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 AegisGrimm wrote:
I just finished Project: Hail Mary.

My wife was in the hospital for a surgery, and started it in the waiting room, and then after also reading it in the recovery room, I literally read 250 pages of it THAT DAY.

Really great book.

YESSSSSSSsssssssSSSsss!

Hoping the film isn't a total assassination job like World war Z ended up being.

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:
When in the timeline does it take place?

Pre-saga. It's about Geralts early days as a fully fledged Witcher.

Come Closer by Sara Gran

Short read at 194 pages. Its about a woman who slowly becomes possessed by a demon. It starts with small personality changes and gravitates to much more horrific things as she loses control to the entity inside of her.

Goodreads had it at a rating of 3.66 out of 5 stars and that sounds about right. Interesting concept, but flawed. It was probably for the best that it was a short book.

Reading a trade of Batman: The Dark Knight — The Master Race.

I used to really like Frank Miller. But after the Dark Knight Strikes Again is 2001 was such a dud, my expectations were pretty low for this.

This time around we don't get the subpar art stylings of Frank Miller.

Now we have Andy Kubert aping the style of Frank Miller. Ugh. It somehow looks worse.

This time the villan is not Superman... but Superman's daughter!

Much like the endless Watchmen sequels this is another tired cash-in on a series that was one of the best and did not need a bunch of sequels.

Started on the next Culture novel, Inversions, but I really struggled to get into it. Set it aside for now and gone for a Pratchett re-read instead - Pyramids.

Crispy78 wrote:
Started on the next Culture novel, Inversions, but I really struggled to get into it. Set it aside for now and gone for a Pratchett re-read instead - Pyramids.

A while back I picked up a 3 book box set of culture books (consider phlebas, the player of games, use of weapons). I enjoyed them, worth reading, but I stopped there. I know they have some big fans, but I didn’t feel they lived up to the hype. It might be that I was expecting the next best thing since sliced bread, but instead just got a solid few books. I know there are a lot more out there, just never went looking to get more.

I've enjoyed most Banks books I've read so far - think my favourite was the sci-fi but not Culture book The Algebraist. But this one just didn't hit me right, I think I'm largely just too knackered most evenings and need comfort-reading at bedtime...