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Yesterday I finished reading The Human Division by John Scalzi. It's set in his Old Man's Universe and directly follows on to the events of The Last Colony and Zoe's Tale. (Those two are the same events from two different points of view.) While I enjoyed the way in which the story progresses, I didn't particularly like the fact that the book is essentially a sequence of novellas (or even novelettes) starring mostly the same characters. The book was originally published online in thirteen parts from January to April 2013 as a three-month digital serial. Each of the parts is available in eBook or audio format, or you can get the entire novel at one whack much more cheaply.
I'm about 1/2 way through The Falcon at the Portal, #11 in the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters (aka Barbara Mertz). Although I am thoroughly enjoying the book -- heck, the entire series -- I think I am going to take a break from Peabody, Emerson, and Ramses.
Next up are The Iron Jackal, third of the Ketty Jay steampunk novels by Chris Wooding and Boar Island, #19 in the Anna Pigeon Mysteries by Nevada Barr. Once I've read those and returned them to the library, I'll think about what to read next.
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