Wednesday Reading meme for April 2 2025
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What I've Read
California Bones by Greg Van Eekhout
The writing on this felt a bit sparse, but the world building and the characters more than made up for it. Osteomancy gives magic to people who consume the bones and other parts of creatures, or, the bodies of other osteomancers. A solid revenge quest which a twist in term of collaboration from an unlikely source. Is the trope of a super powerful magician who was trained from childhood by a father he must later revenge tired? Technically yes but Inigo Montoya was a blast and so are some of these characters.
True Colors by Karen Traviss Star Wars: Republic Commando #3
. Parts of a series in started and fell out of a couple years ago - the source of most Mandalorian world building in Star Wars and so everyone should read it. This series follows a group of clone Commandos who are involved in saving themselves from the machinery of empire - so, not timely or anything. The series has several running plots but also just has some nice father son and brother relationships. Traviss writes military fiction in several properties. I liked this one but it's hard to tell if the individual books are good , and certain characters are too morally complex for the Fandom to handle them well.
What I'm Reading
Karen Traviss's next Republic Commando book, Order 66, which is the downer ending of the series - there's a follow up Imperial Commando after this but, well, no more Republic.
Goblin Emperor - a re read by audio book
What I'll Read Next
Not eentirely sure, need to check the notebook but I don't have it to hand.
EDIT Oh the formating on this post was. BAD. I fixed it.
California Bones by Greg Van Eekhout
The writing on this felt a bit sparse, but the world building and the characters more than made up for it. Osteomancy gives magic to people who consume the bones and other parts of creatures, or, the bodies of other osteomancers. A solid revenge quest which a twist in term of collaboration from an unlikely source. Is the trope of a super powerful magician who was trained from childhood by a father he must later revenge tired? Technically yes but Inigo Montoya was a blast and so are some of these characters.
True Colors by Karen Traviss Star Wars: Republic Commando #3
. Parts of a series in started and fell out of a couple years ago - the source of most Mandalorian world building in Star Wars and so everyone should read it. This series follows a group of clone Commandos who are involved in saving themselves from the machinery of empire - so, not timely or anything. The series has several running plots but also just has some nice father son and brother relationships. Traviss writes military fiction in several properties. I liked this one but it's hard to tell if the individual books are good , and certain characters are too morally complex for the Fandom to handle them well.
What I'm Reading
Karen Traviss's next Republic Commando book, Order 66, which is the downer ending of the series - there's a follow up Imperial Commando after this but, well, no more Republic.
Goblin Emperor - a re read by audio book
What I'll Read Next
Not eentirely sure, need to check the notebook but I don't have it to hand.
EDIT Oh the formating on this post was. BAD. I fixed it.
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