- Ben Aaronovitch: Midnight Riot/Rivers of London 7.5; Moon Over Soho 8; Whispers Underground*** 7.5
- Joe Abercrombie: The Blade Itself 8.5; Before They Are Hanged 7-7.5; Last Argument of Kings 8.5; The First Law Trilogy 9; Best Served Cold 7.5; The Heroes 9
- Daniel Abraham: Shadow Twin 8; The Dragon's Path 8-8.5; Leviathan Wakes 7-7.5
- Lou Anders (ed.): Fast Forward 1 7.5; Swords & Dark Magic 7.5
- A.A. Attanasio: The Dragon and the Unicorn 4
- R Scott Bakker: The Prince of Nothing Trilogy 9; The Darkness That Comes Before 7.5-8 The Warrior Prophet 8.5; The Thousandfold Thought 8-8.5; Neuropath 8; The Judging Eye 9; The White-Luck Warrior 6
- Peter S. Beagle (ed.): The Urban Fantasy Anthology 8
- Elizabeth Bear: New Amsterdam* 8; Range of Ghosts 7.5-8
- Bradley P. Beaulieu: The Winds of Khalakovo 7.5
- R.S. Belcher: The Six-Gun Tarot 7.5
- Lauren Beukes: Zoo City 7.5
- Richard Bowes: From the Files of the Time Rangers 7.5
- Maurice Broaddus: King Maker 6.5-7
- John Brown: Servant of a Dark God 7
- John Burdett: Bangkok 8 8/10; Bangkok Tattoo 8.5; Bangkok Haunts* 8
- Tobias Buckell: Crystal Rain 8; Ragamuffin 7.5; Tides from the New Worlds 7.5, Arctic Rising 8-8.5
- Jesse Bullington: The Folly of the World 8
- Gail Carriger: Soulless 7.5
- Jonathan Carroll: Sleeping in Flame 7
- Mark Chadbourn: World's End 8.5; Darkest Hour 8.5
- Blake Charlton: Spellwright 7
- Ted Chiang: The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate* 8
- Michael Cisco: The Traitor 5
- Myke Cole: Shadow Ops: Control Point 8.5; Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier 8.5-9
- Suzzane Collins: The Hunger Games 9
- James S.A. Corey: Leviathan Wakes 7-7.5
- D.M. Cornish: Foundling 7.5
- Justin Cronin: The Passage 8.5-9
- Richard Dansky: Firefly Rain 7
- Stephen Deas: The Adamantine Palace 6.5-7
- Charles deLint: The Little Country 6-7; The Riddle of the Wren 6-6.5; Medicine Road 9.5; Eyes Like Leaves 6.5
- Gardner Dozois: Shadow Twin 8
- Gardner Dozois (editor): The New Space Opera 6
- Hal Duncan: Vellum 9.5; Escape From Hell! 9
- David Anthony Durham: Acacia 7/10; The Other Lands 8/10; The Sacred Band 8.5/10; The Acacia Trilogy 8.5
- Umberto Eco: The Name of the Rose 7.5
- David Louis Edelman: Infoquake 8
- Stephen Erikson: The Bonehunters 7.5-8; Reaper's Gale 7.5; The Lees of Laughter's End 8; Toll the Hounds 8.5; Dust of Dreams 7.5; Crack'd Pot Trail 9; The Crippled God 8.5; The Malazan Book of the Fallen 9; Forge of Darkness 8.5
- Ian C. Esslemont: Return of the Crimson Guard 7/ Stonewielder 7.5; Orb Sceptre Throne 6.5-7
- S.L. Farrell: A Magic of Twilight* 7; A Magic of Nightfall 7
- Magnus Flyte: City of Dark Magic 4.5
- Ty Frank: Leviathan Wakes 7-7.5
- John M. Ford: The Last Hot Time 9
- Richard Ford: Kultus 5.5
- Alan Dean Foster: Sagramanda 6.5
- C.S. (Celia) Friedman: Feast of Souls 8
- Gregory Frost: Shadowbridge 7.5; Lord Tophet 7.5-8
- Felix Gilman: The Half-Made World 8
- Christopher Golden: The Chamber of Ten 5.5***
- Daryl Gregory: Pandemonium 7.5
