- Ben Aaronovitch: Midnight Riot/Rivers of London 7.5/10; Moon Over Soho 8/10
- Joe Abercrombie: The Blade Itself 8.5/10; Before They Are Hanged 7-7.5/10; Last Argument of Kings 8.5/10; The First Law Trilogy 9/10; Best Served Cold 7.5/10; The Heroes 9/10
- Daniel Abraham: Shadow Twin 8/10; The Dragon's Path 8-8.5/10; Leviathan Wakes 7-7.5/10
- Lou Anders (ed.): Fast Forward 1 7.5/10; Swords & Dark Magic 7.5/10
- A.A. Attanasio: The Dragon and the Unicorn 4/10
- R Scott Bakker: The Prince of Nothing Trilogy 9/10; The Darkness That Comes Before 7.5-8/10; The Warrior Prophet 8.5/10; The Thousandfold Thought 8-8.5/10; Neuropath 8/10; The Judging Eye 9/10; The White-Luck Warrior 6/10
- Peter S. Beagle (ed.): The Urban Fantasy Anthology 8/10
- Elizabeth Bear: New Amsterdam* 8/10
- Richard Bowes: From the Files of the Time Rangers 7.5/10
- Maurice Broaddus: King Maker 6.5-7/10
- John Brown: Servant of a Dark God 7/10
- John Burdett: Bangkok 8 8/10; Bangkok Tattoo 8.5/10; Bangkok Haunts* 8/10
- Tobias Buckell: Crystal Rain 8/10; Ragamuffin 7.5/10; Tides from the New Worlds 7.5/10, Arctic Rising 8-8.5/10
- Gail Carriger: Soulless 7.5
- Jonathan Carroll: Sleeping in Flame 7/10
- Mark Chadbourn: World's End 8.5/10; Darkest Hour 8.5/10
- Blake Charlton: Spellwright 7/10
- Ted Chiang: The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate* 8/10
- Michael Cisco: The Traitor 5/10
- Myke Cole: Shadow Ops: Control Point 8.5/10
- Suzzane Collins: The Hunger Games 9/10
- James S.A. Corey: Leviathan Wakes 7-7.5/10
- D.M. Cornish: Foundling 7.5/10
- Justin Cronin: The Passage 8.5-9
- Richard Dansky: Firefly Rain 7/10
- Stephen Deas: The Adamantine Palace 6.5-7/10
- Charles deLint: The Little Country 6-7/10; The Riddle of the Wren 6-6.5/10; Medicine Road 9.5/10; Eyes Like Leaves 6.5/10
- Gardner Dozois: Shadow Twin 8/10
- Gardner Dozois (editor): The New Space Opera 6/10
- Hal Duncan: Vellum 9.5/10; Escape From Hell! 9/10
- David Anthony Durham: Acacia 7/10; The Other Lands 8/10; The Sacred Band 8.5/10; The Acacia Trilogy 8.5/10
- Umberto Eco: The Name of the Rose 7.5/10
- David Louis Edelman: Infoquake 8/10
- Stephen Erikson: The Bonehunters 7.5-8/10; Reaper's Gale 7.5/10; The Lees of Laughter's End 8/10; Toll the Hounds 8.5/10; Dust of Dreams 7.5/10; Crack'd Pot Trail 9/10; The Crippled God 8.5/10; The Malazan Book of the Fallen 9/10
- Ian C. Esslemont: Return of the Crimson Guard 7/10; Stonewielder 7.5/10; Orb Sceptre Throne 6.5-7/10
- S.L. Farrell: A Magic of Twilight* 7/10; A Magic of Nightfall 7/10
- Ty Frank: Leviathan Wakes 7-7.5/10
- John M. Ford: The Last Hot Time 9/10
- Richard Ford: Kultus 5.5/10
- Alan Dean Foster: Sagramanda 6.5/10
- C.S. (Celia) Friedman: Feast of Souls 8/10
- Gregory Frost: Shadowbridge 7.5/10; Lord Tophet 7.5-8/10
- Christopher Golden: The Chamber of Ten 5.5/10***
- Daryl Gregory: Pandemonium 7.5/10
- Kate Griffin: A Madness of Angels 7.5-8; The Midnight Mayor 7.5-8
- Jon Courtenay Grimwood: The Fallen Blade 6.5/10
- Pete Hamill: Forever 9/10
- Robert Holdstock: Mythago Wood 8/10
