en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:49:05 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg ReadStatus9515753416 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:49:05 -0700 /review/show/7632697144 AA_Logan is currently reading Bee Speaker by Adrian Tchaikovsky
]]> Review7620835487 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 04:48:30 -0700 /review/show/7620835487 AA_Logan gave 5 stars to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Paperback) by Mark Twain
]]> Review7592303690 Sat, 31 May 2025 06:48:23 -0700 /review/show/7592303690 AA_Logan gave 5 stars to The Devils (The Devils, #1) by Joe Abercrombie
I think this may be my favourite of Joe Abercrombie’s novels to date.

I went front initially sceptical about the setting to finding it absolutely fascinating.

I leave book very entertained, eager for a follow-up and craving pierogi. ]]> ReadStatus9486500072 Fri, 30 May 2025 05:17:24 -0700 /review/show/7612132181 AA_Logan is currently reading Mommie Dearest by Christina Crawford
]]> Review7477959473 Mon, 26 May 2025 04:30:08 -0700 /review/show/7477959473 AA_Logan gave 5 stars to Shroud (Hardcover) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky continues to be as good as he is prolific.

It’s genuinely scary the rate at which he produces such compelling, creative and LONG (but still enjoyable) books.

And it’s always good having Sophie Aldred back on narration duties. ]]> Review7372023727 Mon, 26 May 2025 04:05:22 -0700 /review/show/7372023727 AA_Logan gave 5 stars to The River Has Roots (Hardcover) by Amal El-Mohtar
I can heartily endorse the audiobook version of this, having the songs that feature so heavily in the text sung really really adds to both the enjoyment and immersion.

This book is fantastic; it captures the feel of folklore whilst being original. ]]> Review7542466978 Mon, 26 May 2025 04:02:35 -0700 /review/show/7542466978 AA_Logan gave 5 stars to Soul Hunter (Night Lords, #1) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
I’ve bought every edition of this book that’s been released; paperback, omnibus, LE (twice) and now audiobook and read each copy at least once so this is the 40k book I’ve read the most bar maybe Ian Watson’s Chaos Child so it’s fair to say I’m a fan.

Once I’d mentally adjusted to Adam Macey describing space combat I was once again fully immersed in the unpleasant company of First Claw. Aaron Dembski-Bowden gradually introduces the reader to life in their company in a deceptively simple fashion and I’d defy any reader not to be rooting for the dysfunctional band of absolutely horrific war criminals by the end of this book.

Lots of BL’s stable now ‘get� 40k in the way that ADB does, and that’s fantastic, but he still remains on a different level to his peers.

I’m looking forward to returning to the rest of the trilogy before too long. ]]> Review7494311793 Mon, 26 May 2025 03:52:53 -0700 /review/show/7494311793 AA_Logan gave 5 stars to My Cousin Rachel (Kindle Edition) by Daphne du Maurier
Still yet to read a bad du Maurier. ]]> Review7492779417 Mon, 26 May 2025 03:51:50 -0700 /review/show/7492779417 AA_Logan gave 5 stars to Leading Man (Hardcover) by Justin Myers
Broadly, I loved this. Myers is an incredibly enjoyable writer, whose prose is eminently readable and who dialogue works really well. The plot is good and compelling, and is surprisingly thought-provoking; I ended up getting rather introspective and existential at times.

Obviously all of this is leading to a ‘but�. And for most readers, it wouldn’t be a ‘but� at all.

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There are many things I know about, but two things I know an awful lot about. One is how working in schools works. Myers seems to get a lot of these things wrong, but most people do so that’s forgivable.

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Leo describes himself as a Sondheim nut. Other characters do the same. The text explicitly mentions the 2018 revival of company and how he’s memorised every microsecond of that production at the expense of other core memories. I too am a Sondheim nut. A Company one, specifically. My wedding vows were taken from its lyrics. The 2018 revival is something I think about as mush as the Donmar revival, which is a lot. I don’t want to give any spoilers for the book away, BUT THERE IS NO WAY ON EARTH THAT THE NOVEL’S FINAL SCENE WOULD PLAY OUT WITH LEO MAKING REFERENCE TO COMANY AND A PARTICULAR KEY SCENE IF NOT OUT LOUD BUT AT THE VERY LEAST IN HIS HEAD. ]]> Review7575869437 Mon, 26 May 2025 03:37:44 -0700 /review/show/7575869437 AA_Logan gave 5 stars to Run, Rose, Run (Hardcover) by Dolly Parton
I read this over the course of a sunny afternoon and this book was perfect for that.

It’s camp as tits, really jarringly paced and totally uneven. I loved it. ]]>