Tarkin
This novel offers a bit of context on why Grand Moff Tarkin is the way he is (well, was the way he was I guess).
The Elephant Whisperer
This is a first-hand account from Lawrence Anthony, a conservationist who ran the Thula Thula game reserve in South Africa.
The Empire Strikes Back: From a Certain Point of View
I enjoyed the “New Hope” edition of From a Certain Point of View.
The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking)
Written by Dr. Katie Mack, a witty cosmologist with a nice writing style, this book outlines a number of ways the universe might end.
Dune
I had the wrong impression about “Dune.”
Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
The story of how Orson Krennic duped Galen Erso into helping construct the Death Star is not a story that needed to be told.
Alphabet Squadron
Alphabet Squadron is the first in a three-book “Star Wars” series that’s set after the Battle of Endor.
The Last Emperox
This is the final book in John Scalzi’s Interdependency trilogy.
The Power
A great what-if question gets my mind turning.
The Worst of All Possible Worlds
This is the final book in Alex White’s Salvagers series.
Ancillary Justice
This book has decent reviews and it was compared to “The Expanse,” and that’s catnip for me.
Only Human
This is the third book in the “Themis Files” series.
Waking Gods
This is a silly and frivolous continuation of the mystery-robots-and-ancient-aliens nonsense introduced in Sleeping Giants.
Sleeping Giants
It’s been a little while since I read a book I hadn’t read before. It was nice to get back to it.
Iron Gold (Red Rising book 4)
This is the second time I’ve read the fourth book in the Red Rising series.
Morning Star
This is the final book in the first Red Rising trilogy.
Golden Son (Red Rising book 2)
This is book No. 2 in the Red Rising series.
Red Rising (Red Rising book 1)
I’m re-reading Pierce Brown’s Red Rising series.
The Rise of Skywalker: Extended Edition (audiobook)
I listened to this because reviews noted that it addressed some of the story holes in “Rise of Skywalker.” Those holes bothered me.
Forever Free
This is the follow up to The Forever War.
The Forever War
This is a well regarded science fiction novel that was written by Joe Haldeman in the 1970s.
Resistance Reborn
This book is set between “The Last Jedi” and “The Rise of Skywalker.”
Ahsoka
This “Star Wars” book follows Ahsoka about a year after Order 66.
Medallion Status
This is another book of stories from John Hodgman.
Vacationland
I’ve always liked John Hodgman.
Last Shot
This book is set a few years after “Return of the Jedi.”
Loser
I started reading this book because it was sitting on a table at home. I kept reading it because it’s touching.
Thrawn: Treason
This is the third Thrawn book I’ve read. They’re all interesting enough, but the story is spinning its wheels.
Meditation is Not What You Think
Reading Jon Kabat-Zinn’s book Wherever You Go, There You Are was an important part of my initial embrace and exploration of mindfulness. I remember being struck by the simple, yet profound, perspectives.
Thrawn: Alliances
This book takes place in two time periods.
Star Wars From a Certain Point of View
I picked this book up on a whim at the library. It’s a collection of 40 short stories covering secondary characters during “A New Hope.”
Head On
This is the second book in John Scalzi’s Lock In series. It’s fun, but it’s not as good as the original Lock In.
Lock In
John Scalzi writes quick reads that are thoughtful and have depth. I’m not sure how he does it.
Thrawn
Yes. I like to read “Star Wars” books like Thrawn. No, I am not embarrassed about that.
The Consuming Fire
This book took me a little while to get into, but once I did I was all in.
Cibola Burn
I adore the “Expanse” series. I re-read this book–the fourth in the series–in advance of season four of “The Expanse” TV show coming to Amazon in December.
The Fall of Hyperion
I’m having a hard time understanding how I feel about this book, and about Dan Simmons’ writing in general.
Movies (and other things)
Shea Serrano is someone I’d like to hang out with.
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
The subhead on this book hints at a hopefulness that isn’t really in the book.
The Collapsing Empire
John Scalzi is my kind of writer (I read all of the Old Man’s War series and Red Shirts was a phenomenal one-off).
Hyperion
I don’t usually love hyper-literate sci-fi / pop-culture books.
The Dark Forest
This is the second book in the Remembrance of Earth’s Past series, by Cixin Liu. Like the first book, there is some widlly imaginative stuff in here.
Dark Age (Red Rising book 5)
This is the fifth book in the Red Rising series and it is quite the epic (750 pages).
The Three-Body Problem
It was very interesting to enter into a universe where Earth encounters an alien society but it’s filtered through a Chinese perspective.
Record of a Spaceborn Few
This is the third Wayfarer book.
A Closed and Common Orbit
This is the second book in Becky Chambers’ Wayfarer series.
A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy
This is the second book in Alex White’s Salvagers series.
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe
The cover of this book says something like, “If you miss Firefly you’ll love this.” And that is 100% correct.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
I got 90% of the way through this book waiting for the plot to kick in. But it didn’t.