- Stephen Hunt: The Court of the Air 6/10
- Anthony Huso: The Last Page 7.5/10
- Charlie Huston: Already Dead 8/10; No Dominion*** 8/10; Sleepless 9/10; Half the Blood of Brooklyn*** 7/10
- Alexander C. Irvine: Buyout 8.5/10
- N.K. Jemisin: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms 8/10
- K.V. Johansen: Blackdog 7-7.5/10
- Robert Jordan: The Gathering Storm 9/10; Towers of Midnight 8/10
- Graham Joyce: Smoking Poppy 8/10
- Theodore Judson: The Martian General's Daughter 7.5/10
- David Keck: In the Eye of Heaven 5/10
- Jasper Kent: Twelve 9/10
- Elizabeth Kostova: The Historian 8/10
- Jay Lake: Mainspring 8/10; Green 7/10
- M.D. Lachlan: Wolfsangel 6.5/10***
- Margo Lanagan: Black Juice 7/10; Tender Morsels 7/10
- Joe R. Lansdale (ed): The Urban Fantasy Anthology 8/10
- Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness 8.5/10****
- Tim Lebbon: The Chamber of Ten 5.5/10***
- Scott Lynch: The Lies of Locke Lamora 7.5/10 Red Seas Under Red Skies 7.5-8/10
- Nick Mamatas: Move Under Ground 4-9/10
- George Mann: The Affinity Bridge 7/10
- John Marco: Starfinder 6/10
- Ari Marmell: The Conqueror's Shadow 7.5-8/10
- George R.R. Martin: Shadow Twin 8/10
- J.M. McDermott: Never Knew Another 8/10
- Ian McDonald: Brasyl 7.5/10; The Dervish House 7.5/10
- Carole McDonnell: Wind Follower**
- Edward J. McFadden (ed.): Jigsaw Nation* 6-6.5/10
- Patricia A. McKillip: Riddle-Master (or The Riddle-Master's Game) 8/10****
- John Meaney: Bone Song 8/10
- China Miéville: King Rat 6.5/10; The Scar 8/10; Kraken 8.5/10; Embassytown 8/10
- Michael Moorcock: The Metatemporal Detective 8.5/10
- Christopher Moore: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal 7/10
- Richard K. Morgan: Altered Carbon 8/10
- Haruki Murakami: Kafka on the Shore 8/10
- Vera Nazarian: Dreams of the Compass Rose 7/10
- Mark Charan Newton: Nights of Villjamur 7/10
- Naomi Novik: His Majesty's Dragon 7.5/10
- Peadar Ó Guilín: The Inferior 7/10
- Nnedi Okorafor: Who Fears Death 9/10
- Vicki Pettersson: The Scent of Shadows 6.5/10
- Holly Phillips: The Engine's Child 6.5-7/10
- Tim Powers: The Anubis Gates 7.5/10
- Terry Pratchett: Sourcery 5/10; Unseen Academicals 7.5/10
- Kim Stanley Robinson: Red Mars 8.5/10
- Chris Roberson: Set the Seas on Fire 6.5-7/10
- Justina Robson: Mappa Mundi 7/10; Keeping it Real 6.5/10
- Margaret Ronald: Spiral Hunt 6.5-7/10
- Patrick Rothfuss: The Name of the Wind 8/10; The Wise Man's Fear 8-8.5/10
- J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows* 8/10
- Michael Rubens: The Sheriff of Yrnameer 4/10
- Rudy Rucker: Postsingular 5/10
- Brian Ruckley: Winterbirth 6.5-7/10; The Edinburgh Dead 8/10
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Diving into the Wreck 8/10
- Edward Rutherfurd: Sarum 6.5/10
- R.A. Salvatore: The Orc King 5/10
- Brandon Sanderson: Mistborn: The Final Empire 7.5/10; The Well of Ascension 8-8.5/10; The Hero of Ages 9/10; The Mistborn Trilogy 8/10; The Gathering Storm 9/10; The Way of Kings 8.5/10; Towers of Midnight 8/10; The Alloy of Law 8/10
- Andrzej Sapkowski: The Last Wish 8/10
