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| | # | cover | title | author | isbn | isbn13 | asin | pages | rating | ratings | pub | (ed.) | rating | my rating | review | notes | | comments | votes | count | started | read | addedDown arrow | | owned | | | format | | | -------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------- | --------------- | ---------------- | --------------- | ------------------ | --------------------- | ----------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------------- | ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | | ------ | | | checkbox | position | cover The Devils | title The Devils | author Abercrombie, Joe | isbn 125088005X | isbn13 9781250880055 | asin 125088005X | num pages 560pp | avg rating 4.56 | num ratings 61 | date pub May 06, 2025 | date pub edition May 13, 2025 | Bradley's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 17, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World | title The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World | author Chomsky, Noam | isbn 1405967153 | isbn13 9781405967150 | asin B0CSFHLTB5 | num pages 396pp | avg rating 4.56 | num ratings 68 | date pub unknown | date pub edition Oct 10, 2024 | Bradley's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 17, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover All the Skills 4 (All the Skills #4) | title All the Skills 4(All the Skills #4) | author Rae, Honour | isbn | isbn13 | asin B0CW1FXD9G | num pages 560pp | avg rating 4.57 | num ratings 2,209 | date pub Aug 20, 2024 | date pub edition Aug 20, 2024 | Bradley's rating it was amazing | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review So far, I'm loving every new direction this series takes. The complicated nature of the card system, the whole idea of creating creative three-of-a-ki So far, I'm loving every new direction this series takes. The complicated nature of the card system, the whole idea of creating creative three-of-a-kind sets, getting bonuses through self-knowledge, leveling up your skillsets, etc, gives me a blast right to my own heart-deck and I not only shuffle my cards, I'm loving every hand I'm dealt.Of course, the whole leveling nature goes hand-in-hand with the dragons, and truly, I simply can't get enough of either.Some LitRPGs are better than others, and some, like this one, is some of the very, very best.Fun facts: this one is in a crazy, truly nuts society full of Dark Heart scourgeling-harvesting magical Texans. They're very into magical capitalism, for good or greater ill.What a wild ride. A truly crazy dungeon delve. Personal note:If anyone reading my reviews might be interested in reading my own SF, I'm going to be open to DM requests. I think it's about time I get some eyes on them.Arctunn.com ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 5 | # times read 1 | date started Nov 16, 2024 | date read Nov 17, 2024 | date added Nov 16, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Vita Nostra (Vita Nostra, #1) | title Vita Nostra(Vita Nostra, #1) | author Dyachenko, Marina | isbn 0062694596 | isbn13 9780062694591 | asin 0062694596 | num pages 408pp | avg rating 4.02 | num ratings 19,525 | date pub 2007 | date pub edition Nov 01, 2018 | Bradley's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 16, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover All the Skills 3 (All the Skills #3) | title All the Skills 3(All the Skills #3) | author Rae, Honour | isbn | isbn13 | asin B0CPD6ZS83 | num pages 566pp | avg rating 4.40 | num ratings 3,279 | date pub Mar 12, 2024 | date pub edition Mar 12, 2024 | Bradley's rating it was amazing | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review I would say this is rapidly becoming one of my favorite LitRPG series, but I've already said that about the previous ones. So let me say: This is one I would say this is rapidly becoming one of my favorite LitRPG series, but I've already said that about the previous ones. So let me say: This is one of my favorite LitRPG series. Indeed, if ANY of ya'll love dragons AT ALL, you probably should be reading these, because we have TONS of dragons now. Everywhere. Fighting the good fight, with or without riders. It's a fun, fast, glorious glut of dragons.Mind you, I've read a ton of dragon-rich books in the past, not limited to Pern, but this one is seriously overflowing. The LitRPG aspects, card-based skills, quests, fights, are all very creative and hopping wonderfully. I just want to drop everything else I had planned to read to get on with the next in this series. I'm quite gleeful about it. Dragons, yes, but wonderful dragons. :)Personal note:If anyone reading my reviews might be interested in reading my own SF, I'm going to be open to DM requests. I think it's about time I get some eyes on them.Arctunn.com ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 6 | # times read 1 | date started Nov 14, 2024 | date read Nov 15, 2024 | date added Nov 14, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Infinite (Infinite, #1) | title Infinite(Infinite, #1) | author Robinson, Jeremy * | isbn | isbn13 | asin B071NRTN3N | num pages 400pp | avg rating 3.97 | num ratings 10,016 | date pub May 2017 | date pub edition May 15, 2017 | Bradley's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review This was an honestly fun ride. A modern take on an old series of ideas, featuring cold sleep, long space travel, murder, AI, and virtual natures--(mul This was an honestly fun ride. A modern take on an old series of ideas, featuring cold