Jeff

Great short story, but not the ending I was hoping for.

Borrowed this from my library online to read and liked it enough that I'll buy it to have in my library. Interesting stuff, even if you have no interest in being invisible.

An interesting tale that indeed seems to be a prescient picture of our possible near future, given our political present.

Another great short story in the larger universe of The Expanse that looks at some everyday people who are not major characters in the storyline. I almost like these novellas more than the novels.

Common sense viewpoint and statements illustrated by the author's life experiences in a short, easy-to-read format. Recommended for all.

Very enjoyable story, lots of action and, as always, a pleasure to see Star Trek: TOS and Star Trek: TNG characters interact.

What an immensely enjoyable and satisfying collection of words. Gaiman has taken the stories of Norse mythology and imbued them with his inimitable style.

Great story and what an ending!!!

Though this story had its occasional bright spots, this was probably my least favorite Greg Cox novel from the Star Trek universe. Most of the time it seemed more plodding than it needed to be.

Merged review:

Though this story had its occasional bright spots, this was probably my least favorite Greg Cox novel from the Star Trek universe. Most of the time it seemed more plodding than it needed to be.

It was a lot of fun to read of the further adventures of Gary Seven, Roberta Lincoln, and Isis as they travel to the future of the Enterprise to try and prevent the assassination of Mr. Spock.

Nice background short story

A nice background short story about how The Colonel became known as The Butcher of Anderson Station and the aftermath, for him.

Enjoyed tremendously this recently written look back at one of Spock's early adventures aboard the Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike. Cox is an excellent writer with a thorough knowledge of Star Trek history, allowing him to weave another wonderful story into the rich Trek tapestry.

This is a short book (only 170 pages) that lives up to its title. Short, workable points to help you get to less in major parts of your life. This is a book I'll be revisiting several times over the next year.

A nice look back at the early days of Star Trek fandom from one of the major behind the scenes players.

Very entertaining

Great story, characters, and dialog! Corey pulls you into the world he created and makes you feel at home while you explore.

Very enjoyable read of Springsteen's autobiography, reading about his life, loves, music, and family. Be prepared; like his musical lyrics, his words of prose are full of metaphors, analogies, and mental pictures that will transport you where he wants to take you. If you have any interest in “The Boss” you'll enjoy this book.

Thoroughly enjoyed the story of Phil Collins' life thus far. While extremely talented in the musical arts he was less so in the area of romantic relationships, something he admits with regret and honesty. That's something a lot of us can probably identify with. He takes you through all the highs and the lows of his life and the near-death experience that would seem to have given him a new lease on life at the age of 65.

Something I did that made this a unique reading was that I did not confine myself to reading. It occurred to me that I had most of his songs in my iTunes library or could listen to them on YouTube, so whenever he mentioned a song title I would stop and pull it up to listen and enjoy. It made the reading take a bit longer, but it was fun to do and added to the story, for me.

Nice, compact (only 197 pages) autobiography of one of the legends of the Silver Age of DC Comics who was responsible for much of the mythology of heroes like Superman, Batman, and the Flash.

Finished this last night so I could put it in the box of things going to the cabin before I leave Rapid City.

It was insightful getting to read about the life of a writer who penned so many of the comic book stories I enjoyed growing up. And finding out about some other novels he wrote that I can go searching for to read in the future.

I read this book because a friend of mine whose opinion I respect recommended it.

I'm glad I did.

But I will say that throughout most of this story I kept thinking, “Something's not right, something's not fitting.” as I projected out what I thought would be the outcome. The end was a great twist/not a twist resolution that was in front of you all the time, but you (OK, I) just didn't see because I had already placed certain people/things into a predetermined box of roles and occurrences. I like it when a writer and story make you see some preconceived biases that color your thinking and make you realize that you need to look at things from a wider variety of perspectives.

It's been a few years since I read the first book, so it took me a while to get into this second book and remember who was who and what they were doing. And the middle was a bit sluggish, enough so that I almost gave up and was ready to just stop reading. But things began to make sense and pieces fell into place and the end was one I was very happy with. Now I'm ready to make my way into the third and final book and looking forward to seeing how it all turns out.

I enjoyed reading about the founders of National Lampoon, their lives, and especially the look back at some of the funniest articles, graphics and cartoons that made me laugh in my latter teen years.

A detailed, behind-the-scenes look at the creation and execution of the original Star Trek TV series from those would know; because they were the top-level people in charge of getting this classic show off the ground and fighting for its continued airing over the course of 3 seasons.

This is a pretty standard thriller with a pretty standard plot. There's really nothing here to get excited about, and nothing really wrong, but while I hoped for a passable story that was never my main reason for downloading this book.

I realized that, without really meaning to, the vast majority of authors I've been reading over the last several months have been male. Now there's nothing wrong with male authors, but I woke up to the fact that I needed some gender variety in my reading and Ms. Martin, in the sample I read, seemed like a good choice.

And she was, especially with how she portrayed the female characters, which is another reason I chose this book; the story revolved around women. I wanted to read someone who could realistically write from a feminine viewpoint; who could accurately reflect women's feelings (something I don't think male writers can usually do, at least not all that well); and who could capture the way that women interact with each other. On all these points, Ms. Martin came through in a fantastic way.

A good story made all the better by the fact that I got this book that retails for $26.99 for the low, low price of $5.97 at the Books-A-Million bargain shelf.