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Review Round-up April  Here are my favorites of April.    Which books did you enjoy reading about the most in the last month? Cheers - Jasper ---------------------------------  1. Flex by Ferrett Steinmetz, Angry Robot I am going to repeat myself. Flex needs a direct sequel! period. I am always on the look out for the next thing in fantasy and Ferrett Steinmetz' Flex completely lives up to this promise. It's fresh, it's exciting and it's a whole lot of fun to read. It could also be the pubilsher to be honest as the majority of the books that I read from Angry Robots fall into the category of genre pushing. In Flex Ferret Steinmetz introduces an flexable world (to a certain degree), some very well fleshed out characters and of course one of the coolest magical system that I have the pleasure of reading about. Highly recommended! Read the full review here 2. The Mechanical by Ian Tregillism, Orbit The Mechanical a book that...

(p)review forecast April part one What will you be reading in the next weeks? Cheers, Jasper 1. Superposition by David Walton, Pyr Jacob Kelley's family is turned upside down when an old friend turns up, waving a gun and babbling about an alien quantum intelligence. The mystery deepens when the friend is found dead in an underground bunker…apparently murdered the night before he appeared at Jacob's house. Jacob is arrested for the murder and put on trial. As the details of the crime slowly come to light, the weave of reality becomes ever more tangled, twisted by a miraculous new technology and a quantum creature unconstrained by the normal limits of space and matter. With the help of his daughter, Alessandra, Jacob must find the true murderer before the creature destroys his family and everything he loves. 2. Sword of the North by Luke Scull, Head of Zeus s Davarus Cole and his former companions were quick to discover, the White Lady’s victorious liber...

(p)review forecast April part one 1. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, Tor/Gollancz Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soiless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter. It has been centuries since the fall of the ten consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor that transform ordinary men into near-invincible warriors. Men trade kingdoms for Shardblades. Wars were fought for them, and won by them. One such war rages on a ruined landscape called the Shattered Plains. There, Kaladin, who traded his medical apprenticeship for a spear to protect his little brother, has been reduced to slavery. In a war that makes no sense, where ten armies fight se...

The end of the month again time for another Review Round-Up. Nothing but heavy hitters. April was definitely a very fruitful month for me reading wise. I have come across a set of books that all carry on "stop wow and awe" factor.  I have been able to catch up with some of the books that have been on my shelves for quite some time.  And finally getting around to finish up a few series as well. Though it always leaves a bit of an empty spot when you finish with series. Like after you read the last sentence it is just over and done.. However it also finally gives a closing to an often long anticipated final showdown, so both a plus and a minus for me.  In April we, over at Fantasy Book Review, started with out book club on goodreads . Our selected book for April was Old Man's War by John Scalzi. You can find our discussions over at the book club page . For May we will be reading or rereading for some The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch and we all heartily inv...