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The Incandescent by Emily Tesh - Greg - 05-18-2026
The Incandescent by Emily Tesh
I really enjoyed Ms. Tesh's book, "Some Desperate Glory". Enjoyed it so much, I forgot I had read it and re-ordered it from the library. It was really fun Space Opera. In The Incandescent, Tesh goes for a modern fantasy novel set in a prep school in England. The school teaches magic but the twist for this book is that novel is told from the point of view of one of the school masters, Dr. Walden. She's also responsible for keeping the school safe from demon incursions. Kids practicing magic tends to draw in demons.
The book was good not great. The plot kept swerving into unexpected directions. But it felt in a couple of sections things weren't quite clear which made them confusing. It was a bit of muddle.
Out Law by Jim Butcher - Greg - 05-18-2026
Out Law by Jim Butcher
A quicky from the Dresden Files universe. Dresden agrees to help former gangster Tripp turn his life around and go straight in repayment of a debt to mob boss of Chicago John Marcone. It's the usual cast of Butcher characters in abbreviated form. A nice appetizer that I needed to last longer but read through in a couple of hours. A good read for completists.
The Keeper by Tana French - Greg - 06-01-2026
The Keeper by Tana French
More from the fictional Irish town of Ardnakelty. Cal Hooper has to stop the local Big Shot from basically stealing everyone's farms for a giant new data center. This comes about because of the death of a local girl under mysterious circumstances.
The books are starting to feel the same. All the same grudges percolating away. A certain meanness of spirit and underhanded dealing I'm not used to from Irish people. I do revel in hearing the slang and the dialect of the people but a lot of times the characterizations seem a bit off. And for these books, it's about the characters interacting rather than dealing with the mystery.
Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman - Greg - 06-01-2026
Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman
Dinniman takes a break from Dungeon Crawler Carl to talk about the colony planet New Sonora. Oliver is the fourth or fifth generation New Sonoran, an Earth Colony. Buy Earth has come a knocking and they want the planet for their own purposes. To do that, the Apex Corporation hosts a game where remotely piloted robots have come to New Sonora to wipe out the citizens in the name of putting down a terrorist uprising.
It's a bunch of battles between the settlers and the invaders interspersed with dialogue about rogue AI's and duplicitous corporate dealing. A lot of the book is problem solving and figuring out why New Sonora has been targeted in the first place. Plucky heroes against evil aggressors.
RE: Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman - Dr. Ivor Yeti - 06-02-2026
(06-01-2026, 03:56 PM)Greg Wrote: Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman
Dinniman takes a break from Dungeon Crawler Carl to talk about the colony planet New Sonora. Oliver is the fourth or fifth generation New Sonoran, an Earth Colony. Buy Earth has come a knocking and they want the planet for their own purposes. To do that, the Apex Corporation hosts a game where remotely piloted robots have come to New Sonora to wipe out the citizens in the name of putting down a terrorist uprising.
It's a bunch of battles between the settlers and the invaders interspersed with dialogue about rogue AI's and duplicitous corporate dealing. A lot of the book is problem solving and figuring out why New Sonora has been targeted in the first place. Plucky heroes against evil aggressors.
An enjoyable one-off.
A Parade of Horrible by Matt Dinniman - Greg - 06-09-2026
A Parade of Horrible by Matt Dinniman
My excitement for these books is waning. It's more of the same with no end in sight. Well, maybe. But it's still 4 or 5 maybe as many 10 books away. I feel like I'm trapped in the dungeon. And there are so many different threads to keep track of. It's growing a bit confusing.
In this edition, Carl and Donut have to do seven heats of races with each heat having a different theme and race course. In between races, they go back to the garage and fix their damaged vehicle. After each heat, the last place team is eliminated, so you can't lose the race.
Carl and Donut are also trying to save Crawlers and NPCs by teleporting them to the Pineapple Cabaret via a vacuum and some other stuff.
So, I'm just kind of trudging along through the book, until we get to the last race and then it gets really exciting and I want to stay up all night and finish. Things for a few brief moments make sense as they have a giant parade on floor 11. Gods fight gods. Carl and Donut do crazy stuff. And then there is a cliff hanger. Plus a bunch interludes from other people that are in the Dungeon World.
I will read more. No, I don't like fun.
The Brothers McKay by Craig Johnson - Greg - 06-11-2026
The Brothers McKay by Craig Johnson
Another journey to Absaroka County with Sheriff Walt Longmire and the usual cast of characters. Pepper McKay, maybe the most hated man in the county, at least to the people who know him is found dead in the Widow woman Creek due to a blunt head trauma. His three sons are the prime suspects and the more Longmire investigates the sketchier their stories become. One of the sons is even sleeping with the same woman Pepper was sleeping with. There are big allusions, according to the author in the foreword and from Walt during the course of the story to the Russian Novel, The Brothers Karamazov. It almost makes me want to read that book but as the story shows, Brothers Karamazov was the first book in a trilogy and the author died before writing the other two books.
The whole story takes place against a giant forest fire burning in the mountains above the ranch. As he is want to do in so many novels, Longmire finds himself trapped in the elements. The fire is a change of pace from the usual blizzard and at least Longmire has the trusty mule, Borax for company.
The thing I like about these books is the story is self contained. Yes, there are myriad personal relations amongst the wide array of characters that span multiple books but you can get through the novel without having to remember a million piles of details.