The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
A Culture novel about an expert game player who goes on a mission to an Empire built on a complex game. Interesting and recommended. 4/5
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff
Interwoven accounts of the day from participants. 4/5
Last Man Standing by Craig A. Falconer
Lone Man tries to survive space emergency. Tries to be the next “The Martian” but doesn’t succeed. Science flaky. Many people like but I gave up at 30% through 2/5
My Scoring System
- 5/5 = Brilliant, top 5 book of the year
- 4/5 = Above average, strongly recommend
- 3/5 = Average. in the middle 70% of books I read
- 2/5 = Disappointing
- 1/5 = Did not like at all
