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To end 2017 with fewer unread books
I started 2016 with 780 unread books. I ended 2016 with 827 unread books, an increase of 47.
But according to calibre, I ended with 1181 unread books — I think I added some previously ignored or discarded books to my TBR pile.
Further checks show that I really started 2017 with 1162 unread books. I found 19 books not marked as read that I had read.
And next I decided to expand a five volume omnibus previously counted as one book, so I started with 1166
My goal is to end 2017 with fewer than (1166-47) = 1119 unread ebooks.
I start 2017 with 1166 books on my TBR pile.
Books finished in 2017- December 29th: Analog SFF, Jan/Feb 2017 edited by Trevor Quachri - £3.98 - 4/5 - 334pp
A good issue as usual. The cover-story novella, "The Proving Ground" by Alex Nevala-Lee, was an interesting ecological unexpected side-effects story. There were four novellettes: "Twilght's Captives" by Christopher L. Bennett was a well done distant-future culture clash between humans and aliens. "The Shallowest Waves" was near-future human interest and space exploration in two time periods. It didn't do it for me. "After the Harvest, Before the Fall" is a distant future dystopia of humans farmed for replacement bodies. It just didn't make sense to me. "Whending My Way Back Home" continues (or starts?) the adventures of Martin and his AI companion Archie as they try to manipulate time to get back their home time stream. It will be better when put in novel form with other episodes. Ten(!) short stories, of which my favourites were "Briz" by Jay Werkheiser and "Dall's Last Message" by Antha Ann Adkins, which were both alien-only stories. The Probability Zero "Throw Me a Bone" was a fun paleontology story. The various non-fiction was OK, but I skipped the poetry as usual.
- January 5th: Grantville Gazette #69 edited by Walt Boyes - £3.18 - 4/5 - 158pp
Another good issue. It started off with "Drumline" a nice 'fiction from Grantville' in a light wrapper by David Carrico, who also had "Etude, Part 3" in the issue - another installment about the Organ building Bach family.
Kerry Offord and Rick Boatright gave us "Dr Phil Rules the Waves", another splendid Dr Gribbleflotz story, although he was in the background, and it concentrated on his Theramin-building employee.
The weakest story in the issue for me was "Good German Axes" by Tim Roesch. A blacksmith's family dynamics.
"A Szekler in a Kilt" was an interesting look at the situation in Transylvania by Gábor Szántai. The flow could have been improved.
Finally, "The Long Road Home, Part 2" was more about Sergeant Hartmann from Nick Lorance.
(There were three more non-fiction articles I mostly skipped.)
- January 6th: Impervious by Laura Kirwan - Free - 3/5 - 291pp
It seemed that everyone had some childhood trauma to explain their bad behaviour. And I wasn't really taken with any of the characters, or the magical setup. All in all, just "OK". I won't be bothering with the others in this series.
- January 7th: F&SF, Jan/Feb 2017 edited by C C Finlay - £1.98 - 4/5 - 242pp
A good issue. "Homecoming", a novella by Rachel Pollack featuring Jack Shade, set in our universe with hidden magic was very good. There were four novelets: "Vinegar and Cinnamon" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman was a wonderful siblings story. "One Way" is an interesting invention based SF story, but the idea deserves a larger setting. "Dunnage for the Soul" by Robert Reed involves an idea that I'm sure I've come across before - perhaps he's used it elsewhere. "There Used to Be Olive Trees" by Rich Larson seems to be packing too much backstory into a novelet. Five short stories: "The Regression Test" by Wole Talabi was an interesting exploration of future AI developments. "A Gathering on Gravity's Shore" by Gregor Hartmann seemed to be snipped out of a larger work. Or will work better as part of a larger work. "On the Problem of Replacement Children" by Debbie Urbanski was heart breaking. "Alexandria" had inserts of quotes from the future of the story, which didn't quite work for me. The poems and non-fiction I mostly skipped, although the one of brainless robots was good.
- January 10th: The Long Cosmos by Terry Prachett and Stephen Baxter - £0.99 - 4/5 - 355pp
An enjoyable conclusion. Although the idea that our heroes would be the ones getting to go on the adventure again is more fantastic than anything in the whole series. The whole series feels more like Stephen Baxter than Terry Pratchett, but that's probably because I expect that it is. Although some of the ideas are very Prachettian.
- January 13th: Time and Again by Clifford D. Simak - £1.49 - 3/5 - 232pp
An odd time war with no evidence that the past can actually be changed. An unconvincing and thin reason for the time war too. And a completely mysterious something that is very much underplayed. Not his best.
- January 16th: Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson - £0.99 - 4/5 - 384pp
Set in the Mistborn universe, this is a direct sequel to The Allow of Law. But while that book worked quite well with only a vague remembrance of the earlier trilogy, this book brings back in elements from the earlier books in a big way, and I feel that I would have got much more out of it if I had re-read the earlier books first. Apart from that, very good indeed. I'm just pondering whether I should re-read the earlier trilogy before going on to the final volume of this one.
- January 20th: Storm Front by Jim Butcher - £0.99 - 4/5 - 234pp
For a very competent wizard, Harry seems to be rather incompetent at life. I'm not sure I believe the world-building at all. But on the whole, an above-average urban fantasy.
- January 23rd: Scotland Yard's First Cases by Joan Lock - Free - 2/5 - 212pp
[ABANDONED An uninteresting overview of the setting up of the City Police and the detectives at Scotland Yard, along with the cases they handled. Too dry for me.]
- January 24th: Firefight by Brandon Sanderson - £0.99 - 4/5 - 324pp
A good second book in the series. We find out some more about Epic powers, and I'm still interested in finding out more in the next volume.
- January 26th: Calamity by Brandon Sanderson - £0.99 - 4/5 - 331pp
A satisfying conclusion to the series, even if it's only at the end that I can spot all the clues I missed along the way to the Prof's weakness.
- January 27th: Wolf Time by Lars Walker - Free - 3/5 - 227pp
I can't believe in the dystopia depicted, but some of the mythology was good. I find I had read this before, but I'd forgotten all except one incident.