sleep, long space travel, murder, AI, and virtual natures--(multiple kinds).But here's the fun part: Robinson writes well. He just sticks to having a wild time and dragging us along with some great characters, decent reveals, a bit of horror, anguish, acceptance, and then even wonder. As a SF, I can't really ask for much more. As a novel, it's just FUN and easy. There's a lot of good that can be said about having just that. Of course, having a great novel that throws us head-first into (view spoiler)[universe simulation (hide spoiler)] is a major hook.Personal note:If anyone reading my reviews might be interested in reading my own SF, I'm going to be open to DM requests. I think it's about time I get some eyes on them.Arctunn.com ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 5 | # times read 1 | date started Nov 14, 2024 | date read Nov 14, 2024 | date added Nov 14, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Village in the Sky (Alex Benedict #9) | title Village in the Sky(Alex Benedict #9) | author McDevitt, Jack | isbn 1668004313 | isbn13 9781668004319 | asin B0B3Y55Y94 | num pages 352pp | avg rating 3.70 | num ratings 798 | date pub Jan 31, 2023 | date pub edition Jan 31, 2023 | Bradley's rating liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review This one was... let me be frank... meh.A little happened in many different circumstances and while some of the mild ideas were relatively warm and fun This one was... let me be frank... meh.A little happened in many different circumstances and while some of the mild ideas were relatively warm and fundamentally interesting, the book came off (and we should all realize it was a pandemic book) as somewhat phoned in.There were a lot of situations that recalled a lot of the same things being handled in the same ways from the other books, but none of these current archeological discoveries did much to wow me. It was competent writing, to be sure, and it stayed within the comfort-read SF lines I'm used to with this series, but alas... it was meh.I will likely come back for more, if there are more, considering the end of this novel, but I can only hope it heats up more than this one had.Personal note:If anyone reading my reviews might be interested in reading my own SF, I'm going to be open to DM requests. I think it's about time I get some eyes on them.Arctunn.com ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 5 | # times read 1 | date started Nov 12, 2024 | date read Nov 13, 2024 | date added Nov 12, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Other Valley | title The Other Valley | author Howard, Scott Alexander * | isbn 1668015471 | isbn13 9781668015476 | asin 1668015471 | num pages 304pp | avg rating 3.89 | num ratings 11,318 | date pub Feb 27, 2024 | date pub edition Feb 27, 2024 | Bradley's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 12, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2) | title Empire of the Damned(Empire of the Vampire, #2) | author Kristoff, Jay * | isbn 1250245338 | isbn13 9781250245335 | asin B0C1X7SWMT | num pages 709pp | avg rating 4.57 | num ratings 16,188 | date pub Feb 29, 2024 | date pub edition Mar 12, 2024 | Bradley's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 12, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Gone-Away World | title The Gone-Away World | author Harkaway, Nick * | isbn 0434018422 | isbn13 9780434018420 | asin 0434018422 | num pages 531pp | avg rating 4.10 | num ratings 13,739 | date pub Jun 01, 2008 | date pub edition Jun 2008 | Bradley's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 11, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover All Better Now | title All Better Now | author Shusterman, Neal * | isbn 1534432752 | isbn13 9781534432758 | asin 1534432752 | num pages 528pp | avg rating 4.30 | num ratings 37 | date pub Feb 04, 2025 | date pub edition Feb 04, 2025 | Bradley's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 11, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 218, November 2024 | title Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 218, November 2024 | author Clarke, Neil * | isbn | isbn13 | asin B0DLPD29WP | num pages 210pp | avg rating 3.67 | num ratings 6 | date pub Oct 31, 2024 | date pub edition Oct 31, 2024 | Bradley's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Resa Nelson "LuvHome™" -- (3*) It's a feel-good story about a condo forcing its owner to perform some basic self-care. I suppose I appreciate the mess Resa Nelson "LuvHome™" -- (3*) It's a feel-good story about a condo forcing its owner to perform some basic self-care. I suppose I appreciate the message, but it's pretty generic self-recrimination stuff.Claire Jia-Wen "Mirror Stages" -- (5*) This one gave me all the feels of The Substance, with some nice Blade Runner 2049 imagery, but with the hard-hitting self-awareness of selling yourself hard. Honestly, I'm leaning to call this a gut-punch story for those willing to look hard at themselves.D.A. Xiaolin Spires "Luminous Glass, Vibrant Seeds"A. W. Prihandita "Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being"E.N. Auslender "Duty of Care"Oliver Stifel "The Slide"Raahem Alvi "Technicolor Bath"Michael Swanwick "Unquiet Graves" ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 9 | # times read 1 | date started Nov 11, 2024 | date read not set | date added Nov 11, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Star Pit / Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo | title The Star Pit / Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo | author Delany, Samuel R. | isbn 0812559568 | isbn13 9780812559569 | asin 0812559568 | num pages 183pp | avg rating 3.69 | num ratings 150 | date pub Jan 1989 | date pub edition Jan 1989 | Bradley's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review The Star Pit by Delany is actually rather amazing. Early 60's, full on into the New Wave period of SF, marks the departure of the Science Supremacy of The Star Pit by Delany is actually rather amazing. Early 60's, full on into the New Wave period of SF, marks the departure of the Science Supremacy of SF and the deep delve into strange, wonderful characters, psychology, and stories of a literary bent.In other words, it is a perfect complement to the Becky Chambers style of writing, but half a century before Becky Chambers. No, it's not a feel-good kind of thing, but it is crazily great for characterizations, longing, and even tight plots wanting... or rather... just wanting. To see, experience, to thumb your nose at the consequences, to stare down the face of insanity (for that IS what you'd expect to find, the farther you go from the ancestral world of Earth), and just LIVE.At least, that's what I got out of this, if not a bit more.I've always appreciated Samuel R. Delany. The writing is lush and, above all, interesting. He was always FAR from being a simple, churn-it-out, writer. This early piece spells it out.It should be noted, for those of you who have never even heard of Delany in the modern reading marketplace, that he is absolutely the definition of a PoC author and fully expresses it in very colorful and often heart-wringing ways. So. This is a shout out to some real history, you newer readers. :)[image]Personal note:If anyone reading my reviews might be interested in reading my own SF, I'm going to be open to DM requests. I think it's about time I get some eyes on them.Arctunn.com ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 2 | votes 6 | # times read 1 | date started Nov 09, 2024 | date read Nov 10, 2024 | date added Nov 09, 2024 | owned | format Mass Market Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Ascendant (Songs of Chaos, #1) | title Ascendant(Songs of Chaos, #1) | author Miller, Michael R * | isbn | isbn13 | asin B08DZD56DL | num pages 554pp | avg rating 4.35 | num ratings 8,377 | date pub Sep 01, 2020 | date pub edition Sep 01, 2020 | Bradley's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 07, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) | title Mirrored Heavens(Between Earth and Sky, #3) | author Roanhorse, Rebecca * | isbn 1534437703 | isbn13 9781534437708 | asin 1534437703 | num pages 597pp | avg rating 4.28 | num ratings 5,020 | date pub Jun 04, 2024 | date pub edition Jun 04, 2024 | Bradley's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 07, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Defiance of the Fall 14: A LitRPG Adventure | title Defiance of the Fall 14: A LitRPG Adventure | author Thefirstdefier * | isbn | isbn13 | asin B0D2LJ6SJ2 | num pages 0pp | avg rating 4.08 | num ratings 25 | date pub Dec 18, 2024 | date pub edition Dec 18, 2024 | Bradley's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 06, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) | title Cascade Failure(Ambit's Run, #1) | author Sagas, L.M. * | isbn 1250871255 | isbn13 9781250871251 | asin 1250871255 | num pages 407pp | avg rating 3.87 | num ratings 2,046 | date pub Mar 19, 2024 | date pub edition Mar 19, 2024 | Bradley's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 06, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Blood Over Bright Haven | title Blood Over Bright Haven | author Wang, M.L. * | isbn 0593873351 | isbn13 9780593873359 | asin 0593873351 | num pages 448pp | avg rating 4.45 | num ratings 11,613 | date pub Jul 25, 2023 | date pub edition Oct 29, 2024 | Bradley's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 05, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand | title The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand | author Golden, Christopher * | isbn 1668057557 | isbn13 9781668057551 | asin 1668057557 | num pages 800pp | avg rating 0.00 | num ratings 0 | date pub Aug 19, 2025 | date pub edition Aug 19, 2025 | Bradley's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 04, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Raising Allies (New Game Minus #2) | title Raising Allies(New Game Minus #2) | author Lin, Sarah * | isbn | isbn13 | asin B07N8CH9GN | num pages 306pp | avg rating 4.05 | num ratings 409 | date pub unknown | date pub edition Jan 29, 2019 | Bradley's rating liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Growing stronger, still grousing about the nearly magic-less build of his game character, our necromantic lord finally gets to play with a lot more th Growing stronger, still grousing about the nearly magic-less build of his game character, our necromantic lord finally gets to play with a lot more than his bones. Honestly, it's an okay LitRPG. It has some humorous moments, mostly with in-party sniping and the infernal "boxes", but I did enjoy the undead developments.Personal note:If anyone reading my reviews might be interested in reading my own SF, I'm going to be open to DM requests. I think it's about time I get some eyes on them.Arctunn.com ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 5 | # times read 1 | date started Nov 03, 2024 | date read Nov 03, 2024 | date added Nov 03, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | |

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