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I've just finished the first novel in this collection and it's very different to what I was expecting. And much, much better.

The book is a fantastic collision of genres -- from WWII pulp action to techno-thriller, set in an alternate history with a heavy dose of cyberpunk, and a lot to say about vivisection, identity and individual freedoms.

And it all comes together superbly.

I'm really not the audience for this

Not what I expected, but this is proving to be very easy to read so far.

I very nearly gave up on this series after the third book, but this one is quite an improvement. The world building is coming together quite well and the main characters -- especially Perrin -- are becoming less annoying and more interesting.

Overall, The Wheel of Time is proving to be good enough, but it really doesn't live up to its reputation.

Thinking about thinking is a subject that I often find interesting. With The Scout Mindset, Julia Galef does a good job of both summarising what we know and providing a framework for looking at how we think, and how we can improve our thinking.

This is a very solid book and one that is well worth reading.

A promising, if ultimately disappointing, slice of folk horror. There is a lot to like in this book but it lets itself down somewhat with a very homogeneous collection of characters that remain very difficult to care about.