Book finished: Aurora

Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson

★★★★☆

Compelling, unexpected, unpredictable, and with good characters that I cared about. That's what I want, that's what I got. Four or five sequential sub-stories, each one interesting and hard to put down. Interesting (to me, anyway) philosophical questions posed, not necessarily answered. I highlighted several passages, which is usually a good sign of an interesting story. Might have made 5 stars if I were feeling a bit generous today, but generally 5 stars for me is a book I feel defines the genre or makes an impact I think I will remember for years. This isn't quite that but it's quite good IMO.

I am glad that KSR seems to have figured out how to tell a story in less than 2000 pages.

Books, Jul-Dec 2016

This is a round-up location for all books read in the second half of this year.

• 2016-07-02 • ★★★★☆ Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson [1]
  
• 2016-07-04 • ★★★★☆ Grunt by Mary Roach [1]
  
• 2016-07-10 • ★★★★★ The Rook by Daniel O'Malley [1]
  
• 2016-07-16 • ★★★★★ The Nightmare Stacks by Charles Stross [1]
  
• 2016-07-19 • ★★★★★ Rise of the Rocket Girls by Nathalia Holt [1]
  
• 2016-07-25 • ★★★★☆ The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevski [2]
  
• 2016-07-27 • ★★★★★ The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood [2]
  
• 2016-07-31 • ★★★★★ Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch [2]
  
• 2016-08-13 • ★★★★★ 11/22/63 by Stephen King [2]
  
• 2016-08-21 • ★★★★☆ Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch [2]
  
• 2016-08-21 • ★★★☆☆ The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins [1]
  
• 2016-08-26 • ★★★★☆ Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch [2]
  
• 2016-08-30 • ★★★★☆ Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch [2]
  
• 2016-09-01 • ★★★★☆ The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin[1]
  
• 2016-09-01 • ★★★★☆ Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch [2]
  
• 2016-09-09 • ★★☆☆☆ Pattern Recognition by William Gibson [2]
  
• 2016-09-09 • ★★★★★ Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley [1]
  
• 2016-09-10 • ★★☆☆☆ Inherit The Stars by James P Hogan
  
• 2016-09-12 • ★★★☆☆ Powersat by Ben Bova [1]
  
• 2016-09-16 • ★★★★☆ The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters [1]
  
• 2016-09-18 • ★★★☆☆ May Contain Traces of Magic by Tom Holt [1]
  
• 2016-09-24 • ★★★☆☆ Mechanical Failure by Joe Zieja [1]
  
• 2016-09-24 • ★★★★☆ The Devil You Know by Mike Carey [2]
  
• 2016-10-06 • ★★★★☆ Fluency by Jennifer Foehner Wells [2]
  
• 2016-10-06 • ★★★☆☆ Death's End by Cixin Liu [1]
  
• 2016-10-12 • ★★★★☆ Vicious Circle by Mike Carey [2]
  
• 2016-10-18 • ★★☆☆☆ The Family Trade by Charles Stross [2]
  
• 2016-10-26 • ★★★☆☆ Cinder by Marissa Meyer [2]
  
• 2016-10-30 • ★★★★★ Spin by Robert Charles Wilson [1]
  
• 2016-11-07 • ★★★★★ Scarlet by Marissa Meyer [2]
  
• 2016-12-01 • ★★★★☆ Cress by Marissa Meyer [2]
  
• 2016-12-19 • ★★★★★ Winter by Marissa Meyer [2]
  
• 2016-12-25 • ★★★★★ Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow [1]
  
• 2016-12-28 • ★★★★★ Babylon's Ashes by James S.A. Corey [1]
  
  Total to date Jul-Dec 2016:
  ebooks: 15
  paper: 0
  audio: 18
  total: 33
  
  [1] eBook
  [2] Audiobook