Shogun on It's a Binary World 2.0 https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/tags/shogun/ Recent content in Shogun on It's a Binary World 2.0 Hugo en Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:47:43 -0500 Catching Up on Book Reviews Dec 2024 https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/2024/12/29/catching-up-on-book-reviews-dec-2024/ Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:47:43 -0500 https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/2024/12/29/catching-up-on-book-reviews-dec-2024/ <p>Once again grouping a bunch of book reviews into one blog post. Here we go!</p> <h2 id="an-artificial-night-by-seanan-mcguire"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6782468-an-artificial-night">An Artificial Night</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2860219.Seanan_McGuire">Seanan McGuire</a></h2> <figure><img src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1441832440l/6782468._SX98_.jpg" alt="An Artificial Night (October Daye, #3)"> </figure> <p>My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6862573540">4 of 5 stars</a></p> <p>Just like the Dresden Files (which it my nearest comparison point to this genre), this series does not seem to be read as a series of standalone mysteries a la Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew (or the adult equivalent). This book is full of details that are building on the details from the last two books. This is a series that happens to have an investigator as the protagonist.</p>

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 Catching Up on Book Reviews https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/posts/catching-up-on-book-reviews/ Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:01:01 -0500 https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/posts/catching-up-on-book-reviews/ <p>It&rsquo;s been a while since I posted a book review on here and rather than have a whole bunch of book review posts, I thought I&rsquo;d collect the most recent ones into this post.</p> <h2 id="iron-flame-by-rebecca-yarros"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90202302-iron-flame">Iron Flame</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7539785.Rebecca_Yarros">Rebecca Yarros</a></h2> <p><figure><img src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1706724269l/90202302._SX98_.jpg" alt="Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)"> </figure> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6706806264">My rating</a>: 5 of 5 stars</p> <p><em>I listened to the audiobook, so, in all likelihood, I&rsquo;m going to mispell everyone&rsquo;s names</em></p> <p>As I said with the first entry in this series, Yarros does a great job writing a compelling fantasy story. The romance is there, but it&rsquo;s not what brings me into the story. We&rsquo;ll get back to that momentarily. The best thing I could say about novel is that when I got to the end, I was upset that I have to wait until some time next year to continue the story. Yarros gives us a complete story (well, 2 of them - more on that as well) and does leave us with quite a compelling reason to come back, but even without the events of the last chapter, I would be there for the aftermath of the macro events of this book. If you need another reason to get into this book before I get to the details - there were multiple moments where Yarros had me reacting strongly to events in the book - like the precursor feeling to crying. Usually this involved Violet&rsquo;s squad mates, but the penultimate chapter (not including Xaden&rsquo;s epilogue) with the Sorengale family - I almost had to pull off the road for a moment.</p>

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