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Our reads in April 2026
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dustydigger
Posted 2026-03-31 2:58 PM (#34643)
Subject: Our reads in April 2026



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Location: UK		Another month another pile of books
What plans have you got in mind for April?
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dustydigger
Posted 2026-03-31 3:00 PM (#34644 - in reply to #34643)
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Andy Weir - Artemis
Isaac Asimov - Caves of Steel
Isaac Asimov - The Naked Sun
David Brin - Startide Rising
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Dorothy L Sayers - Murder Must Advertise
Jean Fritz - Homesick:My Own Story
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daxxh
Posted 2026-03-31 11:26 PM (#34647 - in reply to #34643)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		April 2026 Books

Hood - Stephen Lawhead
Halcyon Years - Alastair Reynolds
Pluto - Ben Bova and Les Johnson
The Mysterious Stranger - Mark Twain (this is in the WWE database, so I am reading it for the Genre Challenge)
Dragonsblood - Todd McCaffrey

I have Exodus by Leon Uris and The Winds of War by Herman Wouk sitting in the living room calling my name, so I may end up reading one of those in addition to the two nonfiction books I have from the library.


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daxxh
Posted 2026-04-27 6:25 PM (#35051 - in reply to #34643)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		What I read in April:

Hood - Stephen Lawhead. A version of Robin Hood set in Wales. The author explained why he did this at the end. Very interesting. I liked it enough that I will read the next in the trilogy.

The Mysterious Stranger - Mark Twain. I love Twain. I hadn't read this and when I saw it was in the WWE database, I had to. Kind of appropriate for the times, even though it was written in 1916ish.

Pluto - Ben Bova and Les Johnson. This was so much better than Uranus (didn't like that one). This took place more on Charon than Pluto. Too bad we will never know if they come back.

The Tommyknockers - Stephen King. I listened to this after having read it when it first came out. I didn't like it back then. It seemed longer this time. I liked it a little better, but it is definitely not one of King's best. I can tell my friend that I reread it and still didn't really like it.

The Widowmaker Reborn - Mike Resnick. This sequel was better than the first book. It is a quick read. I own the third book, so I will read it. Do I recommend this one? Not really.




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dustydigger
Posted 2026-04-30 4:27 PM (#35064 - in reply to #35051)
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Location: UK		Mixed bag this month,though I did manage a bit more reading as Mr Dusty was fairly stable,praise be.

Andy Weir - Artemis : didnt like this much. Enjoyed the descriptions of the moon but I didnt like the protagonist. I think I was supposed to find her charming and admirable but instead found her brash and aggressive. Most of her behaviour would probably have gone down OK with a male character but I found the behaviour in a woman childish and offputting.

Isaac Asimov - Caves of Steel.I thoroughly enjoyed this reread. It was a bit amusing that a world population of 8 billion had had to totally regiment the human population in massive communal towers and massive underground communities with food restrictions and limited calories and everthing outdoors was set aside for food production.
At the time of writing the world population was 2.5 billion so 8 billion seemed an horrific number. I suppose now we would have to set the catastrophic population number at 20 billion to get the same fright factor. Still enjoyed the partnership of racist human and his robot partner. Great fun

David Brin - Startide Rising. I have a soft spot for the Uplifting theme,and alien contact novels,so this was just a fun reread,though I on the whole prefer narration done by one or two points of view,but the action is so frenetic over a large area and many groups that we have to go along with as many as 12 POVs which is not my favourite reading experience. But still a pleasant kind of story

Poul Anderson - Tau Zero. A colony ship on its way to a new planet is rapidly increasing its speed towards the speed of light when is suffers catastrophic damage so that their speed continues getting faster and faster till the crossing galaxies at horrific speed,going ever faster. The crew and colonists suffer all sorts of emotional reactions and are in despair. They finally get control but the last section is full of wild ideas,and seems bonkers to me. The descriptions of space are wonderful the themes huge and daring but the characters are pretty cardboard and dull. It was beaten to the Hugo by Larry Niven's Ringworld. It also had big ideas but the small cast of characters were much more to the reading publics taste so the Big Dumb Object won the race.

Robert E Howard - The Tower of the Elephant. A nice little Conan story with some emotional content and a unusual setting. I was happy as I find the tales of the barbarian warrior in lots of battles boring this was a little different. I enjoyed it a lot

I also read a couple of vintage crime novels so all in all a satisfactory month on the whole.

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