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#BookReport
Pretty decent reading week due to illness and not being able to really do anything but read.

#WeeklyForecast
Goal this week is to head back into my current reads and not pick up anything extra. I'm a little behind GoTChapterADay so I need to catch up with that as well.

I really enjoyed this quasi heist/action novel. I love that the hero's only real skill set is lateral thinking and a gift of languages in a scenario where brawn is required. I also like that with exception of the very last page this stands relatively on its own. I am intrigued enough with the last page sort of cliff hanger to read on in the series though.

Sean Wren is a gifted linguist and one of only two survivors of the massacre that destroyed his hometown. When he and his fellow survivor are involuntarily recruited for a dangerous mission on an ancient scuttled spaceship, Sean finds himself on a quest through dark and uncharted territory. The constant wandering gives this SF story a fantasy feel, but it's Sean's big heart (and unstoppable chatter) that make it such an entertaining read.

Taran Hunt‘s debut SF novel mixes TOMB RAIDER with ALIENS to action-packed effect. Sean is an interesting main character who prefers communication to violence while the dynamic between him, Indigo (a Minister) and Tamara (a Republican soldier) held my interest and the creatures are genuinely creepy. Some of the flashbacks slow the pace and I wanted more depth to the politics and history but the cliffhanger ending promises an interesting sequel.

The Immortality Thief … GSFF November 2022 book.

Numbered, signed, sprayed edges, ribbon marker, designed end pages … just so pretty!!

I‘m looking forward to reading this book! I need some sci-fi!

There is a thousand year old space ship about to be sucked into a supernova. MC Sean, among others, has to retrieve important data about the Philosopher's Stone from the ship. The quick job turns into alien encounters, sociopolitical debates and a rather predictable outcome.

I liked the short chapters and the chapter titles. I did not enjoy the 600+ pages of the book. The story could have been told in half the page-count.