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pscot

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24. I've been reading the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn
Sun Oct 3, 2021, 08:11 PM
Oct 2021

Currently on First Comes Scandal, a prequel. No dashing dukes or electric earls for Poppy Bridgerton. She's kidnapped by extremely well-bred pirates! Romance is inevitable.

I'm also reading Leviathon Wakes by James F. S. Corey, who is actually 2 people according to the dust jacket. This is space opera noir. The protagonist is a burnt out cop named Miller. Tasked with finding a missing girl, then fired from his job, he becomes obsessed with the girl. Meanwhile, the Earth, Mars and the Asteroid belt settlements are on the verge of interplanetary war over the missing contents of an abandoned space freighter. Add a monstrous space alien that consumes any life it encounters and you have the makings of a pretty good story.
I'm on the wait list for vol 2, Caliban's War. This is some of the best sci/fi I've read in a while.

Cheers Hermetic

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