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2024 Reading Goal

75% complete! Armamix has read 49 of 65 books.

Hao Jingfang, Ken Liu: Jumpnauts (AudiobookFormat, 2024, Simon and Schuster)

From the Hugo Award­–winning author of Folding Beijing comes a gripping science fiction thriller in …

Review of 'Jumpnauts' on 'Storygraph'

Really disappointed, as I liked Vagabonds and Folding Beijing a lot. This felt preachy and slow. Too much exposition and way way too detailed explaining of characters  feelings. Dialogues feel artificial too.

Also, is this supposed to be the late 21st century? And we are still at the 2020 level of debate on the use of block chains and machine learning? 

Gareth L. Powell: Stars and Bones (Paperback, Titan Books)

Review of 'Stars and Bones' on 'Storygraph'

Straight up space opera, with a good plot and decent enough characters and a (Peter F. Hamilton-esque) touch of light horror. Not too dissimilar to Adrian Tchaikovskys Final Architect series, well worth it for anyone enjoying that. 

Review of 'Bezzle' on 'Storygraph'

This might be the nearest I've ever come to "near-past historical thriller fiction". Interesting story, but the ending felt a bit sudden and unfulfilling. 

Paul Lynch: Prophet Song (Hardcover, 2023, Oneworld Publications)

On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front …

Review of 'Prophet Song' on 'Storygraph'

Well, if you want horror without the fantastical element, this is a good bet.

Stephen Markley: Deluge (2023, Simon & Schuster)

Review of 'The Deluge' on 'Storygraph'

Can't remember last time I gave a book five full stars. I want to deduct a little for the americentrism, but. just can't.