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Just unlinked my Kindle account because it duplicated entries in my Reading Challenge. Annoying!

so the first story is a kind of funny weird one about a grave-tending werewolf and the second appears to be about the Devil; I'm sensing a THEME,

If you're coming to this book right off the duolingo course, it's probably too hard. These are well above the cat sat on the mat level, I would probably call them Intermediate.

Please ignore my Currently Reading shelf. Apparently integrating my Kindle with Goodreads means that if I read the first few pages of a book that I'm *considering* reading next and then turn wifi on, it tells Goodreads I'm reading the books, which means that Goodreads is overloaded with a list of books I've decided for whatever reason NOT to read RIGHT NOW. *sigh*

I'm reading the English translation. Much different fantasy than I'm used to but it has drawn me in!

This book is bananapants in the best way

Going through some recommendations and checking off some books I already know I read. Dates are sometimes only approximate within 4-5 years.

Some homages to other SF authors/series in here. An arms dealer named Victor Rotha, for example...! Heinlein station in an armed libertarian u/dystopia....

I have waited, like, 20 years to read this and it is paying off beautifully. STILL HOLDS UP!!!!!

I just moved approx 1 million books from "currently reading" to "did not finish" because, oh boy, I can't lie to myself any longer, books have been there years. NOT all bad books, may pick many of them up again, but not today, so...

Goodreads is...pessimistic, rolling out my 2016 books before 2016 is over. Don't they know I have 3 weeks left to read, some of it vacation?

I just received what I will call a "generous" amount of money in the Apple ebook settlement. Any suggestions of what I should buy first?

Now that's what I call a twist...several of 'em.

Slow but rewarding. I think this is a book about the impact of flying cars on political philosophy, among other things.

This came highly recommended. Really interesting so far.

really really good so far. Cyborged soldiers, villainous defense contractors, and a mysterious, meddling AI.

There are two things that stick out in my mind: the tennis prodigy who can't communicate without doing Lord knows what, and the guy who has his dinner tray strapped to his neck so he can watch the books' TV-analogue. There is way too much about drug addiction.

This book is very, very, very, very, very weird.

Just finished re-reading Bujold's entire Vorkosigan series. *whew*

Been spending the last few weeks rereading Susan Howatch's Van Zale Series. Still wonderful 30 years after the first read. Maybe on to reread her St. Benet's Series soon.