Jean's Big Books

Last year I tried for 30 tomes, but got 26 instead. I think I'll shoot for 30 again. Close anyway!

01. Ilium - Dan Simmons - 752 pages
02. The Spy Coast - Tess Gerritsen - 500 pages
03. The Punishment She Deserves - Elizabeth George - 704 pages
04. Persepolis Rising - James S A Corey- 604 pp
05. Tiamat's Wrath - James S A Corey - 544pp
06. Leviathan Falls - James S A Corey - 529 pp
07. The Dragon's Path - Daniel Abraham - 592pp
08. The King's Blood - Daniel Abraham - 528
09. The Tyrant's Law - Daniel Abraham - 528
10. The Widow's House - Daniel Abraham - 592
11. Legend (The Event Group) - David L. Golemon - 544 pp
12. The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood - 521pp

I know you can do it, Jean. Go for those Big Bad ones.

Ilium - Dan Simmons
Series: Ilium #1 - 752 pages
Audiobook read by Kevin Pariseau



I found the start very confusing and disjointed. Three totally unrelated stories, one of the battle of Troy, a second robots on Io, and a third humans living on a reconstructed world with essentially no knowledge of their history or geography, and obnoxious mostly.

I finally stopped trying to make sense of the story and just read it. At the end, of course, the three pieces come together. However, I found that even so, much of it made little sense to me, as to the whys and wherefores.

I'm undecided if I will read book 2.

Hi Jean, you will get to 30 this year my dear.

Good luck with your goal, Jean!

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The Spy Coast - Tess Gerritsen
Series: The Martini Club #1
Audiobook read by: Huber/Pressley

Fiun story of retired spies who get drawn back into the game when a dead body is dumped on one's driveway.

Enjoyable characters, twisty plot, nicely written.

Challenges:
MysteryKIT, AlphaKIT, Wimsey

>6 majkia: This one is definitely going on my TBR list.

The Punishment She Deserves - Elizabeth George
Series: Lynley/Havers #20



Challenges: BFB, Focus Mystery, Roll100, AlphaKIT

A clergyman accused of pedophilia dies while in police custody. But there are questions. Havers arrives with Ardrey but the investigation goes nowhere. Then Lynley gets involved and he and Havers do the investigation up right.

I do love how personal George gets. Not only with the main characters but with even minor characters involved in the story. As usual, everyone is affected and grows accordingly.

The Dragon's Path - Daniel Abraham
Series: Dagger and the Coin 1

Challenges: SFF focus, BFB, Roll100, Doublespin

This is a re-read, well re-listen (read by Pete Bradbury). I loved the series and want to revisit the entire thing.

Just as fascinating as I remembered it.

There really is no way to talk about these books except in total. when I finish book 5 and final, I'll write a review

Looking forward to that moment, Jean.

>11 connie53: They are so so good. I forgot to update. One of my vary favorite series.

The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood

Beautifully written, as usual for Atwood. Deep in thoughts and feelings. I did find it confusing though.