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Reading in January

~ Veselin ~ 7 Comments

I spent more time reading this month than I normally do. Had a vacation during the first week of January and had some good luck with book finds.

Many of the books I read were written by Alexandra Marinina – a Russian crime/thriller author. Her novels are taking place in Moscow from the early 1990s. These years were turbulent and Russia had some resemblance of freedom, with people acting like communism never happened. It had similarities with the early 90s from my own country, although quickly diverging as the series progresses. The 4 books I read were great. Not Michael Connelly great but I liked them and will get back to the series later.

Best Books

  • The Dungeon Crawler Carl – this was the overall clear winner as it was engaging, fun, and the print was superb. The book had a hole in the cover, who does that?
  • Alexandra Marinina’s Circumstances – book one of Marinina’s series about detective Kamenskaya.
  • Hugh Howey’s rushed ending of the Silo series comes third.
  • Alex Kosh’s Medium on Call is the final highlight for the month. Alex Kosh needs to find a way to translate his work. I have no idea how he manages to provide translations in Bulgarian but not in English. The quality of his work deserves thousands or tens of thousands of ratings on Goodreads, not 8.

I was lucky and didn’t read any bad books this month. There’s one DNF but I won’t mention it because I may be able to complete it in February. All 9 of the covers above were at least 4/5.

Cursed by Alex Kosh, Book Review

~ Veselin ~ 5 Comments

I was the first person to read, rate, and review this book on Goodreads. Goodreads, this has to be a major achievement, I demand a badge or a cookie!

The book was originally published in Russian and later translated into Bulgarian for the free online library Chitanka, with the author’s permission. Since its release in 2023, only one person has reviewed it on Goodreads.

The story follows Roman who resurrected into a world with ghosts, mediums, and magic. He was much older in his previous life but now finds himself in his teenage years. He forms relationships with dead people and animals. This 3rd part of the story will make him face Sadako Yamamura but without the videotape hack. Sadako is terrifying.

The story is good and I enjoyed it. The only thing I didn’t like was the description of various government authority figures as billionaires who live in incredible luxury and show complete disregard of human life.