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A weekly post updated every Wednesday detailing my current reading projects and where I am with them in addition to what new titles I’ve added to my to-read list. Title links go to Goodreads to make it easier for interested parties to add any books that might strike their fancy. I attempt to use the covers for the edition I’m reading, and I’ll mention if this is not the case. If you have a Goodreads account feel free to friend me! I’d love to see what you’re reading and/or planning to read.
Samples Read This Week
- The Pendragon Protocol by Philip Purser-Hallard: Kept – Arthurian Knights in the modern day with modern technology doing what they do best. Certain types of urban fantasy are growing on me. I like the speculation of how classic fantasy characters and tropes would look with modern technology. It was also inexpensive, so I now have it on Kindle.
- Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough: Kept – I hoping this psychological thriller is more satisfying than the last one I read.
- Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold: Passed – It just didn’t grab me.
- One by Sarah Crossan: Kept (RWTR) – I had no idea this was written in free verse lending it a lovely poetic air. I was already interesting in it for it’s subject matter (conjoined twin sisters), though I have a feeling I’m going to be a bawling mess by the end.
- Dweller by Jeff Strand: Kept (RWTR) – Gripping from the very first sentence, and the monster (or monsters) from the blurb are clearly sentient. At only $2.99 I had to buy it.
- Raising Stony Mayhall by Daryl Gregory: Kept – This has been a week of cheap samples. I keep reading samples for books that are really inexpensive on Amazon. This is a zombie story with a twist (of course, since zombie stories are old news now). The Mayhall family finds the body of a pregnant teenager with a seemingly dead baby, but though the child has no pulse, he appears to be “alive.” They hide the child from the authorities who will kill him (sounds similar to The Last of Us), keeping his existence a secret until circumstances force the boy, whom they name Stony, to run. This is the second Daryl Gregory book I’ll have read, the first being The Devil’s Alphabet, which had a great deal of potential, but was ultimately disappointing. I hope Raising Stony Mayhall doesn’t fall into the same trap.
- The Children of Húrin by Christopher Tolkien: Kept – This was one of those books that had too much introduction, so I didn’t actually get to read any of it, but it’s the work of J. R. R. Tolkien edited by his son, so I have high hopes. I was also able to borrow it on Amazon Prime. Apparently, you can do that with some books with the limit being ten at a time.
Books Purchased This Week: 5
Title: The Pendragon Protocol
Series Title: The Devices Trilogy
Author: Philip Purser-Hallard
Date Added: January 15, 2017
Date Purchased: August 10, 2017
Media: eBook/Kindle
Price: $2.95
Retailer: Amazon
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