Matt Inman

It's hard to find books that have a new spin on an old story. But The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue takes on the Faustian bargain and does a masterful job of making it seem fresh. This is the first book I've read by Schwab, and I enjoyed her characters quite a bit. Her descriptions of times and places are spot on and add to the story. Using just the right amount of exposition to set up the scene and leaving it to our imagination to fill in the rest. I particularly appreciated how she took the more difficult way out to end the story—overall a delightful book.

Jiang, does an admirable job of telling the story about his quest for rejection. He tells it simple with easy to follow takeaways and items that you can work on in your life. He does use a few examples that made me chuckle, the book was written in 2015 and he mentions Trump as an example of a person who didn't give up and succeeded in becoming a billionaire. Overall there were many good takeaways from the book and things to apply in your life.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The author does an amazing job of bringing us into the character's world. We feel her depression and loneliness in life. I was pulled into the concept of the “afterlife” that the author created and each itineration of her life entertained me more—overall an excellent book to start the year on a positive note.

The book was a good follow up. It probed more into the new world we are in and the relationship with the main characters. While the author's writing can be a bit extravagant in his use of adjectives. It added to the world he is building, and I would often overlook it for the sake of the story.

The book reminded me of A Gentleman in Moscow, with a murder mystery thrown in for some added action.

As books go this one started out with a bang. The author jumped right into the action of the story. Leaving the reader with many questions and the offer of an exciting ride to come. And then he quickly applied the brakes and just to make sure we come to a full-safe-stop he put on the emergency brake. I feel like I was promised an action/adventure story and then the author decided to develop the characters. But I kept listening hoping for some much-needed action, and once it came it was still rather boring. I quickly lost touch with the book and decided it wasn't for me and put it down.

Overall a well written book, the story could have used some more time in edit as it was a bit flat in parts. I'd give him a pass if this was his first book, but it isn't.

Lee writes well and his books are entertaining. Thrillers that will leave you guessing till the end.

The book ended the series well, I enjoyed Parick Lee's writing style and the books were solid in action and execution. There wasn't much exposition and storytelling, but the action kept moving along. Very entertaining books if you want to “watch” an action movie.

I enjoyed the sci-fi aspect along with the suspense/thriller vibe.

I was surprised by this book. I typically don't dystopia scifi, Tchaikovsky does a great job of ending this book in a nontraditional way.

I went in with a very low expectation for the sequel, and Cline meets expectations. It wasn't a great book, if you liked the first one, you will get more of the same 80s & 90s nostalgia. But in 2020 it feels old and worn out, like my mom talking about life in the 50s. So if you are checking it out from the library or got it as a gift, sure go ahead and read it. It isn't the worst thing I've ever read.

A great little short story by Taylor.

I will say the writing was good. The story on the other hand played out like a Hallmark channel movie with an LGBT and diversity theme. Which I'm not against if done right. I just felt the story was too scripted and obvious.

It was a cute story with the main character being a bit underdeveloped, but the supernatural aspect of it kept me interested.

Good book reminded my of a Peter Clines novel. I didn't like it ending with a cliff hanger though. Now I have to read book 2..

I felt this book showed its age. For a book that takes place millions of years in the future, I felt I was reading any B movie script from the the 60s. I was glad to be done with the book

If you like the first two books, this one will not disappoint. Haywood does an amicable job of wrapping this series up. I found myself drawn to the characters and their interactions.

One of my favorite authors retelling the Norse Myths. I hadn't heard many of the tales and enjoyed the book quite a bit.

Not sure exactly what to say, it felt more like an episode of a tv show than a book. The action did keep moving and but the writing was fair and the dialogue was as well.

I enjoyed the book. It was good to see what a small business can do if it sets its mind to being great instead of growing into a behemoth company. I enjoyed the updates the author gave in the 10th-anniversary update. Happy to see so many of them were still going strong 10 years later.

Very clearly a John Scalzi book. He has a very distinct writing style, his characters are always high energy and well voiced. I enjoyed the story quite a bit and the moral lessons were apparent if you were looking.

The book protagonist reminded me of my father-n-law. It was interesting to compare the two and realize they were the same in many respects. It was no surprise at the end that Ove grew as a person and redeemed himself.

It was more of an essay than a book. But Finnegan does an admirable job of portraying his relationship with his daughter and both of theirs to climbing. As a climber, I found it compelling and interesting the listen to the story unfold.

I enjoyed the book, it wasn't as good as Enders Game. But a close second.