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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 9356198" data-attributes="member: 508">It was a week-long business trip for me, with lots of time for reading at airports, on planes. and in the hotel room.  As a result, I:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Finished A Mortal Bane by Roberta Gellis.  It was an interesting read - definitely the best murder mystery set in 1139 London I've ever read - but I was overcome by too many similar-sounding names (Bartarde, Baldassare, Bellamy, Beaumeis, Benin...) that it was somewhat difficult for me to keep track of who was who.  But I enjoyed the cast of characters, especially the whores who were being blamed for the murder (they were an eclectic and interesting bunch) and the knight charged with finding the true killer.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Purchased and read a Life magazine featuring Godzilla.  An impulse purchase at the airport on Monday.  There wasn't a lot in it I didn't already know beforehand, but it was an an interesting bunch of articles.  A bit pricy, though - but what else can you expect at an airport?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Started and finished Project Hail Mary by  Andy Weir.  Every bit as interesting and entertaining a read as was The Martian.  Not a whole lot to add to what's already been said about it thus far in this thread, but I mentioned it to my son and he's now reading it (on my recommendation).  Oh, and I absolutely loved the characters of Stratt and Rocky - those who've read the book know who they are; I don't want to go into details and spoil anything for anyone wishing to read the book themselves.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Started and finished Tricky Business by Dave Barry (his second novel, apparently).  He's an amusing writer, but when you're always going for the funny it makes it fairly easy to always see what's coming next (in general, if not specifically), plot-wise.  This one involved a gambling ship doing a big drug shipment and payoff during a nasty tropical storm.  I found it not as good as his first novel, Big Trouble (which I read a decade or more ago), but given I paid 25 cents for it at a library book sale, I'm not complaining.  However, I realized yesterday afternoon Tricky Business wasn't going to last me for the trip all the way home today, so I picked up another book, and as a result I am:</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Currently reading Artemis, by Andy Weir.  I paid full price for this at a bookstore, but it's been worth it thus far.  Artemis is the first moonbase, and the main character, Jazz (a woman this time, unlike in his two other books), is a porter and a crook with some big ambitions.  Moonbase politics have been interesting to see, and Jazz is just as interesting a protagonist as his other two have been - he seems to like putting the most points in his main characters' Intelligence scores, to use a D&D analogy.  Anyway, I'm almost halfway through the book already, having started it at the airport at the beginning of my second leg home.</li> </ul>Johnathan</blockquote>

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