- January 30th: Forever Odd by Dean Koontz - £0.99 - 4/5 - 283pp
A strangely compelling fantasy mystery. I'm very glad I bought these, and I'l looking forward to the next one, in due course.
- January 31st: The Stolen Voice by Pat McIntosh - £0.84 - 4/5 - 237pp
Another excellent book, that kept me reading later than I'd intended a couple of nights. I like the feeling I get that the characters are genuinely of their time, not just 21st century characters in historical costume.
- February 3rd: Anti-Grav Unlimited by Duncan Long - Free - 2/5 - 168pp
Read before, so skipped a lot. Far too melodramatic and with too much just dumped in it. E.g. cloned humans brought to maturity in less than five years. And that's just a throw-away.
- February 4th: The Poisoned Bride and Other Judge Dee Mysteries translated by Robert H. van Gulik - Free - 3.5 - 223pp
A translation of a Chinese original, it works surprisingly well as a mystery story. My edition lacks the promised translators postscript. But I'm looking forward to the authors original works based on the same characters as in these stories.
- February 5th: Unleashed by Sara Humphreys - Free - 1/5 - 271pp
[ABANDONED. A paranormal romance, but the paranormal is done with infodump and no real interest in that aspect at all.]
- February 6th: Adventures of Lucifer Jones, Vol. 1 by Mike Resnick - Free - 2/3 - 160pp
[ABANDONED. I don't like the style, the character or the humour.]
- February 6th: The Clan Wars Books 1&2 by Peter Morwood - Free - 4/5 - 448pp
An excellent fantasy of warriors and magic, with a rather poor wrapping device of a story teller from some centuries after the main story. Most enjoyable, and a reasonable conclusion after the two books in this omnibus.
- February 9th: The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu - £1.29 - 3/5 - 316pp
Almost brilliant, but the time scales of the aliens mean their motivations are ridiculous.
- February 12th: The Black Wolves of Boston by Web Spencer - £4.69 - 5/5 - 468pp
An absolutely splendid urban fantasy. Very, very good.
- February 14th: The Last Vampire by Whitley Streiber - £3.57 - 2/5 - 281pp
An odd book that could have been brilliant, but wasn't. Rather too many inconsistent plot points, and the usual failing when trying to write about a much more intelligent character than the author. I won't be getting the other volumes in this series.
- February 17th: Analog SFF, Mar/Apr 2017 edited by Trevor Quachri - £3.98 - 3/5 - 351pp
Only average overall. The cover story, Nexus by Michael F. Flynn was only OK. I didn't really like the style or the unexplained coincidences. The other novella, Plaisir d'Amour by John Alfred Taylor, on the other hand, was excellent. There were three novelettes: Europa's Survivors by Marianne J. Dyson was implausible and with an obvious endings. Host by Eneasz Brodski was interestingly ambiguous, but a bit depressing. The Human Way by Tony Ballantyne was OK, but no more. Given the technology shown, the economics didn't make sense. Nine Short Stories: Six of which are time travel stories, only one of which is worth mentioning: Alexander's Theory of Special Relativity by Shane Halbach. An excellent love story involving time travel gone wrong. (The others were all rather trite.) Of the other shorts, Unbearable Burden by Gwendolyn Clare was a very good look at AI from the AI's point of view, Concerning the Devestation Wrought by the Nefarious Gray Comma and Its Ilk: A Men in Tie-Dye Adventure by Tim McDaniel should have been shortened to a Probability Zero story, and Ecuador vs. the Bug-Eyed Monsters by Jay Werkheiser had too many implausible hidden things going on.
- February 21st (finished): Callahan's Con by Spider Robinson (paper) - Free - 3/5 - 286pp
Barely three stars. The problems with it are that the peril is all contrived and/or trivial, their wonderful abilities are not properly utilized, and they are too powerful to have real problems any more. Except those they have and aren't solving properly.
- February 21st: Does a Bear Shoot in the Woods? by Wen Spencer - Free - 5/5 - 38pp
Excellent. Set in The Black Wolves of Boston universe.
- February 22nd: Triple Crown by Felix Francis - £0.99 - 3/5 - 279pp
Not up to his father's work, sadly.
- February 23rd: Asimov's SF, Mar/Apr 2017, edited by Sheila Williams - £3.98 - 4/5 - 319pp
Overall, a good issue. One Novella, "Tao Zero" by Damien Broderick. An odd style, skipping between viewpoints and slight back and forth in time. It was OK. Four Novelettes. "Soulmates.com" by Will McIntosh was excellent — AI and dating sites. "Three can keep a secret..." by Bill Johnson & Gregory Frost was good — A futuristic thriller with a master of disguise. "Kitty Hawk" by Alan Smale was an alternate history and not really to my taste. "The Wisdom of the Group" by Ian R. MacLeod was an unsatisfying tale of hubris. Eight Short stories. Notable were "Cupido" by Rich Larson, a rather good love story; and "After the Atrocity" by Ian Creasey, which looks at personal responsibility.
- February 26th: The Game by Diana Wynne Jones - £0.99 - 3/5 - 125pp
A fun look at myths in the modern world, but if you're going to include astronomical info, don't get it wrong (comet tail info only half right).
- February 27th: Sea Lord by Bernard Cornwell - £0.99 - 4/5 - 256pp
An enjoyable mystery/adventure/romance. It was reminiscent of a Dick Francis novel, but with boats instead of horses!
- February 28th: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner - £0.99 - 4/5 - 185pp
A rather good fantasy, although it ends rather abruptly.
- March 1st: Cat among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie - £0.63 - 4/5 - 235pp
A most satisfying mystery, with Poirot coming in at the end to clear things up.
- March 2nd: GrantVille Gazette #70 edited by Walt Boyes - £3.18 - 4/5 - 155pp
Six stories and a couple of fact articles that I skipped and an opinion piece by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. "The Marshal Comes To Suhl" by Mike Watson was well written, but the heros seemed to have too easy a time IMO. "Even Monsters Die" by Eric S. Brown and A.G. Carpenter was very sad, and setting up for further sadness. But well done. "A Little Help From His Friends" by Nick Lorance was another good instalment about Sergeant Hartmann. "The Monster Under the Bed" by Tim Roesch was a snippet about mental health, and I want more. "NESS: Krystalnacht on the Schwarza Express" by Bjorn Hasseler was an enjoyable story about the private security firm. "Letters From Gronow, Episode 1" by David Carrico was an excellent start to a story about the impact of dark fantasy and eldritch horror.
