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An interesting set of locked door mysteries from the Golden Age of detective fiction (roughly the 1920s and 1930s). Fourteen interesting and ingenious tales with unexpected twists and turns along the way. I particularly enjoyed the Ellery Queen's The House of Haunts and C. Daly King’s The Episode of the Nail and the Requiem.

Warning that some of the stories do have dated attitudes, especially towards women (thus dropping the rating to four stars). #Bookstodon

5 out of 5 stars Two bots slowly work their way to independence, friendship and then love while searching for the mythical Root. #Bookstodon

5 out of 5 stars An excellent continuation of the Walrus tech series. The characters and story are very engaging. I'm looking forward to reading the next book when it is released. I really appreciate the plot recap from the first book that the author provided. #Bookstodon

5 of 5 stars A great anthology of five stories in the Kamikaze world. The stories were written by five guest authors with artwork by six guest artists. #Bookstodon

5 / 5 stars

A wonderful second book in the series. Abdullah's story slowly builds and reveals his character and wit. When characters from the first Bill finally started appearing I was fully invested in Abdullah's story. It was good to have them but they were incidental to me. #Bookstodon

My daughter is a fan of the web comic and likes the graphic novels a lot too. Her glowing descriptions have persuaded the whole family to start reading the graphic novel. It's an interesting story so far! 5 / 5 stars #Bookstodon

Waypoint Kangaroo by Curtis C Chen is a very good space spy story with interesting twists. Be sure to play the puzzle site listed after the acknowledgements. #Bookstodon

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

Alistair Reynolds delivers a sweeping continuation of the Ness sisters' story in Bone Silence. Old foes reappear, new allies are made and lots of stunning revelations.

In the acknowledgements Alistair writes that he is setting the Ness sisters aside "for a while". I look forward to reading more about them and/or the Congregation. #Bookstodon