Ben Saufley - Reading

The Penelopiad

by Margaret Atwood

Finished 2016-12-14

Not quite what I expected. Witty and interesting. A bit disjointed (although it’s clear that that’s intentional). I wish some of the things she explored were fleshed out or explored a little more. I also think Atwood walked a tough line between accepting [b:The Odyssey 1381 The Odyssey Homer https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390173285s/1381.jpg 3356006] as truth and treating it as an unreliable narrator.

Mistborn The Final Empire

by Brandon Sanderson

Finished 2016-12-12

After a slow start, where I picked it up and then switched to other books, this turned out to be one of the books I enjoyed most this year – in the genre, if not overall. Fun characters, interesting magical system, pretty well-paced plot. I’ll definitely pick up the next one.

The Lathe of Heaven

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Finished 2016-12-01

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

by C.S. Lewis, Tormod Haugen, Per Svein Paulsen

Finished 2016-11-28

The Black Prism

by Brent Weeks

Finished 2016-11-26

The Girl with All the Gifts

by M.R. Carey

Finished 2016-11-07

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

by Mark Haddon

Finished 2016-10-31

The Bullet

by Mary Louise Kelly

Finished 2016-10-15

The Dispatcher

by John Scalzi, Zachary Quinto

Finished 2016-10-15

The Ghost Brigades

by John Scalzi

Finished 2016-10-13

The Woman in Cabin 10

by Ruth Ware

Finished 2016-10-06

The Forgotten 500 The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

by Gregory A Freeman

Finished 2016-10-01

Compendium

by Alia Luria

Finished 2016-09-29

Gateway to Fourline

by Pam Brondos

Finished 2016-09-23

In fairness I think I might’ve liked this book more if I hadn’t listened to it on Audible. The narrator’s voice wasn’t actively bad, but I think it had an impact on my enjoyment – she constantly sounded like she was on the verge of tears, and what should’ve been an intriguing adventure became just kind of sad and pathetic sounding.

The story itself, I think, was fine. Not particularly special – no shining moments that stood out and stuck with me; characters blended together and the arc of the plot felt kind of level through much of it. But the concept was interesting enough. Some of the mystical bits were kind of intriguing.

It did feel like it ended at the kind of … beginning of the story. Not just in terms of a trilogy or whatever, but like, this arc seemed like it was just starting, regardless of the broader plot.

I probably won’t read the next, but that may be more to do with the narrator than the book (if I read it at all, it’d be audio).

The Mote in God's Eye

by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

Finished 2016-09-20

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