- March 3rd: F&SF, Mar/Apr 2017 edited by C. C. Finlay - £1.98 - 4/5 - 237pp
One novella, "The Man Who Put the Bomp" by Richard Chwedyk. Another wonderful installment about the 'saurs. And showing there's more to some fo them than it first seemed. The Novelets, "Driverless" by Robert Grossback, an excellent extrapolation about driverless cars and driverless car companies; "Ten Half-Pennies" by Matthew Hughes, an excellent fantasy story about trust and loyalty. "The Avenger" by Albert E. Cowdrey, a slightly uneven story about a extraordinary Attorney at Law with magical or psychic powers. Four short stories: "The Toymaker's Daughter" by Arundhati Hazra with a lovely fantasy premise that had an unbelievable outcome; "A Green Silk Dress and a Wedding-Death" by Cat Hellisen, which was a very good traditional fantasy story in many ways; "Miss Cruz" by James Sallis which was a short short and seemed to need more; finally "Daisy" by Eleanor Arnason, a cute story about a PI, gangsters, and an octopus.
- March 4th: The Tau Manifesto by Michael Hartl - £8.51 - 5/5 - 44pp
- March 4th: The Moon of Gomrath by Alan Garner - £0.99 - 3/5 - 133pp
Good, but let down, for me, by the very sudden ending.
- March 6th: 1636: The Ottoman Onslaught by Eric Flint - £4.12 - 5/5 - 572pp
So nice to be back with the main line of the story again!
- March 8th: Snapshot by Brandon Sanderson - £2.49 - 4/5 - 80pp
A nice little SF murder mystery
- March 8th: Code of Conduct by Kristine Smith - Free - 3/5 - 330pp
A bit of a mess. Loads of back story to be given to us, and a hero who is amazingly competent, except when it's convenient for the plot. Fun enough to finish, but not to look for more.
- March 12th: The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton - Free - 2/5 - 214pp
[ABANDONED. I didn't like the form. I can't believe the hero.]
- March 14th: The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson - £1.99 - 5/5 - 365pp
An excellent adventure. I want to read the original trilogy now!
- March 16th: Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Syevermer - £0.63 - 5/5 - 232pp
An excellent YA regency fantasy.
- March 18th: The Grand Tour by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Syevermer - £0.63 - 5/5 - 307pp
A most enjoyable new fantasy adventure, carrying on from the previous volume.
- March 20th: The Snake, the Dog and the Crocodile by Elizabeth Peters - £0.84 - 5/5 - 353pp
Another enjoyable adventure with the Emersons.
- March 23rd: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie - £0.63 - 5/5 - 180pp
Five short mysteries, four solved by Poirot, and one by Miss Marple. All excellent, but especially the title story.
- March 24th: The Mislaid Magician by Patricia C. Wrede - £0.63 - 5/5 - 270pp
An excellent follow-up to the earlier novels. Great fun.
- March 27th: Rats and Gargoyles by Mary Gentle - £1.49 - 2/5 - 379pp
[ABANDONED at 60%. I just didn't want to read it.]
- March 30th: The Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom by Max Gladstone - Free - 4/5 - 16pp
A short in a new series. Recovery from high tech interstellar/multi-universe disaster. Interesting.
- March 30th: Sympathy for the Devil by Holly Lisle - Free - 3/5 - 195pp
Fantasy/romance in which Heaven & Hell are real and (some) prayers are answered. OK.
- April 1st: Satan in St Mary's by Paul Doherty - £0.33 - 4/5 - 155pp
An interesting start to a series set around 1284 in London, a period I know little about, so I can't comment properly on historical accuracy, but I didn't notice any glaring errors. There are a few obvious minor errors in the text that should have been caught by a copy editor.
- April 2nd: Dance of the Goblins by Jaq D Hawkins - Free - 4/5 - 188pp
An enjoyable story of a future fantasy world
- April 3rd: Way Station by Clifford D. Simak - £0.99 - 4/5 - 201pp
A very good story of a keeper of a stage on a galactic travel route.
- April 4th: Mira's Last Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold - £2.49 - 5/5 - 90pp
Excellent. An immediate continuation from the last novella.
- April 5th: 1636: Mission to the Mughals by Eric Flint and Griffin Barber - £4.69 - 5/5 - 384pp
An excellent push on a separate front. Most interesting.
- April 6th: Messenger of Zhuvastou by Andrew J Offutt - Free - 2/5 - 304pp
[ABANDONED]Just not good enough to spend my time on it.
- April 7th: Demoniac Dance by Jaq D Hawkins - Free - 3/5 - 179pp
OK, but the characters don't grab me, and the situation just doesn't ring true.
- April 9th: A Wizard of Mars, NME by Diane Duane - £1.83 - 4/5 - 347pp
Another good tale. Not much (at all?) changed from the original, as the time lines converge.
- April 15th: Warleggan by Winston Graham - £1.19 - 5/5 - 357pp
Excellent pre-Napoleonic Cornish historical drama
- April 19th: Cutting Corners by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller - Free - 5/5 - 14pp
A nice short about a minor characters with hints of the bigger story going on.
- April 19th:Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith - £2.42 - 5/5 - 303pp
An excellent western mystery. Most enjoyable.
- April 21st: Split Second by David Baldacci - £0.99 - 4/5 - 374pp
An interesting mystery, although the villain wasn't convincing.
- April 23rd: Asimov's SF, May/June 2017 edited by Sheila Williams - £3.98 - 3/5 - 294pp
There's one novella, which is really novel sized. The Runabout by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Part of her diving series, and while I enjoyed it, I'd rather have novels as separate books, and keep the magazines for shorter works.
There are two Novelettes. Come As You Are by Dale Bailey is a future drug scene exploration, and was OK, but not really to my taste. Night Fever by Will Ludwigsen is an alternate history of Charles Manson. Alternate history is only fun if you're know the big of history they doing an alternate for. Otherwise they're just rather dull fiction. I gave up half way. Definitely not for me.
