Tag Archives: fiction

A Closed and Common Orbit

Posted on October 17, 2025 by twsobey

Title: A Closed and Common Orbit Author: Becky Chambers Completed: October 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: After finishing The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first in the Wayfarers series, I assumed the second book would continue … Continue reading →

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Picks and Shovels

Posted on September 9, 2025 by twsobey

Title: Picks and Shovels Author: Cory Doctorow Completed: Sept 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: This is the third book in the Martin Hench series and having read the first two earlier this summer, I moved onto this one. It … Continue reading →

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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Posted on August 22, 2025 by twsobey

Title: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Author: Becky Chambers Completed: August 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: A few years ago I came across A Psalm for the Wild Built. I don’t remember how I found it, … Continue reading →

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A Study in Scarlet

Posted on August 8, 2025 by twsobey

Title: A Study in Scarlet (free from Project Gutenberg) Author: Arthur Conan Doyle Completed: July 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: After deciding to keep a fiction book on my phone to read during moments of downtime, I picked a … Continue reading →

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The Bezzle

Posted on July 27, 2025 by twsobey

Title: The Bezzle: A Martin Hench Novel Author: Cory Doctorow Completed: July 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: This summer I attended Teardown 2025 where Cory Doctorow presented. When preparing for the event, I found his Martin Hench books and … Continue reading →

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A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

Posted on July 28, 2023 by twsobey

Title: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy: A Monk and Robot Book Author: Becky Chambers Completed: July 2023 (Full list of books) Overview: I read the first in this series, A Psalm for the Wild-Built, last year and really enjoyed it. … Continue reading →

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A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Posted on June 30, 2022 by twsobey

Title: A Psalm for the Wild-Built Author: Becky Chambers Completed: June 2022 (Full list of books) Overview: I typically read one fiction book each year. I have no real reason for this other than I noticed a few years ago … Continue reading →

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