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Read 40 books by December 31, 2026
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Raising The Dead
Loved this, another fantastic micro story, and free too.
Loved this, another fantastic micro story, and free too.

A great adventure with good characters and a big plot makes a really fun read but for me was let downba bit by the ending. Many will be perfectly happy with it, but I felt it was a bit of a cop out.
A great adventure with good characters and a big plot makes a really fun read but for me was let downba bit by the ending. Many will be perfectly happy with it, but I felt it was a bit of a cop out.

Out of Time Series Box Set II
If you like romance with a tiny bit of time travel and mystery you'll probably love this, but for me it was just too romancy and a bit silly. Older man younger woman, reclusive curt and quite rude but younger woman adores him, sorry tried and failed for me.
If you like romance with a tiny bit of time travel and mystery you'll probably love this, but for me it was just too romancy and a bit silly. Older man younger woman, reclusive curt and quite rude but younger woman adores him, sorry tried and failed for me.

Very short, didn't really add much to the Day Zero story other than seeing it form another angle and I'd imagine that it gets poor reviews due to the ending, but I enojyed it.
Very short, didn't really add much to the Day Zero story other than seeing it form another angle and I'd imagine that it gets poor reviews due to the ending, but I enojyed it.

This is the equivalent of a high budget summer blockbuster film. Its not high concept or very detailed as to why the aliens are here, but it is a great fun read with an ending that I thought set up a sequel that never arrived and isnt likely to now after all these years. Very enjoyable.
This is the equivalent of a high budget summer blockbuster film. Its not high concept or very detailed as to why the aliens are here, but it is a great fun read with an ending that I thought set up a sequel that never arrived and isnt likely to now after all these years. Very enjoyable.

This was hard work and probably a lot of that was my fault, or possibly age. The premise is great, I loved the really weird aliens, the story and the characters and the nob stop game reviews, but really struggled with the plot. Maybe my memory is getting worse, but I kept getting a bit confused as to what was happening and why. It seemed that some sections wern't really fleshed out enough to help you keep up.
This was hard work and probably a lot of that was my fault, or possibly age. The premise is great, I loved the really weird aliens, the story and the characters and the nob stop game reviews, but really struggled with the plot. Maybe my memory is getting worse, but I kept getting a bit confused as to what was happening and why. It seemed that some sections wern't really fleshed out enough to help you keep up.

Really enjoyable ST adventure. more like an episode with proper dilemmas and morals from the ST universe. The only thing that let it down for me was the militarisation of some of the scenes. I may be wrong, but I can't remember ST commandos or them having hardcore military types in the series and it always seemed to be normal people having to fight (and die if you were a red shirt obviously who could definitely have done with more training!)
Really enjoyable ST adventure. more like an episode with proper dilemmas and morals from the ST universe. The only thing that let it down for me was the militarisation of some of the scenes. I may be wrong, but I can't remember ST commandos or them having hardcore military types in the series and it always seemed to be normal people having to fight (and die if you were a red shirt obviously who could definitely have done with more training!)

I really enjoyed this Star Trek adventure. Not action packed and plenty of slowly developing plot points and was more like a TV episode than many of the ST books I've read. Thoroughly enjoyable.
I really enjoyed this Star Trek adventure. Not action packed and plenty of slowly developing plot points and was more like a TV episode than many of the ST books I've read. Thoroughly enjoyable.