joachim@lire.boitam.eu finished reading The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats.
Nor do they have tails.
But they …
Short and dynamic, I would love to read more adventures in this world… but it’s also very good as-is.
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joachim@lire.boitam.eu rated The Mercy of Gods: 4 stars
The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey
How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about …
The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic …
Oddly entertaining
4 stars
I would very much like to know more about what China Mieville and Keanu Reeves both brought to the table.
joachim@lire.boitam.eu reviewed Cobrastar by Thomas Bois
John Hero, alias Cobrastar, profite d’un massacre inopiné dans un restaurant paumé de l’Arizona peuplé …
Parfois drôle mais pas vraiment fin
3 stars
Vraiment un délire de mec, vite lu et sans doute vite oublié
joachim@lire.boitam.eu rated Service Model: 4 stars
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky (duplicate)
o fix the world they first must break it further.
Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor …
joachim@lire.boitam.eu reviewed Menewood by Nicola Griffith (The Hild Sequence, #2)
In the much anticipated sequel to Hild, Nicola Griffith’s Menewood transports readers back to …
Fantastic.
5 stars
The author writes so very vividly about life 1350 years ago in Great Britain. One of these books I wanted to read as fast as possible, but that I didn’t want to actually finish, you know?
joachim@lire.boitam.eu reviewed Le Débat des Dames by Jean-Philippe Jaworski (Le chevalier aux épines, #3)
Profitant des querelles au sein de la famille ducale, les clans d’Ouromagne ont pris l’initiative …
Troisième volume qui remonte la moyenne de la trilogie.
4 stars
Enfin, on voit où il voulait en venir ! Poussifs en diable, les deux premiers volumes m’avaient presque décourage de lire la fin du cycle. Mais j’ai persévéré et la récompense est audacieuse et on ne peut qu’être amusés qu’il l’ait prévue depuis le début.
joachim@lire.boitam.eu reviewed Hild by Nicola Griffith (The Hild Sequence, #1)
In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently. A new religion is coming …
Striking and vivid, a book that I didn’t know I was waiting for.
5 stars
I’ll read the follow-up soon, but I don’t want to spoil it by binge-reading the whole (published) story
joachim@lire.boitam.eu finished reading Hild by Nicola Griffith (The Hild Sequence, #1)
In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently. A new religion is coming …
What a book!
joachim@lire.boitam.eu rated The Circumference of the World: 3 stars
The Circumference of the World by Lavie Tidhar
Caught between realities, a mathematician, a book dealer, and a mobster desperately seek a notorious book that disappears upon being …
joachim@lire.boitam.eu wants to read L'étoile de mer by Popier Popol
Ballottée entre un studio miteux, des relations affectives inconsistantes et un travail morne, l’héroïne, trentenaire, …
Commandé ce matin chez ma libraire préférée. Vivement la semaine prochaine @editionsgrevis@mastodon.top
joachim@lire.boitam.eu finished reading The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration …
Loads of good ideas.
joachim@lire.boitam.eu finished reading Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett
A god wages war—using all of humanity as its pawns—in the unforgettable conclusion to the …
A well constructed climax and a sweet and sour end for the trilogy.
joachim@lire.boitam.eu finished reading Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia by David Wong (Zoey Ashe, #3)
Tabula Ra$a is hosting its massive annual music festival in the desert, which every year …
Entertaining and fun
joachim@lire.boitam.eu reviewed House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky (The Tyrant Philosophers, #2)
City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. …
Utterly engrossing
5 stars
I really like how this world works, the magic, the gods, the attention to detail, and the way humans deal with all that. Also, a great cast of characters and a worthy conclusion.