The short stories were "On The Ship" by Leah Cypress, a long term interstellar voyage story which was OK, "Good Show" by William Preston, a rather fun look at a film reviewer and some ?aliens?, "The Escape of the Adastra: Asha's Story" by James Gunn, a generation-ship story which I found hard to suspend disbelief on, "Tired of the Same Old Quests?", and amusing fantasy about role-playing games, "The Best Man" by Jay O'Connell, an odd dystopia, "Triceratops" by Ian McHugh, a odd story that features other human species brought back from extinction, but doesn't go anywhere, "Persephone of the Crows" by Karen Jay Fowler, reverse changlings, but I didn't really like it.
- April 26th: A Burden Shared by Jo Walton - Free - 3/5 - 8pp
An interesting idea, but I don't believe the society or reactions
- April 27th: Crown in Darkness by Paul Doherty - £0.33 - 4/5 - 152pp
Another good historical mystery, fitting into the gaps of history. But I fear I know Edinburgh a little bit better than the author - there's no way one would go towards Arthur's Seat when going from Holyrood abbey to the castle!
- April 28th: Shadow Magic by Patricia C. Wrede - £0.48 - 3/5 - 202pp
An OK first novel. An interesting authors note showing how the first chapter was updated. But clearly not her best work. But fun, and good enough to want to read the rest, especially after I enjoyed the Cecelia and Kate novels so much.
- April 30th: Analog SF, May/June 2017 edited by Trevor Quachri - £3.98 - 3/5 - 345pp
The Novella was "The Girls with Kaleidoscope Eyes" by Howard V Hendrix. A rather unconvincing 'Midwich Cuckoos' type of scenario.
Three Novelettes, "To See the Elephant" by Julie Novakova which was interesting but also unconvincing for me, "The Final Nail" by Stanley Schmidt where I couldn't beleive the antagonist, and "Kepler's Law" by Jay Werkheiser, a colonisation story which I also found unconvincing.
15 (!) short stories, of which I'll only mention two. "The Chatter of Monkeys" by Bond Elam, a rather wonderful post-apocalypse story. "Ténéré" by Manny Frishberg and Edd Vick was an interesting cultural clash story.
- May 2nd: Imperative by Steve White & Charles E. Gannon - £2.40 - 3/5 - 449pp
OK, and as expected, but it didn't compel me to read it as much as previous volumes. Ends half-way through the war, so I'll be looking out for the next one.
- May 3rd: Draco Malfoy and the Practice of Rationality by taogaming - Free - 4/5 - ???pp
A most enjoyable fan-fic sequel to the fan-fic Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
- May 8th: F&SF, May/June 2017 edited by C. C. Finlay - £1.98 - 3/5 - 246pp
Four Novelets and seven short stories. The only ones worth mentioning are "The Prognosticant" by Matthew Hughes, another in his fantasy universe, "The Woman with the Long Black Hair" by Zach Shepard, a goddess story, "My English Name" by R S Benedict, even though I didn't really like it, and "Neko Brushes", a splendid Japanese fantasy.
- May 9th: The Chaos Gate by Josepha Sherman - 2.40 - 2/5 - 243pp
[ABANDONED]A generic fantasy that didn't catch my interest.
- May 10th: Unforgettable by Eric James Stone - £2.38 - 4/5 - 230pp
One completely impossible premise, and a rather nice story from it.
- May 12th: Gods of Sagittarius by Eric Flint & Mike Resnick - £2.40 - 2/5 - 288pp
Not for me. Too much Resnick, not enough Flint
- May 12th: Grantville Gazette #71 edited by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.60 - 4/5 - 187pp
The usual mix, with the addition of a couple of non-related stories.
- May 13th: Darkship Revenge by Sarah A. Hoyt - £2.40 - 5/5 - 230pp
A splendid next installment
- May 14th: The Gathering Edge by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller - £2.40 - 5/5 - 333pp
Excellent, as usual
- May 14th: Hour Game by David Baldacci - £0.99 - 4/5 - 453pp
A good read. A bit of a cliche at one point, but on the while I liked it a lot.
- May 16th: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson - Free - 5/5 - 563pp
I liked it even better this time around, probably because I know the world a little better.
- May 20th: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson - £1.81 - 5/5 - 696pp[INDENT]Again, even better this time around.[/I]
- May 21st: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson - £8.65 - 5/5 - 678pp
Yes, I liked it more this time.
- May 25th: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - Free - 4/5 - 126pp
An interesting premise with potential
- May 25th: The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell - £1.99 - 5/5 - 294pp
An excellent continuation of the story of Alfred the Great
- May 27th: Daughter of Witches by Patricia C. Wrede - £0.48 - 3/5 - 192pp
There are still flaws, but very readable and I enjoyed it.
- May 29th: On the Wrong Track by Steve Hockensmith - Free - 5/5 - 276pp
Excellent fun. An excellent second novel in the series.
- May 30th: Ring Around the Sun by Clifford D. Simak - £1.49 - 3/5 - 190pp
A little too much and too wordy and showing its age a little. But very interesting for the ideas, showing that some recent books aren't original in their main idea.
- June 1st: A Plague on Both Your Houses by Susanna Gregory - £0.99 - 5/5 - 279pp
A good historical mystery, set at the time of the Black Death in Cambridge.
- June 2nd: Magic Casement by Dave Duncan - £1.49 - 4/5 - 297pp
A fun fantasy, with an interesting magical system. But ends on a cliff-hanger.
- June 3rd: Fairy Lands Forlorn by Dave Duncan - £1.49 - 4/5 - 317pp
The adventures continue, but again a cliff-hanger. Thus 4/5.
- June 7th: Perilous Seas by Dave Duncan - £1.49 - 4/5 - 318pp
It's certainly keeping me reading!
- June 8th: Emperor and Clown by Dave Duncan - £1.49 - 5/5 - 363pp
An finally a satisfying conclusion, Really one long book.
