Another Haven's Rock mystery which ties some previous storylines up nicely with new twists. Set in the Yukon, Detective Casey Butler and her husband must keep their settlement safe while navigating new parenthood.

Great series! Loved that it was four books with well developed characters. Erin Bennett is a good narrator.

Brilliantly crafted story around an era in which women were shunned for being intelligent, talented, and eager. The protagonist, however, defies these notions as she assertedly works toward her own success, one in which involves a lost love, a spirited dog, and chauvinistic figures who try to suppress her aspirations. A book worth reading, and a show created to see this story come to life.

It’s a light summer read, does not seem based in any sort of reality. Guessing people who like Downton Abbey would like this series. A lot of highly implausible situations that are anachronistic to the stated time period (à la Downton Abbey) Clearly modern mores guised as something else. If you can get beyond the absurdity in that regard it’s ok as a light fluff read.

Loved it! Brandon Sanderson does a fabulous job world building, including a fascinating magic system. I love the nuanced characters that you still want to support. My only complaint is that there are a LOT of characters to keep track of, which is especially difficult early in the book.

This book and the one prior to it could have been combined into one. The main character of this book doesn’t have enough personality to carry 2 books.

This fanfic is about Richie Tozier from IT and Will Byers from stranger things. Will has to move to Maine and make new friends at a school he’s never been to. Here he meets Richie and they adore each others art.

Incredible novel depicting the obsession and paranoia of a morally grey heroine. Oedipa Maas demonstrates the mass hysteria of Cold War America and Pynchon inspects the psychological effects of the looming presence of secret societies.

Gave this book a shot based on some friends' recommendation and because I needed something to listen to on my runs, and despite my difficulties getting the audiobook to function on my watch, it was well worth the effort. DCC has undoubtedly been taking off in popularity, and it's not hard for me to see why. The humor is extremely tailored to millennials, especially those immersed in a variety of nerd culture (but especially gaming), and the jokes pretty consistently (for me at least). I found the character of Carl to be quite endearing, which I wasn't expecting; I often struggle to care much for traditionally masculine male leads. But he's a good blend of reserved and proactive as a protagonist, and he bounces off Donut and the other supporting characters well. Complementing the strong humor and character work, the worldbuilding definitely appeals to me in the way that things are "gameified." One of the many gripes I had with media that portrayed video games while growing up in the mid 00s was a lack of understanding and generic portrayals of alleged game mechanics. It was, about 99% of the time, very easy to see at a glance that the writers of a show or book never played many games (or at least that material had been edited to appear that way to be more palatable to a general audience). But DCC has nuance and understanding of game mechanics that are, in turn, translated to be both fun to read and learn about, and gets one thinking about how those mechanics naturally expand on each other. That all is to say, there are no references to high scores or extra lives or other wildly outdated game mechanics that don't make sense in the context of the world and story, and instead, the book explores the element quite in-depth in a way that rewards those who already are familiar with that material. I quite enjoyed this first entry and I look forward to listening to the rest of the series on my runs.

Good follow up to book 1. I do think the Tracy Crosswhite series is better. Not sure I will listen to the third.