John Scalzi is usually an author I can expect to open his books, read them, laugh a bit through the story and in general have a good time. Most of his stand alone books have been an interesting and have some connection to a show of concept everyone is semi familiar with. Red Shirts was […]
The Kaiju Preservation Society was a really fun stand alone novel for all of us who have loved monster movies over the years. In an earth dimension, next to the one we have, there is another track of evolution that happened leading to a world with no people and the main apex predator is basically […]
It’s the final leg of the Interdependency trilogy and things have been on a dire note since the beginning- end of humankind sort of deal. It’s for all the marbles now and I love when a book or series of books, in this case, reaches that point. I was in high anticipation to find out […]
The inferno started in The Collapsing Empire continues to build in The Consuming Fire. An emperox and her trusted few must find a way to save as many as possible in this second of tightly connected stories in the Interdependency trilogy. The background, characters, and world-building were introduced in the first book so The Consuming […]
This is the second book in John Scalzi’s Lock In series. In this futuristic world, many people contracted a plague that left about one percent of the population with Haden’s Syndrome. Anyone who has Haden’s Syndrome, their minds are fully functional, but their bodies are pretty much useless, though they have to be cared for, […]
The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). Audible freebie on October 19, 2017 (currently $14.95 at Audible and $9.29 at Barnes & Noble as of writing this post) Overall rating 4.02 with 9,803 ratings and 1,431 reviews I can’t remember how this freebie became […]
Lock In was one of my favorite Sci-Fi worlds ever. I really appreciated all the thought John Scalzi put into how life would be different if the person you presented to the outside world was basically a robot. The prequel Unlocked (which should actually be read after Lock In) was fantastic, as it was presented […]