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I mainly read sci-fi, fantasy, some mystery, some suspense/horror and the occasional non-fiction.

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Roy Adams rated The Water Outlaws: 5 stars

S. L. Huang: The Water Outlaws (Hardcover, 2023, Tor.com)

The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang

In the jianghu, you break the law to make it your own.

Lin Chong is an expert arms instructor, training …

Roy Adams rated Cold Welcome: 5 stars

Elizabeth Moon: Cold Welcome (2017, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

Cold Welcome by Elizabeth Moon

Nebula Award–winning author Elizabeth Moon makes a triumphant return to science fiction with a thrilling series featuring Kylara Vatta, the …

Roy Adams rated The Disappeared: 5 stars

Kristine Kathryn Rusch: The Disappeared (Paperback, 2011, WMG Publishing)

The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Roy Adams rated Lovecraft Unbound: 3 stars

Lovecraft Unbound by Ellen Datlow

Roy Adams rated We Are Legion (We Are Bob): 4 stars

Dennis E. Taylor, Dennis Taylor: We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Paperback, 2016, Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency)

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor, Dennis Taylor

Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places …

Roy Adams rated I'm With the Bears: 4 stars

Roy Adams rated Pyramides: 4 stars

Terry Pratchett: Pyramides (French language, 2003, Presses Pocket)

Roy Adams rated Wyrd Sisters: 5 stars

Terry Pratchett: Wyrd Sisters (Paperback, 2000, Transworld)

Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (6))

Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Maigrat have fairy godmother-dom thrust upon them.

Roy Adams rated Fractal Noise: 4 stars

Fractal Noise by Christopher Paolini

Roy Adams rated Doomsday Book: 5 stars

Connie Willis: Doomsday Book (1993, Bantam Books)

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

Somewhere in the future, ordinary history students must travel back in time as part of their university degree. An award-winning …

Roy Adams reviewed Supernatural Noir

Good anthology overall

4 stars

Interesting and overall well written short story noir with supernatural themes. Since it is an anthology there is a mix of quality and strict adherence to "noir", but it was overall enjoyable to me. I read the anthology because it included a story by Elizabeth Bear (The Romance) and I really enjoy her writing. Her story was well written and interesting but a little less noir than some of the stories.

Roy Adams started reading The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Arnold Rampersad

Arnold Rampersad, David Roessel, Langston Hughes: The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Hardcover, 2008, Vintage Classics)

No rating

I bought this in June 2022 after reading Tired somewhere. I keep it on my nightstand and open it somewhat randomly every so often to read some poems. Most of the poems I read have an impact. Sometimes positive, sometimes negative and often a mix of both. All in all, this is a very good book to have in your life and near at hand to read.