Here’s where I keep track of all the books I have been reading lately. This is mostly for my own personal benefit so that I don’t forget what I have read. You can also view this list arranged alphabetically and by rating.
2012
Sourcery
by Terry Pratchett
7/10
I enjoyed the first half of the book in which the Discworld is introduced to the first all-powerful sorcerer...
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Mort
by Terry Pratchett
8/10
So, I’m now four books into the Discworld series and I think I will keep going with it (only 33 more...
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7/10
I am not usually a non-fiction reader outside of the occasional political tome, but I bought this after it...
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9/10
The third Discworld novel starts a completely new storyline with no crossover with the first two books. I actually...
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2/10
This sci-fi classic starts off interestingly enough: in an authoritarian society on the Moon, an engineer befriends a self-aware...
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8/10
The story picks up right where The Colour of Magic with our heroes tumbling off the edge of the world. Book...
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8/10
I’m continuously on the lookout for a new fantasy series to fill my Kingkiller Chronicles/Song of Fire and Ice void. I’ve...
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6/10
Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m one of those nuts who actually likes The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. It has been years since...
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2011
7/10
An incredibly prescient book from the 19th century that basically lays out everything that is wrong with the practical...
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7/10
The final book of the First Law trilogy was a sort of step backwards from the previous book. In...
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8/10
This was a nice manifesto of sorts that hits all the right marks in terms of what it means...
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8/10
Although I was disappointed by The Blade Itself, I decided to continue on with the series to see if all...
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7/10
Sometime during my late teens I started reading a bunch of H. P. Lovecraft books. His style never fully...
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6/10
Catching up on a classic I missed in high school. I thought it was okay, but not the sort...
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8/10
This book is really an economics lesson presented in layman’s terms. The plot and characters are merely a device...
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7/10
I think I would have liked this book better if I had listened to the audiobook version instead. As...
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9/10
I was late to the whole A Game of Thrones thang (but, for the record, I was like totally in to...
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8/10
Postrel makes the case for decentralized, dynamic systems. The obvious application of this is in free-market versus command-style economies,...
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7/10
I like Andrew Klaven. His Klaven on the Culture videos are good natured and entertaining little bits of political satire that...
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6/10
This book analyzes America’s proclivity towards an ever expansive and powerful executive branch—admittedly not the most exciting read. As...
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9/10
Book two in this excellent series is just about as good as the first. The story picks up right...
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7/10
That title is quite a mouthful, ain’t it? I am continuing my recent excursion into econ-type books that are...
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7/10
This is a science fiction tale based on the premise that, sometime in the distant future, our planetary defense...
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9/10
The Hero of Ages picks up a year or so after the events of The Well of Ascension. This final volume...
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2010
9/10
Book two in the Mistborn series continues this the storyline directly after the climactic events of the first novel. This...
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Racing the Beam
by Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost
9/10
Racing the Beam is a fairly accessible look at the technology behind the Atari 2600 video game console. Apparently the...
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8/10
I decided to try this one out on a whim. I like Adam Carolla and his humor translated pretty...
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9/10
Michael Lucas is best known as the schtick-loving bassist of The Phantom Surfers. This book was self-published under his...
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6/10
Once again, I am off in search of fantasy books to match the greatness of the A Song of Fire...
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7/10
This book presents a history of the current financial crisis thingy in a way that tries to be as...
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9/10
My post-Game of Thrones decent into pure phantasy nerdom continues with the Mistborn trilogy. This first book in the series...
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8/10
Leave it to The Phantom Surfers to release an instrumental surf record without any music, singing, talking or audio...
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5/10
Martin Gardner died around the time this book was released. Like many of his books, it compiles articles and...
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5/10
Another old sci-fi novel by Heinlein that cares more about the concept than the story. Even at 120 some...
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6/10
After the first three rousing volumes of the Song of Fire and Ice series, this book is a huge disappointment. I...
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10/10
I had thought that this was the conclusion of the entire Song of Fire and Ice series, but aparently this is...
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9/10
Not quite as gripping as the first book in the series, but Martin maintains much of the same level...
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10/10
After finishing The Name of the Wind, I wanted to continue my fantasy novel kick. A Game of Thrones is a similar...
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10/10
An extremely well written fantasy novel that steers clear of most of your standard fantasy fiction clichés. Sure, there...
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7/10
Above average 50’s pulp trash. See my Bent Pages recap.
