Savored Esoteric

This one felt twice as long as the previous two and was backed to the hilt. Long and not a slog. I was kept riveted the whole time.

I mean come on, I couldn't even get this page updated before I was already half way through book four.

This was excellent. I was drawn in immediately and enjoyed it immensely. Then it was suddenly over, and I was not ready. Now I have to wait for the sequel.

It's pretty intense, it's one thing to play it, or watch it. Reading it adds a level of viscera that becomes very heavy. Then I looked up and I was on book four.

This is not bad, so far. I am not ready for it yet, though. Too much else in front of it, so it is basically on hold. So on hold I forgot I was reading it.

I might come back to it, for now, I have forgotten about it.

I was introduced to this book by an outpouring of remembrances and sympathies on Bluesky when Steve Silberman passed recently. The book has been so interesting and so important for me as I navigate my own neurodivergence.

Good, important, and hard to read when you live it. As such, another that is unfinished and set aside.

I started this and then I stopped, as I was certain I had read it before. I can't seem to find that I have, though. I tried again to read it, and just wasn't into it, not the right time. So, indefinite hold.

I devoured the first two in this series. I was so taken with the new way of presenting such old tropes. I was waiting for this one for a long time, then I guess I forgot, as it was out for a minute before I remembered it. Hard start, as I couldn't remember what had happened before, and a lot happened.

 This was good, of course. I need to revisit the first two, now.

This was a short novel. It was a lot though. The concepts were very interesting, the cultural world building was alien to me. Still, I am very glad to have read it for all that. Bad review, don't know what to say.

The mix of elements, angels, noir detective, future setting, quantum mechanics, does not seem like it should work on paper. Yet it was a rather well done tale.

This was so good. Austin Grossman's super hero stories are just so incredible.

Was an interesting follow to Line of Polity, could almost have been a prequel. Got a bit chaotic in it's telling and what I felt it was trying to tell. Didn't love it at the end, felt it more of a slog.

This was so bad. So, so bad. I had been practicing it and wanted a refresher. I did not learn it from the book, initially. It was such a poor effort to create an allegorical tale. A simple book, with simple instructions, maybe even just a blog post would have sufficed. Needless to say, I didn't make it very far before I gave up.

I jumped straight into this one after finishing Gridlinked. Kind of a slog, still alright though. In some ways comparable to Altered Carbon series, just a little less brutal, though still very kill everyone, mercilessly.

I did not pick this up knowing the politics the author would become a part of. I saw it in the library app and it sounded interesting. Then it got weirdly synchronistic. Then he got nominated for republican VP a few days after I started reading. I did not finish it, I got enough out of it. Not a flattering book.

This is one of those books that I should have read 30 years ago. All things in their time. I didn't entirely finish this, I read enough to satisfy, though.

Really enjoyed this one.

So good. I will be writing a post about this.

I gave up on this one. Too much telling, not enough showing and just too cliche. The only unique element was a not-superhero level main character.

So good. I will probably dip back and read The Last Unicorn.

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I finally got through part one. It is on hold for now, as I am too distracted. i will revisit this again, I always do.

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I just couldn't get into it. The style was very much of a style for high fantasy and fitting of the book, I just wasn't there for it.

I've read this so many times. I can only get so far before I tire of it. I like aspects of it. I love it as a whole. I have just been here too many times before I only visit my favorite parts.

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