Mother Night – Kurt Vonnegut
Some things, even those by beloved authors, just don’t resonate
Fiction
Critical Mass – Daniel Suarez
The sequel to the excellent Delta-v
It makes me wonder where this story is going.
Not Till We Are Lost – Dennis E. Taylor
Another book from the Bobiverse series.
Twilight of the Eastern Gods – Ismail Kadare
I got cheated by this book. That is all
Excession – Iain M. Banks
Banks’ fifth novel in the series attempts to explore… well, i honestly have no idea.
The Midnight Library – Matt Haig
Another book in the ‘what if it had all gone differently’ genre
A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness
At the heart of this story is the fact that, yes, life is scarier than any monster our imaginations can come up with.
The State of the Art – Iain M. Banks
A short story collection with one novella from the Culture series
Broken April – Ismail Kadare
A short little novel about a side of Albania travelers hopefully won’t see – bloodfeuds
Never Deal with a Dragon – Robert N. Charrette
The first book in the novelized series from the Shadowrun RPG universe
Failures in Polymathy 