Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson & Steve Rune Lundin

  • Started on: 2013-05-29
  • Finished on: 2013-06-06
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: *****
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

After reading Midnight Tides I immediately picked up the next book in The Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. This book returns to the more usual characters and story style. We pick up right after the ‘battle’ between the army of the Whirlwind and that of Malazan led by Adjunct Tavore and for the most part follow the journey of her army through hell and back. We still see some of the previous characters (Yay, Karsa Orlong!) but they have moved a bit more to the background here. Like previous books, this is truly a part of a larger series, a work that cannot be read on its own. It didn’t grip me as much as the others did (certainly not as much as Midnight Tides did) but it was still Erikson, and still very good. Five out of five stars, and on to the next part!

  • Started on: 2013-05-29
  • Finished on: 2013-06-06
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: *****
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

After reading Midnight Tides I immediately picked up the next book in The Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. This book returns to the more usual characters and story style. We pick up right after the ‘battle’ between the army of the Whirlwind and that of Malazan led by Adjunct Tavore and for the most part follow the journey of her army through hell and back. We still see some of the previous characters (Yay, Karsa Orlong!) but they have moved a bit more to the background here. Like previous books, this is truly a part of a larger series, a work that cannot be read on its own. It didn’t grip me as much as the others did (certainly not as much as Midnight Tides did) but it was still Erikson, and still very good. Five out of five stars, and on to the next part!