I love to read and sometimes write. I'm active on fedi mostly as @tomasino@tilde.zone. I've been using Goodreads for the past bajillion years and will try to transition here. I run cosmic.voyage and a bunch of fun projects like @SolarpunkPrompts@podcast.tomasino.org
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In the year 1870, a horrible plague of vampires swept over the northern regions of the world. Millions of humans …
I did not retain half of what I need to retain from this book. The good news is I can refer back and I have some immediate action items.
Jesse Wiley: Danger at the haunted gate (2018)
A family makes the treacherous journey to Devil's Gate along the Oregon Trail, in a book where the reader's choices …
A family makes the treacherous journey to Chimney Rock along the Oregon Trail, in a …
This is far less deadly than the game you might remember, but it makes up for it with some nice settings, a dash of history, and a sense of adventure.
You've won a computer programming contest. Now you're the lucky new owner of a Genecomp AI 32 computer named Conrad. …
The tone is so lovely. It reminds me a bit of the Girl Who Drank the Moon, but slightly sillier. The action is predictable, but it's self-referential enough to be forgiven. It is, afterall, a fairy tale. Unfortunately it didn't really connect with me on a deeper level. I don't have any specific faults to call out. I just liked it, didn't love it.
Surprisingly strong! I'll have to read more in this series.
Short story about a book. I think I'd have rather just read the book
This book was really tough to get through! I loved it, but boy did it hurt. If any novel ever felt like the ending of act 2 it was this one. Still, it pays off and develops so much world building it's worth the ride. Can't wait to read #4!
It wasn't quite on par with the last one, but still fun.
The reader is a member of an interplanetary task force and must make appropriate choices …
I had a ton of fun reading this one tonight. The book got a lot of hype from an article on SyFyWire (www.syfy.com/syfywire/choose-your-own-demise-prisoner-of-the-ant-people) and it didn't really live up to it. Still, despite not having nearly as much horrible death as suggested, it was well written with interesting and varied storylines. Everything wasn't railroaded and the book didn't waste time with fake choices like, "will you go on an adventure or will you go to sleep?".
A few days after the horrifying murder of a duke and his family, Falcio val Mond, swordsman and First Cantor …
