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Listening to this audiobook, narrated by David Tennant, is so cool — I totally envision him as the Doctor, reading aloud in the Tardis, which makes it even better.

Fleming likes to really pack the big action into the final half (sometimes the final third) of his books…

After the last book in the series, it’s nice to have the usual style of narration back! So far this story seems like it may be one of the better ones, but that remains to be seen…

Halfway through and still no mention of James Bond… interesting for a Bond book. I’ve yet to see the point of its inclusion in the series.

We switched to the audiobook for our drives out of town and back this past week… and that made for a lot of progress! We’re switching back to print now, and excited for what’s about to happen!

I’m still enjoying this more than the original trilogy — and that’s saying something, because those were also quite good. Surprisingly so for YA!

This is very different from the other books in the 007 series in that the narrator is a woman, and a quarter into it there’s still no mention of James Bond.

I definitely prefer the movie’s name for the “replicants” over the book’s “andies” (sp?) 😬

This is a very cozy read so far, and I’m enjoying it! I anticipate it taking awhile for me to get through, but that’s alright.

While there are certainly themes matching the Blade Runner movie, the details are totally different. I can see how these details wouldn’t work for the movie — but it makes the movie feel more “inspired by the book” than a film adaptation.

Still, I am enjoying this… even if the descriptions of “electric pets” are more prominent than I expected for this style of novel.

With this narrator, I feel as though I’m a wee lad with a Brit nana reading me a bedtime story

This narration really makes me feel like I’m in England of yore 👴🏼

Two stories into this collection, and two for two on descriptions of birds reproducing. Yes, you read that right.

It’s interesting how Ian Fleming’s 007 series includes, in every book without fail: detailed descriptions of nature/animals, lengthy descriptions of fancy locales and arrays of food, word battles between men, and shallow descriptions of women.

The first short story in this collection, “From a View to a Kill,” features descriptions of pretty flowers and twittering birds near the start. Who’s the audience?

This book has the same feel as the original Hunger Games novel, but refined and more detailed. I like it!

My opinion of this book continues: better than the second one, not as good as the first. I’m enjoying the story, but like the two before it there’s a lot of talking and political drama — so I need breaks from time to time 😵‍💫

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer.”

There are many great repeating lines like that in the Dune saga. So far this is better than book two, but the original is still my favorite!

I can’t imagine this’ll be one of my favorite books or anything like that… but it’s a fun break while I wait for my next audiobook hold to be ready from the public library.