I am slowly making my way through my current reads.
In The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World (Comics) I finally reached a spot in the narrative that is new to me. I never got this far in the TV series. New territory from here on out! And tonight I took a trip down memory lane and rewatched the first episode of the TV series. It was fun!
I reached the last 100 pages of The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1). I like the book, but I am looking forward to finally finishing it. My motivation is flagging…
The Queen’s English: And How to Use It is turning out to be a drag. Useful, but the tone of the book is… patronizing?
So, what‘s on my plate for March? First of all I started the next Expanse audiobook.
Abaddon’s Gate (Expanse, #3)
by James S.A. Corey
I read this for the first time in October 2017. Here is what I had to say about it back then:
I wonder if our writing team follows a how-to-list for their books, something like….
1. boy or girl disappears / is kidnapped / dies and introduced a main plotline for the book doing so,
2. Holden shows up and contemplates his life,
3. Several new, possibly major characters show up, never to be seen again in the next book
I liked Anna, Clarissa, Bull, Sam, Serge…. Corey is good at making characters come to life. But, OMG, did Corey take writing hints from GRR Martin? I also liked the slightly time shifted chapters with alternating POVs, that made it very lively. The plot was more straight forward than in the previous two books, which makes it simpler, but dragged me along much faster, too.
Very good, really liked this book, looking forward to the next installment!
In print I have these three beauties planned:
Winter’s Orbit and A Desolation Called Peace are both slightly overdue Netgalleys that I plan to buddy read this month. For my #ReadPOC2021 challenge I will most likely read another very overdue Netgalley, David Mogo, Godhunter.
I haven‘t made up my mind yet, which of them I will pick up first, once I have finished The Prefect. Do you have any reading plans for March?
Cathy's Reading Bonanza 
That godhunter cover!
Looking forward to your review. It’s got mixed reviews, and a native reviewer claimed that white people who DNFed it just didn’t get it.
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Ooh, I remember you talking about the Arkady Martine in the post about books to look forward to in 2021. Can’t believe it’s already here (and I still have not read Book 1). Hope it turns out to be great!
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I hope so, too! 😃
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Sounds like you have some good plans for March! I’m hoping to get close to finishing a manga series I’ve been getting from my library (Fullmetal Alchemist) and I want to read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me.
I’ve been curious about The Expanse series—my brother-in-law likes them a lot—but I’m not so sure about your comment that characters show up in one book never to be seen again… Hmm…
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Don‘t worry about that. The main characters are very strong and they stick around. They‘ve become almost like family… I guess the side characters in the individual books are so strong as well that I am always bummed to see them go.
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Oh, well that’s good.
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