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Our reads in May 2026
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dustydigger
Posted 2026-04-30 4:29 PM (#35065)
Subject: Our reads in May 2026



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Location: UK		Another month another pile of books. Hope you have good stuff planned for May
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dustydigger
Posted 2026-04-30 4:31 PM (#35066 - in reply to #35065)
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Location: UK		Dusty's TBR for May:

Emily Tesh - Some Desperate Glory
William Gibson - Neuromancer
Algis Budrys - Rogue Moon
Robert A Heinlein - Double Star
Rick Riordan - The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan - Sea of Monsters
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daxxh
Posted 2026-04-30 10:53 PM (#35067 - in reply to #35066)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		May 2026 Books

Scarlet - Stephen Lawhead
The Hungry Gods - Adrian Tchaikovsky
Jitterbug - Gareth Powell
The Bird is Gone - Stephen Graham Jones
Halcyon Years - Alastair Reynolds


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dustydigger
Posted 2026-05-31 1:23 PM (#35265 - in reply to #35065)
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Location: UK		Not a very productive month this May,On 12th I had a bad fall foutside,faceplanted and badly bruised face and body chipping my eyebrow bone ridge,banging my eye. Improving now but reading was almost at a standstill for weeks,so not much to report this month

- Robert Heinlein - Double Star. A fun reread about a out of work actor who is recruited to impersonate a prominent politician who is to be intgrated into a famous alien family on Mars. For him to not turn up would be a deadly insult that could devastate Earth/Mars relations. The politician has been kidnapped and even when found is seriously hurt and unable to appear in public so the actor has to continue with the deception. I have a soft spot for impersonation novels so this was a fun reread of RAH's first Hugo award winner.

I had Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters to read for another groups monthly challenge. First I read the graphic novel version of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief to remind myself of the settings and characters etc and then really had fun rereading Sea of Monsters. Riordan does such a good job modernizing all the ancient greek gods and creatures to work in a modern setting. Fast paced, full of thrills and spills and Riordan's sense of humour and lovable characters. A great romp.

I also read one or two Litrpg books,just lighthearted fluff reads with no redeeming literary value whatsover,plus a cosy mystery.Then I had my fall and it been a dead month mostly,but the last few days I completed my reread of Neuromancer. Not the easiest of reads even after years of other authors participating in the cyberpunk subgenre. Fantastic style but convoluted and needing great concentration and even after this reread I probably understood about 50% of the book! lol.
I can see how stunning this book must have been when published. Not famous rather obscure fiendishly hard to understand,a whole new field of knowledge for readers. It slowly grew by word of mouth and took years to gain traction but got there in the end
And thats my reading for the month.I am in the process of reading a few books and I hope to get back to a fair amount of reading next month.

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