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Originally Posted by Dazrin
I started reading Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton yesterday. This was fully nominated a couple times for the book club last year and caught my eye then. The length, at almost 1100 pages, is daunting and one of the reasons it wasn't selected but at 10% in it has been excellent. Murder mystery, governmental corruption and intrigue, and a fight for the survival of humanity (well not that one at least yet.  ) in an excellent nearish future world. |
Excellent book if a bit on the long side. I still think it could have been trimmed some, but it was a great journey. Lots of different things going on in it. I am somewhat glad that it is a stand-alone book although I would like to return to that universe as some point.
This was my 66th book of the year and I crossed over my 24,000 page goal for the year, yay! I also happened to cross the 100,000 page mark since I got my Kindle and started keeping track.
Next up is either
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman or Harry Hole #1,
The Bat, by Jo Nesbø for the book club. Both have become available recently at my library.
The Bat actually arrived about 3 minutes after I finished Great North Road. Weird timing.