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.

Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson & Steve Rune Lundin

  • Started on: 2013-07-04
  • Finished on: 2013-07-14
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

This is part seven of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series, and a direct continuation of the earlier books (so pretty much unreadable without reading the earlier six books). In this book we get to spend time with both the Bonehunters and the Letherii/Tiste Edur empire, while also catching up with other characters like Quick Ben, Tool and Toc.
I really enjoy how the storylines from previous books are starting to come together, and how every little piece of the puzzle influences another piece somewhere else. This also changed my outlook on the bigger story arc of the Crippled God, and I can’t wait to see where all this is going. Four out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2013-07-04
  • Finished on: 2013-07-14
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

This is part seven of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series, and a direct continuation of the earlier books (so pretty much unreadable without reading the earlier six books). In this book we get to spend time with both the Bonehunters and the Letherii/Tiste Edur empire, while also catching up with other characters like Quick Ben, Tool and Toc.
I really enjoy how the storylines from previous books are starting to come together, and how every little piece of the puzzle influences another piece somewhere else. This also changed my outlook on the bigger story arc of the Crippled God, and I can’t wait to see where all this is going. Four out of five stars.