- John Scalzi: The Android's Dream* 7/10; Old Man's War* 7/10; The Ghost Brigades* 7/10; The Last Colony* 7.5/10; Zoe's Tale* 8/10; Agent to the Stars* 7/10
- Courtney Schafer: The Whitefire Crossing 8/10
- Ken Scholes: Lamentation 8/10, Canticle 8-8.5/10; Antiphon 7.5
- Joel Shepherd: Sasha 8/10
- Patrick St-Denis: Speculative Horizons 7.5-8/10
- Matthew Woodring Stover: Heroes Die 8.5/10; Blade of Tyshalle 8.5-9/10
- Jonathan Strahan: The New Space Opera 6/10; Swords & Dark Magic 7.5/10
- Michael Swanwick: The Dragons of Babel 8.5/10
- Sam Sykes: Tome of the Undergates 7/10
- K.J. Taylor: The Dark Griffin 5.5/10
- Melanie Tem: The Man on the Ceiling 6/10
- Steve Rasnic Tem: The Man on the Ceiling 6/10
- John Twelve Hawks: The Traveler 8/10
- Ann VanderMeer (ed): Fast Ships, Black Sails 4.5/10***
- Jeff VanderMeer (ed): Fash Ships, Black Sails 4.5/10***
- Jeff VanderMeer: City of Saints and Madmen 8.5/10; Finch 9/10
- Brent Weeks: The Way of Shadows 6-6.5/10
- Scott Westerfeld: Leviathan 8/10
- T.H. White: The Once and Future King 6/10
- Sean Williams: The Crooked Letter 7-7.5/10 (Interview)
- David J. Williams: Mirrored Heavens 5.5-6/10
- Tad Williams: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn Trilogy 7/10; The Dragonbone Chair 6.5-7/10; Stone of Farewell 7-7.5/10; To Green Angel Tower 6.5-7/10
- Connie Willis: D.A. 8/10*
- Terri Windling: The Wood Wife 8.5/10
- David Wingrove: Son of Heaven 8/10
- Chris Wooding: Retribution Falls 7/10
- Charles Yu: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe 8/10
Audio Books
- Ian Caldwell: The Rule of Four 2/10
- Chistopher Moore: You Suck: A Love Story 7.5/10
- John Scalzi: The Sagan Diary 6/10
- Dustin Thomason: The Rule of Four 2/10
- Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth 5.5/10
Series
- The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie, 9/10
- The Prince of Nothing Trilogy by R Scott Bakker, 9/10
- The Acacia Trilogy by David Anthony Durham, 8/10
- The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson, 8/10
- Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn Trilogy by Tad Williams, 7/10
* Originally reviewed at BookSpotCentral.
** Did not finish
***Mini-Review
****Originally reviewed at SF and Fantasy Masterworks Reading Project
2 comments:
Rating Carroll's SLEEPING IN FLAME a 7 out of 10 is like saying Babe Ruth was a pretty good hitter.
Martha Ludden
Hmm...well if I were going to try an apply my rating system to hitting in baseball, a pretty good hitter would probably rate between 5 and 6, and yes, Babe Ruth, probably a 7 (but it would get rather complicated due to relativity and such). Anyway, I digress...
A 7/10 in my rating system is a good rating. I probably would have givin it 8/10, if not for a couple of issues that I pointed out in the review. In my system, very few books would get a 9/10, and since I'm terrible with absolutes, I imagine I'll never score a book 10/10.
Everyone has their own opinions about books, and I'll stand by my review.
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