My July pick for #12BooksOf2025
I love a Pat Conroy on audio at the beach and this is just as good as his more famous books. His characters and settings are fantastic.
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pick(1996) A battle-hardened crew is assigned security for settlers of a new colony world. What looks like a milk run turns into an endurance trial when the world turns out to be full of flora, fauna, and enemy combatants that want them dead, colonists and soldiers and all. The ending felt abrupt, but overall it's a very good example of the kind of thing that David Drake does very well. Not usually my sort of thing but I enjoyed this one.
pickThe weirdest weapon in my opinion is the sticky bomb on page 306
pickI‘ve had this book sitting on my shelf for a while, and I kept putting it off because I knew it was going to rip my heart out. And it did… just not in the way I expected. My chest literally aches, and I cannot stop crying. Trigger warning: military grief, child loss, and an overwhelming amount of pain and suffering. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book #92 in 2025
pickThis was interesting.
so-soUgh. I hated that I liked this book. So sappy and sad. But satisfying. lol.
I was hoping that the weather would be less hellish by now before getting this in the mail but alas… I will be dropping off my #AllHallowsReadSwap #AHRS package either tonight or early tomorrow. So it should arrive Thursday sometime. Yes I went a little overboard but I do what I want. 👻 🍫
Correction: it‘s due to arrive on Friday.
Having some coffee before work and opening some mail…. And found a beautiful card from @Blerdgal_Fenix 💛 Opened my next envelope and it‘s a equally lovely card from @AmyG 💛 Twinsies!!! You both made my day!
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so-soWhile the book has an interesting premise—Captain “Black Jack“ Geary, a hero frozen in time for a century, who wakes up to find the fleet's tactics have devolved into mindless charges—the book is heavily focused on the how of getting a fleet home, which means a lot of detailed descriptions of engagements, formation changes, and missile deployment. For military sci-fi fans, this tactical depth is the main appeal. Not for me, I expected more SciFi.