- June 10th: Brother Odd by Dean Koontz - £0.99 - 5/5 - 294pp
OK story, but it's the style that earns it 5/5
- June 12th: The Harp of Imach Thyssel by Patricia C. Wrede - £0.48 - 3/5 - 193pp
A rather more ordinary fantasy, but fun.
- June 13th: Spy in Chancery by Paul Doherty - £0.33 - 4/5 - 141pp
Another very good mystery.
- June 15th: Dear Mr Holmes by Steve Hockensmith - Free - 5/5 - 174pp
A splendid set of short stories about Big Red and Old Red.
- June 16th: The Mages Wars by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon - £1.69 - 4/5 - 814pp
More three linked stories than a trilogy, but that's good. No cliffhanger between novels!
- June 21st: Asimov's SF, July/August 2017 edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 - 3/5 - 317pp
Two Novellas, "How Sere Picked Up Her Laundry" and "The Girl Who Stole Herself". Both far-future tales, but the societies and characters didn't really work for me. Three Novelettes, "Other Words and This One", a tale about the Many Worlds interpretation of Quantum Mechanics that just didn't go anywhere, "@Lantis", a weird near-ish future which also just didn't work for me and "Gale Strang", looking at transgender issues through the unexplained consciousness of a bird cage. Not really SF to my mind. And six short stories, "Annabelle, Annie", a look at an environmental generation gap, "An Evening with Severyn Grimes", a near-future crime story, "Transcendental Mission: Riley's Story", "Weighty Matters: Tordor's Story", two snippets from what will probably be a novel by James Gunn, "The Patient Dragon", a medium future crime novel, and "Field Studies", a near future look at homelessness with a hint of time travel.
The two James Gunn stories were good, but cried out for the rest of the novel. "An Evening with Severyn Grimes" showed how poor the other crime-releated stories in the issue were.
- June 26th: Odd Hours by Dean Koontz - £0.99 - 5/5 - 269pp
Great. I just wonder what he'll do to top this.
- June 29th: Analog SFF July/August 2017 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 5/5 - 351pp
The Novella, "Not Far Enough" was a look at Mars colonisation with some characters that have appeared in older stories. I think The Martian's unrealistic wind sequence my have influenced this one. I'm not convinced that Mars has a thick enough atmosphere to cause the problems shown. But it was fun. The novelettes: "For All Mankind" was a brilliant possible history story set in the days of the Apollo programme. "Belly Up" was an interesting story about far future criminal punishments, and interstellar relations. "Galleon" was a good look at an AI spaceship. "Across the Steaming Sea" was a fun adventure story set on a far-future Earth. The short stories: "The Fool's Stone" was a very good story set in alternate/possible history. "Teamwork" was a nice take on Mars colonisation. "Often and Silently We Come" was a strange but good tale of non-corporeal life forms. "The First Rule Is, You Don't Eat Your Friends" was a nice story about animal intelligence. "Alouette, Gentille Alouette" was a good story about near-future obital operations. "Fat Bubble" was a humorous look at relationships and investments. "Perspective" was a good near-future technological consequences story. "Clarity of Signal" was a refreshing story of the non-discovery of alien intelligence. "Pitch" was a bit odd. I'm not sure what it was. "Phuquiang: A History" was a pseudo-history of the far future, which was only OK. "Blinking Noon and Midnight" was a rather funny story of generational problems with technology. The Probability Zero "A Little Spooky Action" was a brilliant story involving an appearance of Einstein's spirit. I can't give less than 5/5/
- July 4th: Grantville Gazette #72 edited by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.60 - 4/5 - 143pp
Fun stories, and even the non-fiction was interesting (if you like measurements). But this issue seemed a bit short.
- July 5th: Faro's Daughter by Georgette Heyer - £1.20 - 5/5 - 224pp
A splendid romance. The destination is obvious, but the journey's great fun.
- July 6th: F&SF, July/August 2017 edited by C. C. Finlay - £1.98 - 4/5 - 246pp
I really liked this issue. I think the new editor's picks are much more in tune with my taste in stories. There was only one story I didn't like - "An Obstruction to Delivery" - I just hated the writing style. But the rest were wonderful. "In a Wide Sky, Hidden", an SF tale of the far future. "The Masochist's Assistant", a splendid fantasy of manners and society. "The Bride in Sea-Green Velvet", a tale of the price of Lordship in a world with magic. "There Was a Crooked Man, He Flipped a Crooked House", fun with tesseracts. "A Dog's Story", fantasy about canine justice. "I Am Not I", a strange future where altered people rule the world. "Afiya's Song", an alternate history, and perhaps the poorest for me after An Obstruction to Delivery". And finally, "An Unearned Death" - a splendid fantasy setting and a good story.
- July 6th: Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs - £0.99 - 4/5 - 306pp
An interesting series of events, although I'd prefer a little more clever analysis, and a little less action.
- July 10th: Sharpe's Fury by Bernard Cornwall - £0.99 - 5/5 - 403pp
Sharpe does splendidly, again. Fun stuff, and the comments at the back about which bits are fiction are great.
- July 12th: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders - £0.99 - 4/5 - 317pp
An interesting mix of super science and magic. Ending a little weak and quick, otherwise 5/5.
- July 14th: The Day After Never by Nathan Van Coops - £0.99 - 3/5 - 320pp
Interesting ideas, but a bit too hand-wavy, and I don't really like the main character.
- July 19th: The Spider by Norvell W. Page - £2.00 - 2/5 - 394pp
[ABANDONED. Early 20th C crime pulp isn't for me.]
- July 20th: The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie - £0.43 - 4/5 - 294pp
A nice little mystery. Good to see Mrs Oliver again.
- July 22nd: Interzone #215 by TTA Press Authors - £2.26 - 3/5 - 159pp
A good range of stories, although terrible formatting. I might see if I can download a fresh copy from B&N.
- July 24th: Prince Ivan by Peter Morwood - £0.99 - 4/5 - 247pp
A very good retelling of what sounds like an old folk tale, but with slightly more character than is usual. Most enjoyable.
- July 25th: The Last Herald Mage by Mercedes Lackey - £0.99 - 3/5 - 1056pp
The hero is a bit whiny and needy, and the villain is unacceptably stupid towards the end.
