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The third book, Breaking Hel, came out last August, completing the trilogy.

Seeing Krypto in the all the trailers reminded me of one of the earliest Superman comics I remember reading, where Krypto becomes infected with some kind of Kryptonian version of rabies. He grows in size, goes mad, and begins destroying everything and wreaking havoc, almost killing Superman. Superman was forced to face the fact that he may have to destroy his own dog. In the end, Krypto is saved when the army launch a salvo of shells made of Kryptonite at him. The rabid superdog manages to evade the shells, but the radiation off of the near misses kills the rabies virus in him and he shrinks back down to his old self.

I read a couple of Sabrina Chase series: Her space opera, Sequoyah series, about an explorer whose damaged ship does an 80 year time skip that lands her in a middle of war between humanity and alien race. And her Red Wolf series about an young modern soldier traveling in the Far East is transported to a low tech parallel world where she uses her Special Forces training to try and carve out a future for herself. The two stories are similar in that a skilled young woman is displaced into an unfamiliar world and has a significant impact. I liked the space opera a bit more because of the setting and the alien race. I read M.R. Carey's Someone Like Me. I liked it a lot with some very cool twists in unexpected directions. I read Katherine Addison's latest in the Cemeteries of Amalo series, Tomb of the Dragon, with Celehar delving into new mysteries with the help of the friends and colleagues. Finally I jumped on the bandwagon and read all seven of the Dungeon Crawler Carl Series. A funny, gory mess that I thoroughly enjoyed. I agree with @briantw theory which is supported by Now moving on to Mark Lawrence's final Book book The Book That Held Her Heart.

I'm more of a reader/hoarder rather than a collector. I kept books because I used to reread them because I couldn't afford to keep buying new books and access to new books was more limited in the past by bookstore and library hours. I don't reread books as much as I used to because I got a Kindle, so I can immediately go on line at any time and get a new book if I am looking for something to read late at night, rather than pulling an old book from my shelves and rereading it. I currently have about 1,600 physical books, about 80% paperbacks from the 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's and the rest hard cover and trade paper backs. The paperbacks are stored in plastic bins in the garage and the rest are filling my shelves. It would be a lot more physical books, but I received the Kindle in 2016 and now have about 700 e-books on that.

Behind on this. Lots of reading since the start of the new year: Read the latest books in the Dennis E. Taylor's Bobverse series, Not Til We Are Lost, and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Tyrant Philosophers Series, Days of Shattered Faith. Both a good as I expected. Read the start of a new series by Christopher Nuttall, Conquistadors, about an invasion of our world by an Empire from a parallel Earth where there was no restoration of the British Monarchy after Cromwell became Lord Protector of the English Commonwealth and the Industrial Revolution happened much earlier than our own, leading to a more advanced technology. Reread an old favorite of mine Jandrax by Syd Lodgson about a ship full of colonists marooned on a hostile world by an act of sabotage who must learn to adapt and survive while still dealing with prejudices and issues brought from their old worlds. Lots going on in just 150 pages. Read all three books of the Janitors of the Apocalypse by Jim C. Hines (Terminal Alliance, Terminal Uprising, and Terminal Peace) where feral mutant humans are taken from ruins of Earth and used as soldiers and maintenance staff for an alien alliance. Story follows a group of human janitors who find themselves in control of a warship. Fun story as the janitors use their knowledge and experience dealing with plumbing issues and cleaning up after various alien races to solve the different situations they face. Read all three books of John Gwynne's newest trilogy (Shadow the Gods, Hunger of the Gods, Fury of the Gods). I had read his two previous series and enjoyed these just as much. This has a Norse flavored world where the Gods were killed in a war that ravaged the world and any surviving descendants who carry the blood of the gods are hunted and feared by the rest of humanity and are either killed or enslaved. Read all three of the Bill Hodges books by Stephen King (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, and End of Watch) The first two are more mundane mysteries/thrillers/horror about a retired police officer dealing with actions of evil men, while the third book adds a little more horror elements. Finally, getting into James Islington's Licanius Trilogy starting with first book, The Shadow of What Was Lost.

J. V. Jones Endlords is supposed to finally arrive this year.

It seems that the only pirates who ever found At Attin never left, as their ship got buried on the planet until the kids woke it up. Have we learned the name of their ship from SM-33? When I saw the name of episode 3 "Very interesting, as an Astrogation problem", it immediately reminded me of the salesman in Joe vs. the Volcano who helps him plan for his own travels. ""Very exciting.... as a luggage problem!"

The first two episodes were good, though they still suffer from being too short like most of the Disney series. Like that the droid is named after the character in Peter Pan, fits the theme.

Love this movie.

The ending was very good, but very dark. I know this was a one off series, but they left a lot of threads that could be followed for more stories in The Batman universe

He wrote it in lemon juice, you need to heat up your monitor for the message to appear.

