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SocProf reviewed Old Soul by Susan Barker

The woman never goes by the same name. She never stays in the same place …

Not your usual horror fare

5 stars

Horror is not my favorite genre. I only picked up this book because I had read some good reviews. And it was great. Even without the horror thing, the book could stand as a great novel. It follows a woman who seems to leave a trail of dead former partners across decades (centuries) without aging herself. The childhood friend of one of her victims starts piecing it all together. So the book takes largely the form of a series of testimonials from people related to the victims. Mini-narratives. And they're brilliant. I could not put this book down. #books #bookstodon Highly recommended.

Krousti_sarrasin@bookrastinating.com reviewed Silo by Hugh Howey

No cover — Hugh Howey: Silo (French language, 2013)

Enquete et suspens

4 stars

L'auteur nous fait vivre son intrigue a hauteur d'Homme, travers les pensees de ses personnages (jamais caricaturaux par ailleurs). On decouvre alors petit a petit les secrets du silo comme lors d'une enquete.

Sur la forme, la succession de chapitres plutot courts et l'alternance entre les differents protagonistes permettent une tres bonne gestion du suspens qui donne toujours envie de continuer la lecture. #bookstodon #book #lecture

Roy Adams reviewed Morphotropic by Greg Egan

Another engaging exploration of a different reality from Greg Egan

5 stars

Engaging exploration of a world where cells are more generic and called cytes. The cytes can survive on their own as unicellular organisms, group together in multicultural organisms and even be exchanged between different people or animals. #Bookstodon

Elena. reviewed Star Trek: Picard: Firewall by David Mack (Star Trek: Picard, #6)

David Mack: Star Trek: Picard: Firewall (AudiobookFormat, 2024)

Two years after the USS Voyager’s return from the Delta Quadrant, Seven of Nine finds …

The start of how Seven became the woman we know today (as in ST: Picard)

5 stars

Content warning Possible spoilers for David Mack's "Star Trek: Picard: Firewall". I don't say anything too specific, and nothing that I would call plot relevant, but some people might still count that as spoilers. Hence this CW.

I love visualising Seven in a mosh pit. LOVE IT! I love how several Trek shows are woven into this book. I love seeing some familiar characters of those shows. I love the scenes between Janeway and Seven. They truly are like mother and daughter. I love seeing Seven finding a purpose, a reason to carry on. I love seeing Seven learn and grow as a human. I love getting to know the Rangers, both as a whole and the individuals we meet. At the beginning of season 3 of Picard we shortly meet the Rangers and I didn't like how they were portrayed there, but after this book it makes sense now. Thank you, Mr. Mack for that.

The ending... what can I say without spoiling anything? Let's just say if you have seen the show you know what's going to come. [insert appropriate emoji]

January LaVoy is the queen of audio book narration and making characters sound like their actors. Thank you, Ms. LaVoy!

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Elena. reviewed A Stitch in Time by Andrew Robinson (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

Andrew Robinson: A Stitch in Time (AudiobookFormat, 2023, Simon & Schuster Audio)

A Stitch in Time (ISBN 0-671-03885-0), published June 5, 2000, is a Star Trek: Deep …

A must read for all Garak fans

5 stars

Content warning Andrew J. Robinson "A Stitch in Time" -- possible spoilers!

After another long break I powered through the last 4 1/2 hours today.

What a fantastic book! Robinson is as good at writing Garak as he is at playing him, both on screen and for this narration. He tells a life's story so full of heart break it was at time almost unbearable for me to listen. I took quite a few breaks and some of them of several weeks or even months. And yet, or exactly because of it, I say this is an absolute must read for any Garak fan. You may want to keep some tissues nearby. I love when Star Trek novels stray from the classic form of here's a problem and our heroes are going to solve it, including a space battle or two -- happy ending. This book is such a different novel: It is a memoir, and therefore a collection of incidents in Garak's life that lead him to Terok Nor, have him stay on Deep Space 9, and finally allow him to return to Cardassia. It's the tale of how he so desperately tries to earn his father's love and his peers' and superiors' respect, but only gets their despisement, and of how he endures it all. His observations about humanity and the Federation are spot on of course. How does the Federation survive? LOL

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Krousti_sarrasin@bookrastinating.com reviewed Le Conte de l’Assassin by Jean-Philippe Jaworski (Le chevalier aux épines, #2)

Jean-Philippe Jaworski: Le Conte de l’Assassin (Paperback, Français language, Les Moutons Électriques)

Le grand retour du tueur à gages Don Benvenuto

Au cours du tournoi de Lyndinas, …

L'intrigue s'épaissie

5 stars

Comme son titre l'indique, c'est le retour de l'assassin que vous adorez destester ou inversement c'est selon. Ce livre vient eclairer en parralele le 1er volet des aventures en Bromael. On prend les memes et on recommence mais rien de redondant je vous rassure ! Ce nouveau point de vu va vous faire voir les choses différemments. Et c'est bien la l'un des points fort du roman. Bien joué à l'auteur qui soigne ses transitions pour m'avoir fait finir son livre alors que je ne pouvais plus remttre Benvenuto en peinture. Plus jamais je ne voulais rentrer dans les pensées de cette raclure de bidet ciudalienne. Mais voila, 500 pages plus tard on me surprend de nouveau à lui temoigner de la compassion. Hate de lire la suite

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