- July 30th: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keys - £0.99 - 5/5 - 214pp
Slightly dodgy premise, but an excellent story.
- August 1st: Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward - £0.49 - 5/5 - 336pp
Excellent 'hard' SF in the vein of Hal Clement.
- August 3rd: Caught in Crystal by Patricia C. Wrede - £0.48 - 4/5 - 271pp
A little confusing at the start, but a good story.
- August 4th: Gilded Cage by Vic James - £1.19 - 2/5 - 261pp
Readable, but the world-building and plot are tosh.
- August 7th: 1635: The Wars for the Rhine by Annette Pederson - £4.48 - 3/5 - 329pp
More work needed to make it easily comprehensible.
- August 9th: Black Moon by Graham Winston - £0.99 - 5/5 - 406pp
A really good historical melodrama
- August 10th: The Four Swans by Graham Winston - £0.99 - 5/5 - 421pp
AN excellent continuation of the story.
- August 12th: The Raven Ring by Patricia C. Wrede - £0.48 - 5/5 - 255pp
A most enjoyable fantasy.
- August 14th: Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli - £0.99 - 4/5 - 207pp
An interesting overview of Physics known and speculative
- August 18th: Norse Myths by Neil Gaiman - £1.29 - 4/5 - 162pp
A good, clear retelling.
- August 19th: The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side by Agatha Christie - £0.63 - 5/5 - 206pp
An excellent murder mystery, and I got the solution just before Miss Marple!
- August 21st: Penric's Fox by Lois McMaster Bujold - £2.49 - 5/5 - 97pp
Another excellent novella.
- August 21st: Analog Sf, September/October 2017 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 4/5 - 347pp
An excellent set of stories, bar two or three. "Heaven's Covenant" by Bud Sparhawk was one of the two and the longest, a tale of expansion through the universe using hibernation technology, with deliberately vague discrimination. "My Fifth and Most Exotic Voyage" by Edward M. Lerner was brilliant - time travel and Lemuel Gulliver. "i know my own & my own know me" by Tracy Canfield was also a wonderful tale of uplifted creatures -- including a cat. "The Old Man" by Rich Larson was the other I wasn't impressed by. A tale of rebellion and terrorism across generations, with ambiguity as to justification. "Orphans" by Craig DeLancey was a tale of interstellar travel, and an explanation of the Fermi Paradox. "The Sword of Damocles" by Norman Spinrad was an excellent alternative explanation for the Fermi Paradox, although I think the reason given for a lack of communication was very poor. "Ghostmail" by Eric Del Carlo was an OK Mil-SFish short story. "The First Trebuchet on Mars" by Marie Vibbert did just what the title say. Excellent. "Climbing Olympus" by Simon Kewin was another story whose title says is all (or nearly). Not as fun, and a bit predictable. "Emergency Protocol" by Lettie Prell was a good short short. @A Tinker's Damnation" by Jerry Oltion was a very good look at problems of technological dependence. "The Absence" by Robert R. Chase was a rather disappointing 'ghost' story. "Arp! Arp!" by Christina De La Rocha was a good marine technology story. "The Mathematician" by Tom Jolly was an excellent alien viewpoint/no humans story. "Coyote Moon" by James Van Pelt was an OK story of economic inequality. "Abductive Reasoning" by Christopher L. Bennett was an amusing look at a Ufologist's real close encounter. "Invaders" by Stanley Schmidt was an OK eclipse viewing story. "Victor Frankenstein's Bar and Grill and Twenty-Four-Hour Roadside Emporium by Michael F. Flynn Probability Zero story didn't quite live up to the promise of the title.
- August 22nd: Sharpe's Battle by Bernard Cornwell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 272pp
Excellent, as usual.
- August 25th: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark - £0.99 - 2/5 - 98pp
Not really my kind of thing.
- August 26th: The Coming of Wisdom by Dave Duncan - £1.49 - 5/5 - 342pp[INDENT]A fun fantasy. Leads straight into the final volume of the trilogy, so...[/I]
- August 28th: The Destiny of the Sword by Dave Duncan - £1.49 - 4/5 - 351pp
A slightly unsatisfactory ending, but mostly very good.
- August 29th: Asimov's SF, September/October 2017 edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 - 4/5 - 318pp
Detailed review to follow
- August 30th: Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz - £0.99 - 5/5 - 307pp
Strange and wonderful.
- September 3rd: Grantville Gazette #73 edited by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.60 - 5/5 - 200pp
Excellent as usual
- September 5th: Fallen into the Pit by Ellis Peters - £0.99 - 5/5 - 347pp
An excellent mystery, and an interesting contemporary look at post-war England.
- September 7th: Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton - £0.99 - 4/5 - 888pp
Excellent but LONG
- September 19th: F&SF, September 2017 edited by C. C. Finlay - £1.98 - 4/5 - 251pp
"Evil Opposite" by Naomi Kritzer was a promising but disappointing (IMO) look at a researcher's reactions to the multi-world theory of QM. "We Are Born" by Dare Segun Falowo was an odd fantasy set in Nigeria. "Tasting Notes on the Varietals of the Southern Coast" is (underneath) a rather good MilSf short centred on Wine. "The Care of House Plants" by Jeremy Minton is a disturbing look at future biotech. "The Hermit of Houston" by Samuel R. Delany I just didn't believe in at all. "On Highway 18" by Rebecca Campbell is an odd ghost story. "Hollywood Squid" by Oliver Buckram was a funny SF story, the best thing in the issue, IMO. "Still Tomorrow's Going to Be Another Working Day" by Amy Griswold is a good short on the problems of loans and biotech. "Bodythoughts" by Rahul Kanakia is an odd post-alien-war story. "Riddle" by Lisa Mason is a disturbing fantasy with the most famous riddler of antiquity. "Children of Xanadu" is a good SF again on biotech and ethics. "The Two-choice Foxtrot of Chapham County" by Tina Connolly is an interesting fantasy but had too many fantastical elements for me. "Starlight Express" by Michael Swanwick is a very good look at a far future when interstellar travel has come and gone.