Just finished the Warlords of Wyrdwood, the second book in RJ Barker's Forsaken Trilogy. Barker has become one of my favorite authors of the past 10 years. His debut Assassins trilogy was very good, but the Tide Child Trilogy was what elevated him to the top, with its amazing story and setting. The world of Crua in the new trilogy is just as wonderfully unique with a touch of Lovecraftian horror deep in the Forest and deeper underground. The second book starts immediately in the aftermath of the battle at the end of the first book and sets everyone involved onto new paths. Totally enthralled by the story and have no idea how things will unfold in the final book. Other than that have been returned to the comfort of Christian Cameron's historical fiction, currently reading through his Long War series about the Greek and Persian conflicts. Finished the first two books, Killer of Men and Marathon.

"THE GUNFIRE AROUND us makes it hard to hear. But the human voice is different from other sounds. It can be heard over noises that bury everything else. Even when it's not shouting. Even when it's just a whisper. Even the lowest whisper can be heard - -over armies... when it's telling the truth." - The Interpreter

The main link that runs through everything and ties it together seems to be the promotional leaflets selling the idea of "Horizon" printed by a Mr. Pickering who we see in the very last scene is played by Giovanni Ribisi. The leaflets are pointing everyone toward the dream town he is selling which is named Horizon. The first three people that show up are killed by Apaches, and they are later buried, then the next wave shows up and they build their tents across the river from the 3 graves, but they are also attacked by the Apaches. The next wave is coming in the wagon train. Kind of following similar idea as the Centennial mini-series, based on the book by James Michener, focusing on a location and showing how it grows over time.

I watched it on Saturday. Beautiful to look at, but agree, none of the characters really grabbed me. Especially as HBO was showing Deadwood all day Sunday so I got lost in those so much better characters. But to address some of your points, the future town of Horizon is in San Pedro Valley somewhere in the southwest (near Apache lands). All of the different story lines seem to leading toward a conclusion in Horizon, but only one of the story lines is taking place there in Chapter 1, the one with the actual Apache attack on the proto-Horizon tent-city and the survivors' stories. Costner's storyline starts in the soon-to-be Wyoming territory trading horses (and other stuff?) when he runs into the psycho family near some mining camp and gets on their bad side, his chapter ends with him getting a Dear John letter from Marigold on the back of a Horizon promotional leaflet, which will probably send him in that direction with the psychos trailing behind. The wagon train story seems to have Horizon as their goal, but they have a ways to go and I'm sure many cliche stories to go through to reach there. Then they had that weird montage at the end which I wasn't sure if it was coming attractions/previews for the next Chapter or speeding things up for a time jump?

I agree with part of this, having the Empire being only 19 years old made was a mistake and not the impression I was given throughout the original trilogy which made it seem like the Empire was an older and more established evil. The Jedi Order, like the Imperial Senate, could have been a piece of the Old Republic that lingered past the founding of the Empire that the Emperor was forced to tolerate until Anakin's falling to the dark side gave the Emperor the tool to finally destroy the Jedi once and for all. So Vader could still have been Luke's father, without making the Empire less than 20 years old.

My solution (because I don't like raisins) is replacing the raisins with chocolate chips in your original recipe, so now you don't need an alternate to raisin cookies (can drop lemon oats) and already included chocolate, so back to one kind of cookie.

Do you think Steph Curry will have a significant impact on how Stephen is pronounced and cut into Steve as the more informal version? Steph has been a shortened version of Stephanie for years, but is Curry going to make it more popular as a male nickname for Stephen? Or will his name stand out as a unique blip that has no lasting impact?

Margot picked a good time to come to Scotland right in the middle of Scottish independence wars with Robert the Bruce and Mel Gibson..er William Wallace. Good memory, yes, I read the Royal Sorceress series, read The Revolutionary War soon after it got released last year, fun with magic and the French aristocracy.

I enjoyed Lucifer & Son very much, with all the factions jockeying for power or just survival. Loved the back story on Lucifer and his connection to the various creatures. Loved Lilith's story and motivations. Continue to root for Miss Newfield. Though you did reinforce my fear of puppets . Didn't know the third book of the Million Eyes was out, will need to get it, thanks. I had the same issue, took me a little bit to recall everything that had gone on before, a reread of Artifact Space would definitely have helped, but too deep into now to go back.

I'm starting my 58th book of 2024, Miles Cameron's Deep Black. Very excited to see where this story goes. In July, I finished the following: Echo of Worlds by M. R. Carey The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler Lucifer and Son by David Craig Penric and the Bandit by Lois McMasters Bujold Million Eyes II: the Unraveller by C.R. Berry The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi This was a good mix with books dealing with multiverse spanning wars, time travel, different takes on time loops, angels and demons, demons and bandits, Arthurian legend, and political intrigue with merchant banking and a dash of dragon.

Bernie is probably pissed that he spent a huge effort last week expounding on how he was fully supportive of Biden staying in the race, and then Biden turns around and drops out. Once he calms down he should join in with his support.

That episode was a bit confusing.

When I finished The Daughters' War I found myself immediately going back and rereading The Black Tongue Thief. I assume we needed the background information on the history and politics of Ispanthia to follow the attempt to restore the Queen to the throne in third book.

Been waiting for the Buehlman and Carey books, and can't go wrong with Tchaikovsky. Haven't started Jodi Taylor's Time Police series, still working through her first series. Not as familiar with the rest, will have to see if anything catches my interest.