by Michelle | Dec 30, 2021 | Audiobook, B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2021, C Author, G Author, M Author, R Author
Twenty reviews. Four days. I did it. They weren’t pretty. Or very erudite. But they are done. Except I do have three reviews for 2022 books to write, but I haven’t decided whether I should worry about them this year or not. Anyway, here are the final five....
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...
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,...
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....
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...