Brendan Powell > Recent Status Updates

Looking forward to this book for a while now ... I read "The One That Got Away" (Not the Romance novel...) a few years ago, and there was a lot of controversy around that depiction of the events the SAS patrol went through ... I'm looking forward to reading another account of the same incredible situation.

Oof ... 33% in and this book as NOT gotten good yet. I enjoyed the first 3 novels, but this one is, thus-far, a stinker.

I'll slog through this one regardless, but if it's not a solid 4-star by the end, I'll bail on the rest of the series. Life's too short.

Short Stories are great so far ...

Song of Starling
Rare Earths Pineapple
Killing a tiger
Bloom
We're all in Trouble
My Nascent Garden (an intelligent city!)

Novelettes:

Punctuated Equilibrium - okay
DArk Ages - good
Mercy of the Sand Sea - very good!

Truta and PIlta - Did not like at all ... maybe I should have read the first installment in a previous issue?

In Translation (LOst/Found) - Great ideas, fun story ... ending confused me a bit.

The Taste of Sound - Good one ... loved it.

Everyone who Hears these Words - Great idea (recording audio from the past)

Risky Harvest - Good one

Ended up bailing on this...just too slow.

So far, so good!

A very fun read...reminded me of Heinlein...(probably because there is a sect of people called "The Heinleinders"...) Recommended.

Okay....I've wanted to re-read this, as well as Odyssey 3...and then, I'll read the "Final Odyssey"...looking forward to this!

This book had really better come together in the end...only sheer stubbornness is keeping me going at this point...

Well, you have to get 30% into this book before it starts to develop...at least it's getting somewhere now!

I know this takes place in the winter...I've been saving this book for now. It's already pretty good!

Well, so far, this isn't my favorite "Diving universe" book by a long stretch. It's like the author tried to cram two stories into one, and is failing...lots of disjointed jumping around.

"It’s all those flashbacks. You never know when anything’s taking place. In the first 20 pages alone, I counted three flashbacks, one flash-forward, and I think a page in, you have a flash-sideways." -- Funny Farm

Another book I think I started but didn't finish...back in my road warrior days.

Loving this book so far...makes me think of the "Firefly" series.

Time to clean out my virtual (and physical) "to-read" shelf...this looks like a good candidate!

Time to get my geek on and study the origin of the Borg!

I think I have read this before...but the beauty of Gaiman stories is that you can read them over and over!

I thought I'd read this before...but maybe not...I'm a big fan of Gaiman...so this should be great!

I read "Always Looking Up" and this book was referenced in there...looking forward to it!

Just started, but so far, so good...this book comes highly recommended from work...

Good book so far; interesting information...not the best writing...but I'll never tell the author that to his face!

Good fun!

Taking a break from Sci-fi....and this is my first library Kindle checkout book! Woo hoo!

Digging into book 3 of the Enderverse...

Having worked with the PJ's, I'm excited to read about their work in OEF.

Michael J. Fox...I grew up with this guy...I'm excited to ready a little about him, and how he's living with PD

I've been meaning to get back into the "Enderverse"...hope this is as good as the first one.

I've been looking forward to this one!