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Looks to be well written, but I’m not into it right now. Definitely come back to.

Not really feeling it right now. Will return and come back to.

Reading on Libby. Written professionally. Seems like it will help.

I wanted to like this book after having read Ministry For the Future. It is about the sudden release of methane from the frozen methane clathrates. It is just so badly written. Maybe I’ll come back to.

I thought this would be better because the author is a decent writer of the history of science, especially during the Elizabethan period. And I love reading books set in libraries and also that explore 16th century alchemy. However her writing is awful, over written, and apparently the book turns into a vampire romance. Not going to waste my time.

I read only the short story Cathedral. I love his writing style, reminds me a little of PK Dick, but not science fiction. I will come back to to read more of his stories.

I read as far as chapter 5, where he talks about the African slave trade. Will return and come back to.

Did not finish. His writing style is so irritating that I doubt I would get anything out of this. I did learn that Konrad Lorenz was a raging racist.

Didn’t particularly like the writing or characters. Maybe another time.

I meant to say that I want to re-read chapter 96 where Frank dies

I especially want to read chapter 96 or Frank dies

So much to say about this book. I need to turn it back in, but I like to be able to either buy it or put it on hold so I can reread part of it. There are entire sections of this book which are unreadable to me, but the parts that I like are very important.

I think this one is a little better than the martian. At least not every character in the book has the same voice as the main character.

I read this in two days. A fun book, not too deep. Complements the movie well.

Not sure how far I got. This book is more about modern geopolitics than I want to get into right now. Will come back to.

Totally worth reading. I feel like I know the whole area. I also have more respect now for Charles II as king

Apparently I did in fact read all three, I just completely forgot. I also forgot I owned the book! The second two stories will be great for the series!

It turns out this book really isn’t all that interesting . The characters seem kind of flat and the spy thriller story isn’t well developed. The author seems to say too much without saying anything important. I skimmed through the last 2/3rds of the book.

Still, the moon part was interesting and inspiring.

Really enjoying the discussion on quantum mechanics and superposition

Pretty good. I love the part of the book that takes place on the moon. He refers to some of the lunar citizens as technolunatics.

This essentially is a political murder mystery/thriller. I am learning more about Chinese social structure and customs.

It really for me. Too much sexual violence. I thought this might’ve been an interesting historical fiction book, set on the time and locale of Zsigmondy Freud. but I really just don’t want to spend time with this book right now.

Just started reading. I am enjoying the 1930s science fiction style. Our protagonist goes to Mars and there is a lot of description of the Martian culture and flora and fauna. I find it interesting that our main character wants to give religious instruction to the Martians.

I love how Lewis references to HG Wells!

These three novels are classics, and I really want to have read them.

I finished this book in two days. I like the writing style and I’ve enjoyed the plot and the characters .

I do like the sections where we see things from the alien viewpoint, especially the author’s unique take on hive mind aliens. I look forward to the next book in the series.

There are some very good passages regarding grief and loss and coming to terms with a difficult and cruel life.

I completely forgot that I have tried to read this a year ago. Even though this book is set in the ancillary universe, there are no ancillaries in it and it’s not really all that interesting to me. It does feel like I read the entire thing at some point, I truly can’t remember.

The first chapter and last chapters are the most important.

The best book I’ve read on this topic. I really should buy it. He talks about how homeless people living in their cars don’t count, and all the horrible bureaucracy that limits services and under counts homeless .

I absolutely love Peter Watts writing. I finally finished this novella. I have also read all the other short stories in the Sunflower universe. I wish he would write more.

There’s a section at the end of this book that I don’t fully understand what it’s referring to, perhaps a very much smarter AI than what’s been present during that previous part of the book. I’m going to reread this section.

I bought this book on Amazon by mistake! I really didn’t mean to and I feel like I wasted $14. However, at some point I think I will need it so I put it in the come back to.

Not really feeling this book. I initially wanted to read it because it’s set in a world of Irish mythology in the 900s, and that’s something I want to learn more about. However, the story is somewhat mundane and there’s so many other books on my TBR that I’m going to put this in a come back to.

Fascinating. Need to reread highlights to remember it all

Very useful in getting a sense of the age and what the political challenges were.

It’s interesting that Charles is walking back by so many English people. They lined the road that he went down, they thronged, they had 100 gun salutes. it was pretty amazing.