Beau鈥檚 Year in Books

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2023

24,901

pages read

books read

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The Worst Ship in the Fleet by Skyler Ramirez

Shortest Book

146

pages

The Human Chronicles Saga by T.R. Harris

Longest Book

1,173

pages

Average book length in 2023

366

pages

Most Shelved

18,890

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Least Shelved

152

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Beau鈥檚 average rating for 2023

4.2

Highest Rated on 欧宝娱乐

4.70 average

Beau鈥檚 first review of the year

really liked it

Seven books in, I'm really enjoying this series. The battleships are huge asteroids. The Hunter has several different kinds of FTL drives and weapons and is finding more all the time. Admiral Jack Romanoff is trying to prevent humanity from defeat by the Locusts, the Tardem, the Novarites, and other humans!

In this installment, several storylines progress in parallel. Jack makes progress against the Posiedon group, but runs into obstacles with the Seven books in, I'm really enjoying this series. The battleships are huge asteroids. The Hunter has several different kinds of FTL drives and weapons and is finding more all the time. Admiral Jack Romanoff is trying to prevent humanity from defeat by the Locusts, the Tardem, the Novarites, and other humans!

In this installment, several storylines progress in parallel. Jack makes progress against the Posiedon group, but runs into obstacles with the Novarites. There are some opportunities for Novarite prisoners to give valuable information in future releases. We do learn that they are basically copying / stealing technology from others, and not advancing it. That might be a viewpoint that leads to better ways to fight them.

The Tardem military are pretty much out of the picture whenever they run into the Novarites. The future of the Tardem colonists in Novarite hands are not known.

There are still enough Locusts in the cluster to defeat 12 battleships. Jack has lots of problems to deal with, sure enough.

Meanwhile, David and Tina are working on two issues: Poseidon and a new player ... the mysterious Patrick. They're on Argent and trying to give Jack the intel he needs to go forward.

Sara has been going back and forth to Port Royal in an effort to jumpstart the repair of the other 11 battleships in that system. The task is huge, but it brings up a question in my mind.

If the Poseidon Group had 150 years of battleship fleet maintenance money, why didn't they just crew and maintain the battleship fleet? It would have been much stronger than the cruiser fleet they built, and their dreams of a coup might have happened 50 or even 100 years earlier. It's like when the villain has to monologue - they made it a lot harder on themselves.

And Lisa/Regex are working along with the Chens to figure out who and what Patrick is.

Every story line moves forward. It's a great addition to the series. So much fun to see how they grow.

I received an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. ...more

叠贰础鲍鈥橲 2023 BOOKS

I Bought a Spaceship 2 by Douglas Michaels

really liked it

really liked it

No Rest For The Wicked by Michael Chatfield

Old Man Space Ranger by Douglas Michaels

Old Man Space Ranger 2 by Douglas Michaels

it was amazing

Darkness Rising by William S. Frisbee Jr.

Valhalla Awaits by William S. Frisbee Jr.

it was amazing

it was amazing

Antecedents' Legacy by Daniel Schinhofen

it was amazing

it was amazing

The Worst Spies in the Sector by Skyler Ramirez

The Worst Pirate Hunters in the Fringe by Skyler Ramirez

Son of the Wolf by William S. Frisbee Jr.

it was amazing

The Worst Rescuers in the Republic by Skyler Ramirez

Beau鈥檚 last review of the year

it was amazing

Delta Orionis is The Last Hunter, a battleship from a war with the Locusts, 200 years before. Admiral Jack Romanoff defends humanity in The Cluster. They've been attacked: first by the Locusts, then by their masters the Tardans, then by THEIR masters the Novarites. Book 11 finds them having defeated the Locusts and the Tardans but there are still Novarites in the Vesuvius system.

Lisa Ganz is a hacker turned spy, who is a Mary Sue who can fight, ...more

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