At the time I read this novel, I only used the app “Read More”.  This gives some different stats compared to Bookout, but with a bit of combining, I can get mostly the same information.  This book was completed in audiobook format so, by nature the book takes longer to finish.  I listened to this book at 1.25 speed if I remember correctly, so I only averaged 32 pages an hour.  9 sessions from 21 January to 29 January. (Unlike how many physical or ebooks I have going at the same time, I tend to only listen to 1 book at a time.) To read my review, click the image or here: Review: Never Let Me Go

Powerful but painful to read. I spaced the reading out because the imagery of death, of violence, of sorry, almost too perfectly rendered, stuck in my head long after I put the book down.

I received this as an ARC, so I had a limited amount of time to complete.  I started the book on 06 Jan and read in seven sessions, finishing on 04 Feb.  This is typical that I’ll start a book and read as the mood strikes me.  I’m a dreadful readultress and can’t stick with a single book.  My page per hour number for this book is low, but I think that has to do with the genre.  I tend to get lost in the details of the historical world. To read my review, click the image or here:The Confessions of Young Nero

I’m a fan of Margaret George and enjoyed other novels from her. Confessions of Young Nero is, like her other work, is a balance of history and good storytelling, and provides the reader the opportunity to read what history may have lost or in Nero’s case, skewed towards the negative because those who first wrote his history had reason to make less of the Julian-Claudian rulers.

Title: The Diabolic Author: S. J. Kincaid Genre: Young Adult, Sci-Fi Publisher: Simon and Schuster Release Date: November 1, 2016 Format: ARC E-book Pages: 416 Source: Publisher Nemesis is a Diabolic, a humanoid teenager and the galaxy’s most deadly weapon, who masquerades as Sidonia, a senator’s daughter, and becomes a hostage of the galactic court. Mash up I, Claudius with The Terminator and you’ll have a decent idea of the plot of The Diabolic. Set in a universe where religion has displaced the science that led to intergalactic colonization. No longer are advances made and the aging ships and technology are no longer replaceable. Kincaid’s novel presents a highly stratified society, with noble houses and wealthy families living decadence lives while controlling the Excesses (working population). Echoes of the Roman Empire abound. An understanding that their world is falling apart (literally and figuratively) because the religious zealots and those who use the religion to further strengthen their own position refuse to allow learning and science lead some to rebel. Thrown into this subtle, political game is Nemesis, a Diabolic. The rulers and powerful citizens created Diabolics, physically advanced humans bred and raised to protect and bond with their owner at…