Joel's Updates

Joel is now following Christopher

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 08:38:07 -0700

Joel is now following Christopher

Joel is currently reading 'The Signal'

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 08:37:06 -0700

Joel is currently reading The Signal by Eric Buchman

Joel added 'A Drop of Corruption'

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 08:32:18 -0700

Joel gave 5 stars to A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett
bookshelves: audiobooks
Absolutely brilliant. RJB has a home run on his hands with this series - it is a beautiful setting, vivid and dark, but full of vibrant and realistic characters with an immense level of vividness. I have devoured the first two books in this series and look forward to more as it's one of the single most exciting and addictive series I've read in years. LOVE Robert Jackson Bennett - everyone should read this.

Joel is on page 300 of 432 of A Drop of Corruption

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 08:24:00 -0700

Joel is on page 300 of 432 of A Drop of Corruption.
Joel wrote: RJB just "gets it"

Joel wants to read 'Seven Blades in Black'

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:25:02 -0700

Joel wants to read Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes

Joel wants to read 'The Raven Scholar'

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:23:20 -0700

Joel wants to read The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

Joel added 'When the Moon Hits Your Eye'

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:22:38 -0700

Joel gave 4 stars to When the Moon Hits Your Eye (Hardcover) by John Scalzi
bookshelves: audiobooks
An absolute riot of a book for the most part, WTMHYE explores the "what if?" scenario of the moon suddenly turning into a cheese-like substance, explored via numerous non-interconnected viewpoints. This was a LOT of fun, with Scalzi's typical endearing and entertaining prose and humor, and a lot of fun scenarios explored. On the negative side, I found some of the storylines a bit hard to engage with as they sometimes felt like a bunch of backstory and then a few minutes of interacting with cheesemoon, however most were engaging and added a lot to the story.

Scalzi has a tendency to write 'too perfect' dialogue - everyone is sharp, witty, has the right thing to say, and that's on display in this novel, but it's just so entertaining you don't really care. Overall, I really enjoyed it but didn't *LOVE* it, but would still recommend it to anyone and everyone since Scalzi is such an easy and fun read across all of his novels.

Wil Wheaton was, again, notably excellent narrating a Scalzi novel, and I agree with the afterword - Wheaton has become how I hear Scalzi prose in my head, through and through, despite how brilliant Dufris was on the OMW series.

Joel started reading 'A Drop of Corruption'

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:22:32 -0700

Joel started reading A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

Joel added 'When the Moon Hits Your Eye'

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:19:28 -0700

Joel wants to read 'The Martian Contingency'

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:08:03 -0700

Joel wants to read The Martian Contingency by Mary Robinette Kowal