Silly. Fun. Definitely light reading but how can you not like a book where rhubarb pie is a major plot point?
I love Jane Goodall but this particular book was light on science details and really aimed at a younger audience. But hey, it was a cheapie Kindle book and I did enjoy it.
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
Great book from the author of “The Disappearing Spoon” (one of my all time favorite nonfiction books).
Meh. Least favorite Nix book with the exception of “Ragwitch” so far. It was ok. But I'm accustomed to much more than ok from Nix. Ah well. Can't love ‘em all.
Definitely would have benefited from another draft or two with a good editor. It's a decent story but it needed someone to weed out the old tropes like “emerald eyes” and whatnot.
Excellent book. Mediocre audio version due to the narrator mispronouncing words. Go for the dead tree version. For full enjoyment, read Jim Hines' “Goblin Tale” books first so you know all about Smudge (it's not necessary to enjoy “Libriomancer” but I think it adds personal satisfaction).
Great overview of the people and politics involved. For me, it's only 3 stars because I wanted way more engineering and that was mostly glossed over.
In general, I like Martinez. This one was good but it's not my favorite (I think that one would be “Too Many Curses”).
Really 3.5. Some (most?) of the book was top notch but there was one really meh part. Very interesting other than that section though.
This was amazing. The trilogy just kept getting better. In some ways, it reminded me of Bujold's Chalion books and that is high praise indeed! My only regret was the wretched narrator they used for Dante in this book.
Another fine addition to “The Laundry Files”. I just adore this series and the audiobook versions are great.
Loved this book! My only regret is not reading it sooner. And for the audio version, the narrator (Phil Gigante) did one of the best narrations I have ever listened to. Ever.
Update: Listened again and loved it just as much.