- Kate Griffin: A Madness of Angels 7.5-8; The Midnight Mayor 7.5-8
- Jon Courtenay Grimwood: The Fallen Blade 6.5
- Pete Hamill: Forever 9
- Robert Holdstock: Mythago Wood 8
- Stephen Hunt: The Court of the Air 6
- Anthony Huso: The Last Page 7.5
- Charlie Huston: Already Dead 8; No Dominion*** 8; Sleepless 9; Half the Blood of Brooklyn*** 7
- Alexander C. Irvine: Buyout 8.5
- N.K. Jemisin: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms 8
- K.V. Johansen: Blackdog 7-7.5
- Robert Jordan: The Gathering Storm 9; Towers of Midnight 8; A Memory of Light 9
- Graham Joyce: Smoking Poppy 8
- Theodore Judson: The Martian General's Daughter 7.5
- David Keck: In the Eye of Heaven 5
- Jasper Kent: Twelve 9
- Elizabeth Kostova: The Historian 8
- Jay Kristoff: Stormdancer 5.5-6
- Jay Lake: Mainspring 8; Green 7
- M.D. Lachlan: Wolfsangel 6.5***
- Margo Lanagan: Black Juice 7; Tender Morsels 7
- Joe R. Lansdale (ed): The Urban Fantasy Anthology 8
- Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness 8.5****
- Tim Lebbon: The Chamber of Ten 5.5***
- Stina Leicht: Of Blood and Honey 9
- Scott Lynch: The Lies of Locke Lamora 7.5 Red Seas Under Red Skies 7.5-8
- Nick Mamatas: Move Under Ground 4-9
- George Mann: The Affinity Bridge 7
- John Marco: Starfinder 6
- Ari Marmell: The Conqueror's Shadow 7.5-8
- George R.R. Martin: Shadow Twin 8
- J.M. McDermott: Never Knew Another 8
- Ian McDonald: Brasyl 7.5; The Dervish House 7.5
- Carole McDonnell: Wind Follower**
- Edward J. McFadden (ed.): Jigsaw Nation* 6-6.5
- Patricia A. McKillip: Riddle-Master (or The Riddle-Master's Game) 8****
- John Meaney: Bone Song 8
- China Miéville: King Rat 6.5; The Scar 8; Kraken 8.5; Embassytown 8
- Michael Moorcock: The Metatemporal Detective 8.5
- Christopher Moore: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal 7
- Richard K. Morgan: Altered Carbon 8
- Haruki Murakami: Kafka on the Shore 8
- Vera Nazarian: Dreams of the Compass Rose 7
- Mark Charan Newton: Nights of Villjamur 7
- Naomi Novik: His Majesty's Dragon 7.5
- Peadar Ó Guilín: The Inferior 7
- Nnedi Okorafor: Who Fears Death 9
- K.J. Parker: Sharps 8.5
- Vicki Pettersson: The Scent of Shadows 6.5
- Holly Phillips: The Engine's Child 6.5-7
- Tim Powers: The Anubis Gates 7.5
- Terry Pratchett: Sourcery 5; Unseen Academicals 7.5
- Kim Stanley Robinson: Red Mars 8.5
- Chris Roberson: Set the Seas on Fire 6.5-7
- Justina Robson: Mappa Mundi 7/10; Keeping it Real 6.5
- Margaret Ronald: Spiral Hunt 6.5-7
- Patrick Rothfuss: The Name of the Wind 8; The Wise Man's Fear 8-8.5
- J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows* 8
- Michael Rubens: The Sheriff of Yrnameer 4
- Rudy Rucker: Postsingular 5
- Brian Ruckley: Winterbirth 6.5-7; The Edinburgh Dead 8
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Diving into the Wreck 8
- Edward Rutherfurd: Sarum 6.5
- R.A. Salvatore: The Orc King 5
- Brandon Sanderson: Mistborn: The Final Empire 7.5; The Well of Ascension 8-8.5; The Hero of Ages 9; The Mistborn Trilogy 8; The Gathering Storm 9; The Way of Kings 8.5; Towers of Midnight 8; The Alloy of Law 8; A Memory of Light 9
