Monthly Re(ad)cap, Review, and TBR: October 2015

Book Reviews

 

• The Psychopath Inside:A Neuroscientist’s Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain by James Fallon – 3.5/5 Rating
• Monochrome by H.M. Jones – 3/5 Rating
• Forsworn (Powder Mage #0.1) by Brian McClellan – 4/5 Rating
• Starve #4 (Starve #4) by Brain Wood
• Black City Saint by Richard A. Knack – 3.5/5 Rating
• Starve #5 (Starve #5) by Brain Wood – 4/5 Rating
• The Gunslinger (Dark Tower #1) by Stephen King – 3.5/5 Rating *Backlist Burndown

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 What I Read

• Monochrome by H.M. Jones – 3/5 Rating
• The Well of Ascension (Mistborn #2) by Brandon Sanderson – 5/5 Rating
• Starve #4 (Starve #4) by Brain Wood – 4.5/5 Rating
• Scourge of the Betrayer (Bloodsounder’s Arc #1) by Jeff Salyards -3/5 Rating
• Starve #5 (Starve #5) by Brain Wood – 4/5 Rating
• I Hate Fairyland by Skottie Young – 5/5 Rating
• Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman – 3/5 Rating
• Switch #1 (Switch #1) by Stjepan Šejić 4/5 Rating

This month I read 8 books (4  were comics)

*** I have now read 71 of my 52 book goal for the year. I am 29 books ahead! (I was 24 book last month) ***

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The Time Traveler’s Almanac Read Along

Myself and a group of fellow time-travel enthusiasts are committed to reading and reviewing every single story in The Time Traveler’s Almanac. 

We are doing by reading one story per week and posting out review every Thursday.

To see a full list of The Time Traveler’s Almanac reviews and reading schedule, visit The Time Traveler’s Almanac Page

Follow along on Twitter with #TimeTravelThursday

Feel free to join in any join time! Just leave a comment down below 🙂

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• How the Future Got Better by Eric Schaller  (4/5 Rating)
• Pale Roses by Michael Moorcock (4/5 Rating)
• The Gernsback Continuum by William Gibson (2.5/5 Rating)
• The Threads of Time by C.J. Cherryh (3.5/5 Rating)

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Interviews and Guest Posts

Interview: Marianne de Pierres – author of Mythmaker, an urban fantasy/SF Western novel.

Interivew: H.M. Jones – author of Monochrome, a new fantasy novel,

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Book Collecting

• Book Collecting: Update #14

  

• Book Collecting: Update #15

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What I Watched

• Tom Brady – the G.O.A.T
• House – Because I love that show

Got any recommendations?

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Upcoming Reviews

Sci-Fi November is a month-long blog event hosted by Rinn Reads and Over The Effing Rainbow. It was created to celebrate everything amazing about science fiction. From TV shows to movies, books to comics, and everything else in between, it was intended to help us share our love and passion for this genre and its many, many fandoms.

Since I’m posting this the day after my first Sci-Fi Month post went up, most of should already know what I’m participating but here is what I will be reviewing:

• Uncanny Magazine Issue 6 (September/October 2015)
• Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
• ODY-C, Vol 1. by Matt Fraction and Christian Ward
• Switch #1 (Switch #1) by Stjepan Šejić
• Axcend #1 (Axcend #1) by Shane Davis

I will also be posting a non-fiction story about myself titled: Zombies on Plane

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Next Escapes?

Currently reading The Hero of Ages and then going to start working my way through A Knight of Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin.

What do you plan on reading?

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Bonus

You may have notice, but I finally have logo! Yeah, you could things are getting serious now 😉 Also, according to recent survey conducted by me, and taken by me, that photo looks 99% like me.

In other news: thanks to a click by Tammy (from Books, Bones, and Buffy) I hit 500 likes!

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Check me out on:

Goodreads or Twitter 

And The Time Traveler’s Almanac Group Read Page

Thank you to everyone who has taken time to read, like, comment, subscribe, share, or even just look at anything on my blog! We hit a record again for likes and comments in October!

-DJ