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If y'all could hear how loud the rain is right now! So happy to be cozy and soon to be warm as soon as my heater catches up!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I am delighted I have finally picked these books up. The I,Robot series is an absolutely wonderful read! The murder mysteries are fun, hard boiled, good cop buddy dynamic. But the universe building which started small and is now growing bigger is so exciting to keep exploring.

I hope that you will forgive me for saying so, the minarch says, but this is all a bit...underwhelming. - The Fourth Consort

He was in my light. - The Book of Swords "The Best Man Wins" by K.J. Parker

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The Fourth Consort - Edward Ashton
The Book of Swords - Various Authors
The Far Edges of the Known World - Owen Rees

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"People sometimes mistake their own shortcomings for those of society and want to fix the Cities because they don't know how to fix themselves

How could book predict the stagnation of mankind over 70 years ago! Mind blown. Love this series. Wish he wrote women better.

97/100 I've always thought Harry Harrison was a very underrated author, he doesn't get the mentions other writers of his era does. James "Slippery Jim" diGriz is his best creation. Con man, thief, smuggler and rogue, he knows how to fight but would rather think and talk his way out of bad situations, also he tries never to kill anyone unless its self defense. This book contains 3 of his short novels, and is a great introduction to

94/100 I usually enjoy a good dystopian story, but this was pretty bland and tedious. The characters were hard to keep straight, they were dull and interchangeable. I'm glad it's done and I can move on to something more entertaining. 2/5 ⭐ #Read2025

When the office door opened suddenly, I knew the game was up.

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I read a lot of reviews after this that thought it was halfassed but I had a good time with it. There is a bit of learning curve as there are no traditional chapter breaks and a fair bit of timeline jumping but once I settled into that I was engaged. I also really liked the Dwellers.

92/100 Interesting first contact story, undercut by a disappointing ending. It had potential, but ended up being pretty meh, with too much left unexplained. 3/5 ⭐ #Read2025