- Andrzej Sapkowski: The Last Wish 8
- John Scalzi: The Android's Dream* 7; Old Man's War* 7; The Ghost Brigades* 7; The Last Colony* 7.5; Zoe's Tale* 8; Agent to the Stars* 7
- Courtney Schafer: The Whitefire Crossing 8
- Ken Scholes: Lamentation 8, Canticle 8-8.5; Antiphon 7.5
- Joel Shepherd: Sasha 8
- Patrick St-Denis: Speculative Horizons 7.5-8
- Matthew Woodring Stover: Heroes Die 8.5; Blade of Tyshalle 8.5-9
- Jonathan Strahan: The New Space Opera 6; Swords & Dark Magic 7.5
- Michael Swanwick: The Dragons of Babel 8.5; Dancing With Bears 8.5-9
- Sam Sykes: Tome of the Undergates 7
- K.J. Taylor: The Dark Griffin 5.5
- Melanie Tem: The Man on the Ceiling 6
- Steve Rasnic Tem: The Man on the Ceiling 6
- John Twelve Hawks: The Traveler 8
- Ann VanderMeer (ed): Fast Ships, Black Sails 4.5***
- Jeff VanderMeer (ed): Fash Ships, Black Sails 4.5***
- Jeff VanderMeer: City of Saints and Madmen 8.5; Finch 9
- Brent Weeks: The Way of Shadows 6-6.5
- Scott Westerfeld: Leviathan 8
- T.H. White: The Once and Future King 6
- Sean Williams: The Crooked Letter 7-7.5
- David J. Williams: Mirrored Heavens 5.5-6
- Tad Williams: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn Trilogy 7; The Dragonbone Chair 6.5-7; Stone of Farewell 7-7.5; To Green Angel Tower 6.5-7
- Connie Willis: D.A. 8*
- Terri Windling: The Wood Wife 8.5
- David Wingrove: Son of Heaven 8
- Chris Wooding: Retribution Falls 7
- Charles Yu: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe 8
Audio Books
- Ian Caldwell: The Rule of Four 2
- Chistopher Moore: You Suck: A Love Story 7.5
- John Scalzi: The Sagan Diary 6
- Dustin Thomason: The Rule of Four 2
- Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth 5.5
Series
- The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie, 9
- The Prince of Nothing Trilogy by R Scott Bakker, 9
- The Acacia Trilogy by David Anthony Durham, 8
- The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson, 8
- Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn Trilogy by Tad Williams, 7
* Originally reviewed at BookSpotCentral.
** Did not finish
***Mini-Review
****Originally reviewed at SF and Fantasy Masterworks Reading Project
2 comments:
Rating Carroll's SLEEPING IN FLAME a 7 out of 10 is like saying Babe Ruth was a pretty good hitter.
Martha Ludden
Hmm...well if I were going to try an apply my rating system to hitting in baseball, a pretty good hitter would probably rate between 5 and 6, and yes, Babe Ruth, probably a 7 (but it would get rather complicated due to relativity and such). Anyway, I digress...
A 7/10 in my rating system is a good rating. I probably would have givin it 8/10, if not for a couple of issues that I pointed out in the review. In my system, very few books would get a 9/10, and since I'm terrible with absolutes, I imagine I'll never score a book 10/10.
Everyone has their own opinions about books, and I'll stand by my review.
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