pickCook has an engaging writing style that pulls you right in from the start. If you‘re into the biological sciences this one should appeal to you. Pia is a brilliant medical student who, due to unforeseen events, has to solve a complex life/death issue. I really enjoyed this one. This is a really good work of fiction.
Revised, redesigned, and re-released for 2025, my Watty Award Sci Fi winning novel!
#dystopian #biopunk #thriller #aokigahara #action #conspiracy
so-soI occasionally enjoy a good conspiracy theory and a mystery that mixes art, science, and religion seems like it should be a surefire hit. But I'd forgotten that I find DB's writing kind of annoying. This one was repetitive and choppy, yet still entertaining. But my biggest compliant was with our hero, Robert. For a scholar/ professor who has made a career out of learning and deciphering the meanings of symbols and ancient languages, he was
#AprilStats
4.5⭐️
Small Boat
4.25⭐️
In Memoriam
4⭐️
Somewhere Else
Model Home
Small Rain
3.75⭐️
The Jigsaw man
On the Calculation of Volume I
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
Moon Road
The In-Between
Where the Forest Meets the River
The Mangan Inheritance
3.5⭐️
Outside Looking In
De krater (Dutch)
3.25⭐️
In het oog (Dutch)
Reservoir Bitches
3⭐️
The Unworthy
2.5⭐️
Before I Let Go
April Wrap-up
Total Read: 7
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#ReadingMyTBR #Read2025: 6
#AllergicToChunksters: 1
#MonthlyNonfiction2025: 1
5 Star: The Blue Bistro
DNF: The Witches Are Coming
pickThis was my #readordonate from #mounttbr . Overall it was engaging, if not totally submersive. I enjoyed The Romanov Prophecy much more. I liked the idea of of there being more to Marian apparitions but intertwining it with Medujorce and what the big reveal was fell really flat for me. Too easy. 3.5/5
The higher a circus monkey climbed a pole, the more his ass showed 😆I really like that.
