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Simon is starting Relatively Guilty (Best Defence, #1)

— Jan 04, 2026 01:21AM Add a comment

Simon is 20% done with Warlords of Wyrdwood (Forsaken #2)

Much to my surprise I'm having real trouble getting in to this book

— Nov 07, 2024 03:59AM Add a comment

Simon is 20% done with Warlords of Wyrdwood (Forsaken #2)

— Nov 02, 2024 10:31AM Add a comment

Simon is 10% done with Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

At last, another Dreyfus book!

— Jan 31, 2024 08:29AM 3 comments

Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

Simon is 5% done with Ten Arrows of Iron (The Grave of Empires, #2)

I just started reading this book, when I discovered the author has been accused (and admitted to) of sexual harassment. I can't justify to myself to finishing this book.

— Jun 22, 2023 01:42AM Add a comment

Ten Arrows of Iron (The Grave of Empires, #2)

Simon is 5% done with The Cleaner, the Cat and the Space Station (The Shantivira, #1)

Can't get into this book.

— Jun 13, 2023 07:09AM Add a comment

The Cleaner, the Cat and the Space Station (The Shantivira, #1)

Simon is 2% done with The Terminal Code: Virtual Reality Murder Mystery Thriller (SCAPE Saga Book 1)

— Jun 13, 2022 11:45AM Add a comment

Simon is 66% done with The Oath and the Keeper (The Sea of Stars #2)

— Jun 09, 2022 08:51AM Add a comment

Simon is starting The First Run (The Sea of Stars, #1)

— Jun 08, 2022 01:55AM Add a comment

Simon is starting Incy Wincy (Mal and Jackie #2)

I've just received a review copy of the book - just starting an eagerly awaited read...

— Mar 06, 2022 02:57AM Add a comment

Simon is starting Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space #8)

Yippee! A new Reynolds book!

— Oct 05, 2021 02:51PM Add a comment

Simon is starting Chaos Vector (The Protectorate, #2)

Gah! I've read the first book, Velocity Weapon, but I can't remember anything about it - I gave it a good rating too. Gonna have to do a quick reread!

— Aug 31, 2021 09:21AM Add a comment

Simon is 50% done with Dune (Dune, #1)

I originally read this in the early 70s, so I thought it was time for a reread. Considering this was written in 1965, it is still one of the best SF books ever written. I may have to read Dune Messiah again too.
I've previously read some of the other sequels as well, but they are nowhere near as good as the first two books.

— Aug 20, 2021 02:58PM Add a comment

Simon is 32% done with Valor (The Faithful and the Fallen, #2)

I've waited quite a while to read this series. Still not quite sure who the good and bad guys are - but I think I know.
A lot of characters - ever now and then I have to stop and think about who someone is - a lot of similar names!
So far so good.

— Aug 01, 2021 09:30AM 1 comment

Simon is on page 20 of 437 of The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

I'm having trouble engaging with this book.

— May 01, 2021 06:58AM Add a comment

Simon is on page 90 of 384 of Tribune of Rome (Vespasian, #1)

I'm a sucker for a Roman historical novel

— Jan 27, 2021 08:12AM Add a comment

Simon is 40% done with Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)

Very well written, but, as yet, I have not got a scooby about what is going on. Large chunks written in the second person which is weird to read.
Enjoying it.

— Sep 22, 2020 08:10AM Add a comment

Simon is 50% done with The Human (Rise of the Jain, #3)

Struggling with this. Overload of alien tech and cataclysmic space battles

— Apr 29, 2020 01:30PM Add a comment

Simon is starting The Warship (Rise of the Jain, #2)

After reading A Brightness long ago, I need something completely different, and equally as good (hopefully). So. This is it.

— Jun 08, 2019 03:01AM Add a comment

Simon is 10% done with Galactic Search (The Lost Fleet, #1)

Oh dear, I may not finish this book. It has more corn than a tin of Jolly Green Giant niblets.

— Apr 28, 2019 12:25PM Add a comment

Simon is 15% done with Conan the Barbarian: The Complete Collection

Struggling a little. One short Conan story is much like next.

— Mar 25, 2019 03:02PM Add a comment

Simon is 4% done with Conan the Barbarian: The Complete Collection

This is going to be a mammoth read!

— Mar 23, 2019 12:39PM Add a comment

Simon is 37% done with Dance with the Enemy (The Enemy #1)

— Feb 03, 2019 02:29PM Add a comment

Simon is 30% done with Excession (Culture, #5)

— Jan 13, 2019 09:52AM Add a comment

Simon is 10% done with Excession (Culture, #5)

I'm doing a re-read of my favourite Iain M Vanks books. This has to be one my top ones, if only for the the Affront, one of the most outrageously likeable villain alien races.

— Jan 13, 2019 06:03AM Add a comment

Simon is 40% done with The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millennium, #4)

I'm struggling with the book. I'm finding the prose a bit flat, possibly because it is translated. I'm not denigrating the translator, it's that the very fact of the translation loses something of the original writing. That's my view, I might be wrong.

— Dec 05, 2018 12:30AM Add a comment