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"There was nothing else to do I knew, for all a physician's skill is powerless to cheer a young woman who craves the luxury of being miserable."

Update 2 - the next part of the book gets heavy into the brain's wiring and has totally fascinated me. The brain's plasticity allowing remapping of functions and facilitating repeated behavior is obviously going to loop back to how we are interacting with the internet and how we have remapped our brains away from the "Linear Though Process" mentioned before.

I don't audiobook much, but decided to try again with this book. Interestingly, one of the first points Nicholas Carr points out is "The medium is the message".

So far in the book - the internet has changed how our minds work. We need short bursts of info. "Linear thought process" is becoming a thing of the past.

I wasn't sure what to expect from this book and started reading it without even checking the Goodreads summary. It started a little slowly, but has become a very fascinating read.

This third book is shaping up to be the best yet. It builds on the previous books the way a series should. What the characters do compared to previous ways speak volumes about change and growth without the author having to say, "This is how he has changed." Also - I'm getting nervous about what will happen. That feeling doesn't happen often in a book.

The book started off slow for me, but that was coming off another book that was a very different flavor. Now that I'm immersed (which really didn't take long) this is a rip-roaring good time.

So far I'm loving this book. The genre mashup of noir and fantasy is extremely well done.

This book sounded like something I'd enjoy. Nothing deep, but lots of fun and it has turned out to be an absolute blast. Looking forward to finishing this one and picking up the second.

A very fun read so far.

Wow, I've let this sit on my shelf way too long. On the flip side, Chu's 3rd book is due out soon, so I can read more. Really liking it so far.

Part IV started to throw me with the flashing back and forth, but I'm grokking now. Anthony Ryan doesn't tell you about the difference in perspective. He shows it. Looking at a map on his website helped too.

Being down with a nasty bug has really upped my reading. Loving this book.

Started this last night and was immediately engrossed with the story.

I am a big fan of Kevin Hearne, but am a little freaked out by Luke in First Person. Don't get me wrong, I love First Person POV in most books, but it is strange in Star Wars. Still, I'm enjoying this a lot.

I'm not sure if it is my mood or if this book is actually better than the previous two. I'm loving it.

“Certain people had what Jean privately thought of as archer’s eyes—a steady coolness, a detached precision. People with eyes like that could sort the world around them into targets, pick their first shot before those nearby even knew the time for talk had passed. Eyes like that had killers behind them, and Patience for-fucking-sure had a pair.”

Each character I meet I think, "I have no interest in this character" and then end up fascinated with them. Excellent so far.

Started this yesterday and really loving it so far.

I just started reading Blood Oath. I'm enjoying it quite a bit.