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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
| Title: | World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War |
| Rating: | 3 |
| Author: | Max Brooks |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7704-3741-1 |
| Pages: | 342 |
| Format: | paperback |
| Started: | 2013-05 |
| Finished: | 2013-06-01 |
Having seen trailers for the movie, I saw this book and figured it was the basis for the movie. Although it may be (I guess I won't know unless I go see the movie), I usually enjoy books more than movies based on them. So I picked it up. I'm not really into the whole zombie thing, but I imagine that if I was I might have enjoyed it more. As it is, it was mildly entertaining, but no great shakes.
Freedom
| Title: | Freedom |
| Rating: | 5 |
| Author: | Daniel Suarez |
| ISBN: | 978-0-525-95157-5 |
| Pages: | 402 |
| Format: | paperback |
| Started: | 2013-05 |
| Finished: | 2013-05 |
The sequel to Daemon. Although not quite so believable as the first book, it's still and excellent read. Again, I recommend it to anyone interested in computers and sci-fi!
Mistress of the Art of Death
| Title: | Mistress of the Art of Death |
| Rating: | 4 |
| Author: | Ariana Franklin |
| ISBN: | 978-0-14-314188-4 |
| CDs: | 11 |
| Format: | audiobook on CD |
| Started: | 2013-04 |
| Finished: | 2013-05 |
A mystery set in medieval Cambridge, involving a serial murderer of children, and the hunt to find him by a Jewish detective, a woman forensic doctor (I kid you not!), and her Moorish eunuch guardian. All in all, it makes for some entertaining listening, somewhat fantastic, but entertaining.
Loop
| Title: | Loop |
| Rating: | 3 |
| Author: | Koji Suzuki |
| ISBN: | 978-1-93-223425-1 |
| Pages: | 283 |
| Format: | paperback |
| Started: | 2013-04 |
| Finished: | 2013-04 |
It's the third of a trilogy, but it is a good read by itself, the previous two are not needed for it to make sense. I enjoyed the “story within a story” aspect of it, but the ending was somewhat flat.
Shades of Grey
| Title: | Shades of Grey |
| Rating: | 4 |
| Author: | Jasper Fforde |
| ISBN: | 978-0-14-314326-0 |
| CDs: | |
| Format: | audiobook on CD |
| Started: | 2013-04 |
| Finished: | 2013-04 |
An very entertaining post-apocalyptic tale, it takes place well after “the Thing that Happened”. Set in a world where colour-perception determines social status, it follows one young man's journey as he learns what his society is really about.
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0 = I disliked the book, and do not recommend it at all. 1 = The book was just tolerable enough to finish. 2 = The book was okay but nothing to write home about. 3 = The book was fair enough to read at least once. 4 = The book was enjoyable and definitely worth reading. 5 = I thoroughly enjoyed the book or it had a lasting impact.
