey, Cibola Burn, makes up for the torturous storyline of the third book. We also get a chance to step away from all the space drama as our hapless crew makes its way to a newly-found planet where they must decide just...