Monthly Re(ad)cap, Review, and TBR: March 2016

Book Reviews

   
   

• World War Kaiju by Josh Finney – 2/5 Rating
• Crazy Mary by Michael Colbert 3/5 Rating
• I Hate Fairyland #3 (I Hate Fairyland#3) by Skottie Young- 4/5 Rating
• Sankewood by Adrian Selby – 1/5 DNF
• Cry Havoc #1 (Cry Havoc #1) by Simon Spurrier 4.5/5 Rating
• Utopiates by Josh Finney – 3.5/5 Rating
• The Hero of Ages (Mistborn #3) by Brandon Sanderson – 4.5/5 *Backlist Burndown
• Cry Havoc #2 (Cry Havoc #2) by Simon Spurrier 4/5 Rating
• Arena by Holly Jennings – 3.5/5 Rating *Speculative Herald

Monthly Re(ad)cap, Review, and TBR: February 2016

Book Reviews

   

• The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentlemn Bastard Sequence #1) by Scott Lynch – 5/5
• Chains of the Heretic (Bloodsounder’s Arc #3) by Jeff Salyrads – 4/5
• The Dinosaur Lords (Dinosaur Lords #1) by Victor Milan – 2/5
• The Well Of Ascension (Mistborn #2) by Brandon Sanderson – 5/5 *Backlist Burndown

Monthly Re(ad)cap, Review, and TBR: January 2016

Book Reviews

   

• We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory – 4.5/5 Rating
• Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear – 3.5/5 Rating
• Veil of the Deserters (Bloodsounder’s Arc #2) by Jeff Salyards – 4/5 Rating
• Assassin’s Apprentice (The Farseer #1) by Robin Hobb – 4/5 Rating *Backlist Burndown

2015 In Review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,200 times in 2015. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

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

Book Reviews

    
  

• Uncanny Magazine Issue 6 (September/October 2015) – 4/5 Rating
• Seveneves by Neal Stephenson – 3.5/5 Rating
• Switch #1 (Switch #1) by Stjepan Šejić – 4.5/5 Rating
• ODY-C, Vol 1. by Matt Fraction and Christian Ward – 4.5/5 Rating
• Axcend #1 (Axcend #1) by Shane Davis – 2.5/5 Rating
• I Hate Fairyland #1 (I Hate Fairyland #1) by Skottie Young – 5/5 Rating
• The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower #2) by Stephen King – 4/5 Rating
• Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) by Brandon Sanderson – 5/5 Rating *Backlist Burndown

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

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

Book Reviews

   

   

• Uncanny Magazine #5 (July/August 2015) edited by Michael Damian Thomas and Lynne M. Thomas (4/5 Rating)
• Mulan: Revelations #2 (Mulan: Revelations #2) by Marc Andreyko (3.5/5 Rating)
• Sunset Mantle by Alter S. Reiss (3.5/5 Rating)
• Elantris (Elantris #1) by Brandon Sanderson (4.5/5 Rating)
• The Steel Remains (A Land Fit for Heroes #1) by Richard K. Morgan (3/5 Rating)
• Starve #3 (Starve #3) by Brain Wood (5/5 Rating)
• During the Dance by Mark Lawrence (4.5/5 Rating) *Backlist Burndown
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (4.5/5 Rating)

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

Book Reviews

   
  

• A Darkling Sea by James L. Cambias (3/5 Rating)
• Death Head #1 (Death Head #1) by Zack Keller and Nick Keller (4/5 Rating)
• Dark Eden (Dark Eden #1) by Chris Beckett (4.5/5 Rating)
• Starve #2 (Starve #2) by Brian Wood (4/5 Rating)
• Superposition by David Walton (4/5 Rating)
• Supersymmetry by David Walton (4/5 Rating)
• Eat Fish and Die by S. Ron Mars (4/5 Rating) *Backlist Burndown Review

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

Book Reviews

   

   

• Last Argument of Kings (First Law #3) by Joe Abercrombie (4/5 Rating)
• Mythic #1 (Mythic #1) by Phil Hester (2.5/5 Rating)
• Masters of Time: A Science Fiction and Time Travel Anthology edited by Charmaine M. Young (3/5 Rating)
• Starve #1 (Starve #1) by Brian Wood (4/5 Rating)
• Full metal Alchemist, Vol. 3 (Fullmetal Alchemist #3) by Hiromu Harakawa (4.5/5 Rating)
• Mulan: Revelations (Mulan: Revelations #1) by Marc Andreyko (3.5/5 Rating)
• Edge of Dark (Glittering Edge #1) by Brenda Cooper (4.5/5 Rating)
• The Folding Knife by K.J Parker (4.5/5 Rating) *Backlist Burndown Review

Reading Statistical Breakdown: Mid-Point 2015

Welcome to my reading statistical breakdown for the first 6 months of year!

I am going to take all the book, novels, comics, magnas, magazines, and stories I have read (so far) this year, and break it down into a bunch of bookish statistical nonsense and then completely over analyze all of this reading data.

This isn’t going to be Chaos Horizon level in depth, but don’t worry… there will be GRAPHS 😀

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*NOTE: All data below is as of July 2, 2015

As of the mid-way point, according to Goodreads I have 40 “books”. You’ll notice I used parentheses. That is because “books” is such a broad term… Check it:

40 Books

• 26 novels
• 4 novel omnibuses
• 3 novellas
• 2 mangas
• 1 manga omnibuses
• 2 comic single issues
• 1 comic volume
• 1 magazine