- September 22nd: The Rose Rent by Ellis Peters - £0.99 - 4/5 - 234pp
A good mystery and a romance.
- September 24th: Judas Unchained by Peter F Hamilton - £0.99 - 5/5 - 925pp
An excellent conclusion to the story. But long enough to be two trilogies!
- October 6th: Sharpe's Company by Bernard Cornwall - £0.99 - 5/5 - 249pp
One of the earlier published books. Excellent, and I especially like the afterword with notes on what's fiction and what's historical.
- October 11th: The Ruin of Angels by Max Gladstone - £1.66 - 5/5 - 473pp
Excellent, again. Splendid fantasy with gods and magic.
- October 16th: The Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn - £0.99 - 3/5 - 366pp
It was a fun romp, but no real peril or involvement.
- October 24th: The Girl Who Drank The Moon by Kelly Barnhill - £0.99 - 4/5 - 255pp
A very nice YA magic story in a fantasy world
- October 26th: Mortality by Christopher Hitchens - £0.99 - 3/5 - 75pp
Essays written during his final illness.
- October 27th: The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson - £1.99 - 5/5 - 113pp
An excellent short novel. Great magic and characters.
- October 28th: The Third Pig Detective Agency by Bob Burke - £0.78 - 3/5 - 105pp
Almost very good, but in the end only just three stars.
- October 30th: The Hermit of Eyton Forest by Ellis Peters - £0.99 - 5/5 - 226pp
Excellent, as usual.
- November 1st: The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi - £1.19 - 4/5 - 237pp
An excellent start to a series, but clearly a start.
- November 4th: I am Legend by Richard Matheson - £0.99 - 3/5 - 163pp
A little dated, but an interesting take on the Vampire Apocalypse.
- November 6th: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman - £0.99 - 4/5 - 258pp
A little dated, but still very good.
- November 13th: Krondor: The Betrayal by Raymond E. Feist - £3.76 - 4/5 - 317pp
A look at some missing years, worth a read.
- November 14th: The Prestige by Christopher Priest - £0.99 - 5/5 - 366pp
So much better than the movie.
- November 15th: The Prisoner of Limnos by Lois McMaster Bujold - £2.49 - 5/5 - 143pp
- November 16th: Krondor: The Assassins by Raymoind E. Feist - £3.76 - 4/5 - 245pp
- November 17th: Grantville Gazette #74 edited by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.60 - 5/5 - 366pp
- November 19th: Poirot and Me by David Suchet - £0.99 - 4/5 - 268pp
An interesting memoir. Could have done with a little more editing and proof reading.
- November 22nd: Analog SFF, November/December 2017 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 5/5 - 342pp
One Novella: "Native Seeds" by Catherine Wells. A good post-apocalypse look at the interactions between two groups of survivors.
Three Novelettes: "Hybrid, Blue, by Firelight" by Bill Johnson. Interesting time travel concepts, but I'd prefer to have this story as a novel rather than a series of novelettes.
"Keepsakes" by Kenneth Schneyer. OK, but hasn't explored the technology idea enough.
"How Val Finally Escaped From The Basement" by Scott Edelman. Splendid first contact story.
Fifteen short stories.
"Laminated Moose Zombies And Other Road Maintenance Problems" by Dennis M. Flynn & Michael F. Flynn - A humorous look at the next pandemic.
"Downsized" by Bud Sparhawk Retirement on a space station. But that's not the story...
"New Teeth" by James Sallis - A strange one about alien possession.
"Luscinia" by Robert Reed - An odd look at how someone might deal with immese wealth
"Fermi’s Slime" by Tom Jolly - A very different but also good first contact story.
"Quirks" by Marie Vibbert - A look at the labour market and skills copying.
"Time Travel Is Only For The Poor" by S.L. Huang - A good story on what might happen if cryogenics ever worked.
"Papoose Lake" by Richard A. Lovett - an excellent story on the dangers of what might be possible in terms of changing people's minds.
"Hot Air" by Igor Teper - How to save the world. And what it cost. Excellent.
"Kindle No Flame" by Stephen R. Loftus-Mercer - OK, but too improbable for me.
"Two Hours At Frontier" by Sean Mcmullen - Splendid story about space exploration with stored minds.
"Reentry" by Brendan Dubois - Good story about possible problems of private enterprise (in space).
"Weaponized" by Jay O’Connell - A good story about trust in relationships.
"Housekeeping, 100 Xp" by Brenta Blevins - Splendid story about future employment, lifestyles, and family.
"And Then They Were Gone" by Ian Creasey - An interesting and odd story about uploading and mental health.
Probability Zero: "The Pilgrimage" by Edward M. Lerner. Fun, but not as far-fetched as some of the short stories in this issue!
- November 29th: Starliner, 2nd Ed. by David Drake - Free - 3/5 - 244pp
It didn't engage me as much as Drake's books usually do.
- December 4th: [I]Asimov's SF, November/December 2017 - £2.49 - 4/5 - 309pp[INDENT]Another good issue, full review to follow.
- December 8th: The One by John Marrs - £0.99 - 2/5 - 382pp
Not very good. A disappointment.
- December 13th: Death and the Joyful Woman by Ellis Peters - £0.99 - 5/5 - 257pp
An enjoyable first love/murder mystery. The clues are there!
- December 15th: Sharpe's Sword by Bernard Cornwell - £0.99 - 4/5 - 273pp
Perhaps a little weaker than some of them. But still very good.
- December 18th: Dragon's Teeth by Mercedes Lackey - £2.40 - 4/5 - 502pp
The new stories made me interested in her new series.
- December 19th: [I]F&SF, November/December 2017, edited by C. C. Finlay - £1.98 - 5/5 - 252pp
Most enjoyable
- December 26th: A Pig of Cold Poison by Pat McIntosh - £0.99 - 5/5 - 235pp
I like the mystery, the characters, and the depiction of period and place
- December 30th: The Vesuvius Club by Mark Gatiss - £0.99 - 2/5 - 225pp
Just not for me. I didn't find it amusing.
