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Originally Posted by CRussel
Finished. Another 3.5 star. Not bad, just not as good as it could be. I enjoy Weber's books, but I sincerely wish he could write "tighter"! Next up is How Firm a Foundation, which also has a change in reader for the Audible version. (Really annoying, 4 different readers for this series!)
I'll start this one once I finish reading The Martian, downloaded from the BC Library. 
Hmm. No sign of the first one in the BC Library system, but a bunch of Howard Engle books. Unfortunately, the first one available is #5, A City Called July. Is this the sort of series that really needs to be read from the beginning? Or can I jump in at #5? |
These are IMO 100% stand alone in that there is no necessity to understand back story. It plays a small part in that some of the characters are recurring but there are no spoilers I have noticed or any long chattering on and on about what went before. Enough is said, but not too much if you know wat I mean.
I have read several in paper years ago and was kind of keeping my eye out, so I leapt on Dead & Buried #7 and enjoyed it. I like to go in consecutive order when I can, but the best books (the ones
I really like) can be read stand alone.
Helen