Scott

Annoyed that someone spent time coming up with an algorithm that ended up suggesting this book to me.

I was hoping for some light reading with a feel kind of like Stephenson's “The Baroque Cycle”, it did not come any where near. It is a historical mystery with a sprinkling of erotica thrown in. There is zero depth to any characters, plots, locations or even the game of chess. There are passing historical figures that pop in on occasion which help out a bit, but overall disappointed.

Read in his voice with appropriate levels of snark, was a fun little dive into Joel. Only about 5% seems to be authentic vs the character of Joel.

Don't think I was the target audience, but was a bit fun to get a little under her skin. Seemed parts saying thanks to all the people in her life, and a little embarrassment of her successes.

Great fun, surprised I had not read this when I was younger. The entire story is from the perspective of Buck, a St. Bernard/Scotch shepherd mix. Really felt like I was pulling/running along with him.

Another gamer/geek nostalgia bomb, a bit more feels than RP1, leaves it open for a interesting followup.

Slooooooooow... FAST! A fun little romp down a well trodden path, with a couple of twists or braids as it were thrown in for good measure. There was room for more character development early in the story, and breaking the 4th wall every other chapter was distracting as well.

Nice mix of Ender's Game with bits of Ender's Shadow. Is all dialogue based, no descriptions unless they come out of character in ‘normal' conversation. A bit hard to get used to initially, but it works.

Still a Nostalgia bomb!... kinda seems over played, now on the 2nd read.

Nostalgia bomb! Fun story. So many connections to my youth.

Interesting look at today's dating culture. Made me feel old.

Enjoyed the stylistic retelling of some classic tales.

Yarrrrr!

This was similar to “Variable Man”, but a little more filled out... I could see how this could have been inspiration for Idiocracy.

A bit hard to get into, but picks up the pace towards the middle. I do like how there are subtle hints about a much deeper system of “magic” at play.

Interesting take on a dystopian future, where over specialization, and reliance on machines we don't understand could lead to our downfall.

In my head I kept hearing the voices of Fry and Laurie, fun stories.

Think this is my second or third time reading this book. I think it is starting to sink in. Easy to follow, not as easy as book 1 in the series, but really book 1 is just a glossed over “how to play go” with just a bit more than the basic rules.

I wonder if the fact that they are just slowly expanding the vocabulary of go terms will happer me if I decided to branch out to other book series.

Just finishing up this book and book 1 from the graded go problems for beginners. Next up will be book 3 of LTPG series and book 2 of GGPFB.

Too much of my professional life is based on what I learned from reading BOFH in the 90's.

Such a fun series, this is my second time reading the manga, the first time being shortly after it was released in Japan. I think the anime of this series is also well done.

A bit dry at times, very technical, but amazing level of detail for an introduction to brewing. Learned a lot, and will revisit many times I am sure.

quick read, fun.

Kinda interesting as a business book on how to work with a partner. Fun history and a couple fun stories, but kinda lacking if you are looking for a business planning type book, and not very beer brewing focused.

Nice to get back to a simple case, my version did not have the diagrams which is a bit sad, but the method to solve the clues was known to me before reading so was not a surprise at the end. At least the solution was not a surprise the contents of the clues were.

Drew me into the story, but was not too engrossing. Was a comfortable companion as I was walking, like listening to someone chit-chat to pass the time. I liked the inter-mingling of the various plots. A few of the “almost” points were irksome, but worth it for the journey. I can see how folks complained about all the descriptions of just time passing. That being said, I enjoyed the style of prose and the slight dragging of time. This dragging feeling helped me eek a bit more of “me” time while I was reading.

Interesting belief system and society built around those beliefs. I did not feel compassion for most of the main characters, hard to say if that was the society they lived in, or just a thin level of character development going on. I have read other reviews where they did not like the pattern of dialect used in thoughts and conversations, but it was one of the aspects of the book that kept me interested. There is three sections in the book and I found I enjoyed the first 2 sections more than the last.

Fun, looking forward to more in the series. Wish it was just a bit more technical. The whole “I don't have the math”, was kinda getting irksome to read.