I bought this audiobook from Audible.com and listened to it using the Audible app on my iPhone. I am not sure why I purchased this book, on the surface it sounds like a book I would enjoy, I guess… I think if I had read it as a paperback I picked up from somewhere I may have enjoyed it much more, but as an audio book it just didn’t work for me. ...
I bought this audiobook from Audible and listened to it using the Audible app on my iPhone, but it looks like Audible is no longer selling it. METAtropolis is a collection of stories from multiple authors set in the same universe that they agreed upon before writing. It is a fine idea, but most of the stories are kind of a bore. John Scalzi and Michael Hogan were the big draw for me, I love those guys, and they both did a fine job for their part, but the book as a whole does not pay off. ...
Bite Me: A Love Story by Christopher MooreI bought this hardcover book used from the Book Nook in Marietta Georgia. I loved Dirty Jobs so much that I keep hoping that Christopher Moore’s other books would be as good, but sadly the ones I have read are not. Don’t get me wrong, this book is OK, I enjoyed it overall, although some of the narration in supposed gothy-teenage slang really got on my nerves, the story itself is solid. ...
I bought this book from Audible and listened to it using the Audible app on my iPhone. So this is the last Paolo Bacigalupi book I will be reading/listening to for a long while. I liked Windup Girl but everything else has not excited me, and this book is no exception. If you have read Windup Girl you have already read one of the best stories in this book, go read Windup Girl instead of this one. ...
Dutch AudiobookI bought this audiobook on a sale at Audible and listened to it using the Audible app on my iPhone. Dutch is an angry story about an angry young black man from an angry place. Not being an angry young black man myself this book misses the mark for me. It does not speak to me and was not meant to. This is not a mainstream story targeted at a widespread audience, but is targeted squarely at an urban teen African American audience, whether that was the author’s intention or not. As a movie it would probably have wider appeal. ...
I bought this game from [Steam](http://store.steampowered.com/app/42700/" title=“Call of Duty: Black Ops at Steam) and played it in Windows 8 on a MacBook Pro. I love me some Call of Duty. Most of the games in this franchise have been very good even if a little bit mindless. Solid shoot-em-up entertainment. I am sorry to say that Black Ops does not rise up to that level, in fact it falls WAY short. ...
I bought this game on sale at [Steam](http://store.steampowered.com/app/203160/" title=“Tomb Raider at Steam) and played it in Windows 8 on a MacBook Pro. I remember first finding the PC video game Tomb Raider in 1996, I was hanging out with a friend and I had just download the demo and was eager to give it a try. We were immediately mesmerized, at the time most games were based on comical over-the-top characters doing wildly fantastical things that no human could ever do, except jump or climb. But here was a game with a female lead with a realistic name that could not only jump and climb but she could jump high in the air and draw a pair of pistols and start firing at the same time. Wow, that was amazing. ...
I bought this audiobook from Audible and listened to it on my iPhone using the Audible app. I absolutely love Neil Gaiman and can’t get enough of his stories, not only did he write this one but he also narrates it. I really enjoy hearing stories as read by their author. The author is able to put more inflection and emotion into the characters than any other narrator could and Neil Gaiman is a fantastic narrator. ...
I bought this audiobook from Audible and listened to it on my iPhone using the Audible app. This is book 2 in the Shipbreaker series, the first being “Shipbreaker”. I did not really get into Shipbreaker, but I did like some of the characters enough to give the second book a try. The half-man Tool was my favorite character in the first book and it was great getting so much time with him in Drowned Cities. ...
I bought this audiobook from Audible and listened to it using the Audible app on my iPhone. I really enjoyed Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi and decided to give his other books a try. This book is a solid story. The pacing is good; the characters have clear motivations and believable emotions. But meh… I’m not sure why but this book just didn’t reach me. It is very post-cyberpunk, I should like it a lot, but I don’t. I like it some, just not a lot. ...