“Anathem” by Neal Stephenson
I’ve had several false starts with Anathem; I found the beginning pretty hard to get into. There is a lot of new terminology, and it seemed a bit dense. However,…
Read more“There is a Tide” and “Passenger to Frankfurt” by Agatha Christie
I read two Agatha Christie mysteries yesterday, and will review them both in this post. There is a Tide (also sold as Taken at the Flood) is a Hercule Poirot…
Read more“River of Gods” by Ian McDonald
I had been looking forward to reading River of Gods for a long time; science-fiction set in a future India is certainly a novelty, but it also got rave reviews.…
Read more“Yseult” by Ruth Nestvold
I won a PDF of Yseult: A Tale of Love in the Age of King Arthur in the LibraryThing member giveaway a couple of weeks ago. After finishing White Planet,…
Read more“White Planet” by Ash Silverlock
I received an e-book of Ash Silverlock’s self published novel, White Planet, to review last month. This is the first volume of The Ice World Chronicles, a fantasy set in…
Read more“Oryx and Crake” by Margaret Atwood
I’ve been working on Oryx and Crake for a while, but finally finished it on the plane back to the United States. I received this book for SantaThing, LibraryThing’s secret…
Read more“Ship Breaker” by Paolo Bacigalupi
Paolo Bacigalupi’s novel, The Windup Girl has been receiving a lot of press over the last couple of years, and I finally received it for my birthday this year. However,…
Read more“The Wedding Wallah” by Farahad Zama
The Wedding Wallah by Farahad Zama is the third book of a series (starting with The Marriage Bureau for Rich People) set in my hometown, Vizag. No one ever writes…
Read more“The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible is not the type of book I usually read. Generally, most of my reading is escapist – where the world is exciting and people are having a…
Read more“Fly Trap” by Frances Hardinge
I was instantly captivated when I read Fly by Night by Frances Hardinge, so I was really looking forward to this sequel, Fly Trap (Twilight Robbery in the U.K.) Fly…
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