Books added to TBR in 2017
Freebies (24 + 1 replacement) - Impervious by Laura Kirwan READ
- Clan Wars books 1 & 2 omnibus by Peter Morwood READ
- Scotland Yard's First Cases by Joan Lock ABANDONED
- Unleashed by Sara Humphreys ABANDONED
- Adventures: The Chronicles of Lucifer Jones Vol I. 1922-26 by Mike Resnick ABANDONED
- Does a Bear Shoot in the Woods? by Wen Spencer READ
- Callahan's Con by Spider Robinson (in paper) READ
- The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton ABANDONED
- Code of Conduct by Kristine Smith READ
- The Golden Horde by Peter Morwood
- The Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom by Max Gladstone READ
- Dance of the Goblins by Jaq D Hawkins READ
- Demoniac Dance by Jaq D Hawkins READ
- Power of the Dance by Jaq D Hawkins DISCARDED
- Messenger of Zhuvastou by Andrew J. Offutt ABANDONED
- Cutting Corners by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller READ
- On the Wrong Track by Steve Hockensmith READ
- Dear Mr. Holmes by Steve Hockensmith READ
- A Burden Shared by Jo Walton READ
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire READ
- Draco Malfoy and the Practice of Rationality by taogaming READ
- Project One by E.C. Tubb
- Winter Time by Ruthanna Ellis
- Starliner, 2nd Ed by David Drake Replacing 1st Edition READ
- Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
Paper Books Bought (0)
Ebooks Bought- January (3/£13.67): F&SF January 2017, Grantville Gazette #69, The Tau Manifesto
- February (9/£22.02): The Lives of Tao, The Black Wolves of Boston, The Game, The Ottoman Onslaught, The Moon of Gomrath (Brisingamen 2), Analog SFF March/April 2017, Asimov's SF March/April 2017, Triple Crown, Sea Lord
- March (10/12.52): F&SF March/April 2017, Grantville Gazette #70, Snapshot, The Cecelia and Kate Novels (Sorcery & Cecelia, The Grand Tour, The Mislaid Magician), Closed Casket, The Hugh Corbett Omnibus (Satan in St Mary's, Crown in Darkness, Spy in Chancery)
- April (17/31.14): The Mage Storms Omnibus, Bastion, 1636: Mission to the Mughals, Mira's Last Dance, Bella Poldark, King & Maxwell series of 6 (Split Second, Hour Game, Simple Genius, First Family, The Sixth Man, King and Maxwell), Holmes on the Range, Analog SFF May/June 2017, Asimov's SF May/June 2017, The Last Herald Mage, A Plague on Both Your Houses, The Pale Horseman
- May (8/£19.96): Grantville Gazette #71, F&SF May 2017, The Gathering Edge, Darkship Revenge, The Gods of Sagittarius, Imperative, Unforgettable, The Chaos Gate
- June (14/£17.35): 4xPoldark (The Stranger from the Sea, The Miller's Dance, The Loving Cup and The Twisted Sword), 3xSmiley (Call for the Dead, A Murder of Quality, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold), Tales of Old Russia 2, Prince of Darkness, Analog SFF July/August 2017, Asimov's SF July/August 2017, 1635:The Wars for the Rhine, The Prince and the Pilgrim, The Pigeon Tunnel
- July (8/£12.02): Grantville Gazette #72, F&SF July 2017, Prince Ivan, All the Birds in the Sky, The Day After Never, Dragon's Egg, The Burning Land, Flowers for Algernon
- August (17/£21.73): The Graveyard of the Hesperides, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Gilded Cage, The Night Manager, Norse Mythology, Reality is not what it seems, Analog SFF September/October 2017, Asimov's SF September/October 2017, Penric's Fox, 8 by Peter F. Hamilton (Pandora's Star, Judas Unchained, The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist, The Naked God, The Dreaming Void, The Temporal Void, The Evolutionary Void)
- September (21/£25.06): Grantville Gazette #73, F&SF September 2017, 13 by Ellis Peters (Fallen into the Pit, Death and the Joyful Woman, Flight of a Witch, A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs, The Piper on the Mountain, Black is the Colour of My True Love's Heart, The Grass Widow's Tale, The House of Green Turf, Mourning Raga, The Knocker on Death's Door, Death to the Landlords, City of Gold and Shadows, Rainbow's End), The Ruin of Angels, The Icarus Hunt, Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass, The Secret Pilgrim
- October (10/£13.50): Gallow's Thief, Jurassic Park, Knight of the Demon Queen, The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Catch-22, The Way of Kings, Analog SFF November/December 2017, Asimov's SF November/December 2017, The Girl Who Drank The Moon, A Delicate Truth
- November (14/£20.18) Grantville Gazette #74, F&SF November 2017, The Collapsing Empire, I am Legend, Electric Dreams Vol 1, The Prestige, The Forever War, The Prisoner of Limnos, Poirot and Me, Empire Games, Diving Into The Wreck, City Of Ruins, Boneyards, The Attenbury Emeralds
- December (10/£12.98): Snowdrift and Other Stories, The One, Camber of Culdi Trilogy (Camber of Culdi, Saint Camber, Camber the Heretic), Vegan: The Essential Christmas Cookbook, Analog SFF January/February 2018, Asimov's SF January/February 2018, "I, Claudius", The Vesuvius Club
Wishlist books (when on offer)
Analysis
TBR: 1172
Books read: 160 (including 25 freebies, 8 abandoned, 3 re-reads)
Books otherwise removed from TBR pile: 2 (1 discarded, 1 non-book)
Books removed from TBR pile: 159 (including 25 freebies)
Books added to TBR pile: 163 (including 24 freebies)
Removed/Added: 0.98
Net reduction for 2017: -4
Non-free books read: 134
Total cost of books read: £243.11
Average cost of books read: £1.81
Non-free books bought: 141 (including 4 not added to TBR)
Total cost of books bought: £222.13
Average cost of books bought: £1.58
Rating System:
1: Bad.
2: Poor. (Or just not to my taste.)
3: Satisfactory.
4: Good.
5: Excellent.
Pages are as given by the ADE algorithm in Calibre, or from the Amazon web page.
Last edited by pdurrant; 01-01-2018 at 06:07 AM.
Reason: Abandoned The Vesuvius Club
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