optimist_prime rated The Human Division: 4 stars
The Human Division by John Scalzi (Old Man's War, #5)
B Team leader Lieutenant Harry Wilson counters hostile alien forces, angry humans and unpredictable elements from the universe in order …
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optimist_prime rated This Book is Full of Spiders: 4 stars
David Wong: This Book is Full of Spiders (Hardcover, 2012, Thomas Dunne Books)
This Book is Full of Spiders by David Wong
"Fan favorite David Wong takes readers to a whole new level with this blistering sequel to the cult sensation John …
optimist_prime rated Zoe's Tale: 5 stars
Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
Zoe's Tale is a science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi. It is the fourth full-length book in the …
optimist_prime rated Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell: 4 stars
Susanna Clarke: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (2004, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Its …
optimist_prime rated The lathe of heaven: 4 stars
The lathe of heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
“The Lathe of Heaven” ; 1971 ( Ursula Le Guin received the 1973 Locus Award for this story) George Orr …
optimist_prime rated 1636: the Cardinal virtues: 4 stars
1636: the Cardinal virtues by Eric Flint (Ring of fire)
In 1636 France, King Louis sends his expectant wife, Queen Anne, into seclusion to keep her safe, while France's foreign …
optimist_prime rated A Game of Thrones: 5 stars
optimist_prime rated The Catcher in the Rye: 1 star
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New …
optimist_prime rated The magicians: 5 stars
Lev Grossman: The magicians (2015, A Plume Book)
The magicians by Lev Grossman (Book one of the Magicians trilogy)
"Quentin Coldwater's life is changed forever by an apparently chance encounter: when he turns up for his entrance interview to …
optimist_prime rated The magician's land: 5 stars
The magician's land by Lev Grossman
The Magician's Land is a contemporary fantasy novel by Lev Grossman, published in 2014 by Viking Adult, the sequel to …
optimist_prime rated Time spike: 3 stars
optimist_prime rated The Fellowship of the Ring: 2 stars
The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings …
optimist_prime rated Shambling Towards Hiroshima: 4 stars
James Morrow: Shambling Towards Hiroshima (2009)
Shambling Towards Hiroshima by James Morrow
"Shambling Towards Hiroshima" is a 2009 alternate history/science fiction novella by James K. Morrow, about kaiju. It was first published …