10/10
It has been a while since I’ve read a contemporary novel that I liked this much. Motherless Brooklyn is a pretty...
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Barbarella
by Jean-Claude Forest
7/10
The French comic upon which the movie was based. Stunning 60’s stylized artwork, but the story is just a...
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4/10
This is a collection of the Aliens comics that were released by Dark Horse in the late eighties. These came out...
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8/10
A bit of speculative fiction showing how the world would deal with a zombie apocalypse. The book is written...
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2009
6/10
I was disappointed when I came to the realization that this was more of a collection of short stories...
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7/10
Starts out nicely with Hornblower sent off to deal with a mutinous crew and keeps up the pace for...
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6/10
A disappointing follow-up to the last Hornblower novel. This one has Hornblower in Russia helping out during the siege...
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7/10
A fairly good sci-fi novel about a pair of telepathic twins separated when one goes off to survey new...
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9/10
Another great Hornblower tale. The action picks up right at the end of the previous book and keeps going...
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9/10
Another exciting Hornblower sea tale. This one was a much better read than the last, although, outside of the...
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8/10
A well-paced survival story about a bunch of teenagers abandoned on a desolate planet. There is some delving into...
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9/10
A very good read that is a critical analysis and brief history of text adventures. The first half gets...
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5/10
This autobiography was pretty uninformative. Reads more like a compilation of unrelated essays about with a little bit of...
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8/10
Thought I’d give this series a try after finishing the Aubry/Maturn series. Hornblower is definately a simpler read, and...
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4/10
Starts out pretty good, but decends into the idiotic by the end.
7/10
Not the strongest book in the series. It doesn’t help that many of the regular characters are gone in...
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8/10
Beautiful wood engravings are the reason to “read” this.
4/10
I loved I, Claudius but was utterly bored by this. Maybe I would have appreciated more if I had...
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2008
9/10
To Kill a Mockingbird with a serial killer.
8/10
I vaguely recall reading this.
8/10
I couldn’t be bothered to write a review.
9/10
I’d recommend any book in this series. They have their highs and lows, but all-in-all I think this is...
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9/10
A straightforward and methodical look at the economic principal of accounting for both the seen, and unseen effects of...
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6/10
Not bad, but I was expecting a more basic econ textbook rather than, what more often than not, feels...
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6/10
I never wrote a review for this one.
8/10
Nothing to see here.
8/10
Ending is pretty anti-climactic, but the meat of the story is very interesting.
9/10
Apparently, I liked this one.
8/10
The Nutmeg of Consolation
5/10
Rather boring and pointless.
2007
6/10
Mildly amusing tale of a guy who choses to recreate memories down to exacting detail. Reminded me of how...
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10/10
A satisfying ending to a wonderful series of books. The rating reflects my opinion of the series more than...
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7/10
A hu-hum offering in the series. I accidently skipped a book… didn’t seem to matter.
9/10
A very well done Aubry/Maturin story. More Maturin centric than usual, which is refreshing.
7/10
The ending was spoiled for me, but a clever twist indeed.
8/10
Another nice entry in the Aubry Maturin series.
7/10
Decent mystery. A nice change of pace from A. Christie.
6/10
Interesting with a nice ending, but lacks any real plot complications to hook me in.
2006
8/10
This book in the Aubry/Maturin series benefits from a clear plot line of espionage.
4/10
The first third is intriguing then it just jumps ship.
7/10
Pretty good mystery.
8/10
Listened to it as a book on tape. Good but lacked an over arching plot.
6/10
More of a character study of a completely unappealing character than a plot-driven novel. Not my thing.
7/10
Loses steam about 150 pages into the book.
6/10
I gave it a 6 and I don’t remember why.
9/10
Another Aubry/Maturin book. This one has both sea and espionage elements.
5/10
Mildly amusing but poorly written memoir.
9/10
The books keep getting better.
8/10
Much better than the last book in the series.
7/10
Decent and weird graphic novel. Lots on indy comic cliche.
6/10
Weakest of the first 3 Aubry Maturin books.
2005
5/10
Some interesting magic history, a few neat tricks and lots of David Blaine’s self-hating magic style-endurance artist crap.
Haunted
by Chuck Palahniuk
3/10
Starts out with some amusing short stories but never amounts to much. The main plot line is barely existent...
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Zardoz
by John Boorman
4/10
Yeah that’s right, a novelization of Zardoz. It’s just as inexplicable as the movie.
10/10
It was a good read even though it’s about wizards and other nerdy things.