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Well written, good book but the subject matter is pretty disturbing.

Great first half, but the second half devolves into this guy's desire to not work, moping all over Japan and his lame attempts to outwit Citibank. Very disappointing.

I have yet to come across a bad book by Joe Haldeman and this was no exception. Terrific novel of espionage with a slight SF bent to it, set during the Cold War.

This was a surprisingly deep mystery novel from Ed McBain. It's the first non-87th Precinct book I've read by McBain. There is an interesting murder-mystery and on top of that some very insightful thoughts on divorce and adultery. Recommended.

Surprisingly good. I admit I didn't have high expectations, this is the first book I've read by her and I only did so because of a favorite booktuber seems to like it. It's certainly not fine literature but it kept me entertained and turning pages. The subject matter is pretty disturbing, covering teacher-student “romance” (ew), so be warned.

Another great book from McBain. Memorable characters, murders and mysteries abound in this police procedural. The afterword was excellent too.

Seamlessly picking up right where book 1 left off, David Mack continues to spin a masterful tale full of space battles and mysteries as well as some very compelling plot lines around the human condition, aging and the concept of immortality, warts and all.

Wow! I was not expecting that ending!

The usual guns and action you can expect from a Mack Bolan book.

Very enjoyable horror novel set in Romania during WWIi. The Germans set up camp in a keep and soldiers start dying in horrific ways.

Wow. Intense.

Lee Goldberg's books are always a good read, and this was no exception. A genre mashup of mystery, western and something else I can't reveal without slight spoilers. Very fun, fast paced story. Recommended.

This was an enjoyable military sci-fi with a good emphasis on the characters as well.

Pretty fun read. Almost like an episode of the show. Some backstory about Liz's days at the academy too.

Fun light mystery set in 1970s NYC. A nice change of pace from the author's Matthew Scudder series, which is much darker.

Ended up stopping this book at 25%. The main character was too much of a stubborn moron that kept denying what was going on. A shame because I've really liked everything else Mr. Starr has published.

This is basically the Coast Guard in space. I really enjoyed this, it has great pacing and the plot was interesting. I learned a lot about the Coast Guard even though this is in space, it seems like the general ideas are the same as the water based service.

Overall an enjoyable read. Thank you to NetGalley for providing a review copy.

This book was an excellent read for me. It has a good mix of mystery, hard SF/space opera, amazing tech, astronomy, with a dash of horror mixed in with the addition of a very scary plague. It took me a while to get into the book, as it starts off slowly with a few different story-lines that eventually merge into one at the end. But once momentum gets going, it moves fast.

The first story-line involves Dan Sylveste, who is an archaeologist excavating ruins on a planet. The ruins were left by a mysterious alien race called the Amarantin. Another story-line centers around Ultras (humans that modify themselves with cybernetic upgrades to “improve” themselves). These Ultras are tracking down Sylveste because they think that Sylveste has the knowledge to help their captain, who is stricken with the Melding Plague, which attacks both human and cybernetic components. The last story-line is about an assassin who has been hired to assassinate Sylveste. These story-lines converge into one and it ultimately revolves around the mysterious Amarantin race and what happened to them.

Highly recommended for fans of hard SF/space opera.

I've liked all of Grady's books prior to this, but this was a whiff for me. Unlikable characters and a silly puppet. I'd just stomp on the puppet, problem solved.

Great short story

Excellent short story set in Neal Asher's Polity Universe. Snow, an assassin, travels the desert harboring a massive secret with a bounty on his testicles. Yes, that's right, his testicles. Brutal, fast paced action powers this story to a stand-off with a satisfying conclusion.

This was a very good horror read! It takes place in an old closed down carnival where some gruesome murders took place 20 years earlier. Sound like the same old thing? Not quite! This isn't your standard slasher book, although it has the usual bloody guts and gore that we all love and adore. It has some originality and some depth. The murderers have a history and the plot holds the reader's interest. The book jumps between 1989 and 2019, telling the story in present day and of how it came to become haunted. Very enjoyable read. I will definitely be looking for more books in this series and for books by Jessica Guess.

I picked up this one on Kindle Unlimited on the basis of a youtube video from Well Read Beard, one of my favorite Booktubers that I regularly watch. He's usually on target for me and he definitely was with this one. This is a very good dark crime novel. I'm pretty sure it's her debut novel If so it is remarkably well written. There are no supernatural elements in this novel.

This a tough one to review without giving away too much plot, but I'll try, and be as vague as possible.

This is a story told mainly from the perspective of two people. Rebecca and James.
Rebecca is a ambitious woman married with a little boy and a job that faces her worst nightmare, the disappearance of her husband and son. She goes through grief and anger in trying to find closure slowly loses her mind and worse. James is the person responsible for the disappearance of her husband and son (not a spoiler, it's revealed right on the first page).

This book was very well done. The characterization was realistic and scene transitions worked well.

This was a weird little novella. Reminded me a little bit of “Wool” by Hugh Howey. It's about four people in an underground bunker living day to day, with very little knowledge of why they're there and what's outside. There is an pervading sense of tension and claustrophobia throughout the story. It was a pretty good story, but I felt the characters were a little odd, and some of the situations were confusing to the reader. Overall I did find the story enjoyable and I liked the ending, but some people may not, as everything is not tied up neatly at the end.

This was a good debut novella by Joshua Marsella. It's about a 12 year old boy, Connor, living with his mother in her childhood home that has some dark secrets best left uncovered. Connor decides to move his bedroom down into the basement and things start to get a little creepy.

I gave this 4 stars, but it's really 3.5, it's 4 stars for the story, as it's a good story, and I think the characters and plot were interesting. However, the writing and dialogue had some issues, there was some awkward transitions in the narration and things of that nature, so I give the writing itself 3 stars, for an average rating of 3.5 stars. But overall I think Josh really did a fantastic job for a debut, it was a creepy story, and had a really good ending.

Josh is working on a prequel to this, and I'm looking forward to reading that. I would definitely recommend this if you like horror, it's a quick read and worth your time.

Touching and well done

Chad Lutzke has been one of my favorite writers in the past year or so after I discovered his work by accident. He writes in a very accessible manner. This is a coming of age story about a 12 year old boy and the events leading up to his dream of competing in a local spelling bee. Equal parts horrifying, touching and insightful, it's well worth your time.