Book of the Month is Chuck Wendig’s Black River Orchard, although Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Empire in Black and Gold (Book 1 of 10!) and Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson’s Shadow of the Short Days were both stellar as well.
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Did you enjoy Starter Villain?
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It is probably my least favorite of Scalzi’s books, which still puts it at okay, especially since it’s a fast read. Maybe wait for paperback if you aren’t using a library?
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I could have gone the library route, but I decided to support my local independent bookshop. It took me a while to get into it because I was getting a “man fails up” vibe, and I am irked that Hera is not the cat on the cover, but when Til pitched Brad the soil techbro into Lake Como, I may have cheered.
I may have to try reading other Scalzi books again. I have failed in the past because I go in expecting blog Scalzi but get novel Scalzi and struggle to reconcile the two.
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His two best books are Lock-In and Redshirts, for whatever that’s worth, and the pitch session was my favorite bit of the entire book.
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I didn’t comment on the September post in time, but was Wolfsong heartbreaking? Also, I see Josiah Bancroft books on your shelves. Is Hexologists on your list anywhere?
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I loved Wolfsong for the first 80% or so and the ending kind of left me cold. I will probably end up picking up the sequels eventually but I’m not in a hurry. I am not familiar with Hexologists; the Babel series isn’t really lighting my world on fire either. 🙂
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