Jason’s Book club #13
Moheb Costandi, Brian Herbert and Kevin.J Anderson, Lindsay Buroker, Liz Pichon, Holly Jackson, Sebastian de Castell, Miriam Bonastre, Kenny Curtis and Rebecca Baines.
Hello and welcome to the 13 issue of Jason’s Book club.
The early days of September were still warm and sunny and autumn did not quite feel here even though the garden was full of leaves. After the Autumn Equinox the last few weeks though what a change! Cold and the wettest September on record in the UK. With flooded roads and houses it’s been devastating for many. Despite the change in weather and beginning to get darker earlier has meant September has been another good reading month even with returning to work and kids starting back at school.
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Non-Fiction
Neuroplasticity by Moheb Costandi was a research heavy, which is good, but short read as a lot of fiction this month.
The term neuroplasticity has become a bit of an umbrella term for a number of brain process regarding the way brain cells can continue to make connections and grow throughout your life. The book is more of an over of the research in various areas rather than a ‘self help’ book, but if you want a quick rundown of the science behind the term try this.
Fiction
Dune: House Atreides Book one of prelude to Dune by Frank Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson Dune is one of my favourite books. So a story based on the years before the book was always going to be hard to live up to the original.
House Atreides was built on honour and loyalty. Their fief on Caladan has been their home for centuries. This story focuses on the young Leto Atreides, his father Duke Paulus Atreides and machinations of emperor of the galaxy how this nearly cost them everything.
Several books this month from the prolific Lindsay Buroker this month with the first three in the Dragongate series. Really enjoy her writing as enjoyable and page turning without being to dense, having read a few of her series now.
Kingdoms at war Book One of Dragongate by Lindsay Buroker In world where wizards rule and known to be cruel and inhuman as they hold most of humanity enslaved a scholar and her son search for an artifact that might return the mythical dragons to the world as allies, but the wizards were also searching for the artifact and war breaks out for its control.
The Art of the Hunt Book Two of Dragongate series by Lindsay Buroker. Having escaped with the dragon artifact Jak and his mother continue to seek allies and evade enemies, but forced to work with the one mage who could keep them alive the price of help maybe too much even for them.
Broken by magic Book three of Dragongate series by Lindsay Buroker. The first excursion through the dragongate had nearly cost them their lives, but had come from expected surprises, including a dragon egg. As the hatchling grows Jak, acting as a surrogate father must protect the hatchling from not only wizards in his own world but those from other worlds who will stop at nothing to get a hatchling.
Kids
September is a bit of transition month and the kids are back in school and have to re-adjust to the new term.
The 12 year old continues his nighttime fix of the Tom Gates series by Liz Pichon on Borrowbox and current these have been Tom Gates is absolutely fantastic (at some things), by Liz Pichon [public library ]. Everything is amazing (sort of), and Spectular school trip (really)
The 11 year old read continues his reading of books a little too old for him with the next two after The Good girls guide to murder, with Good Girl, bad blood and As Good as Dead, all by Holly Jackson. He recommended these and saw that The Good girls guide to muder, had been made into a series so watched that as well. BorrowBox wise he continues re-reading the Sebastian de Castell Spellslinger series with book 5 Queenslayer and book 6 Crownbreaker.
The 8 year old talked us into getting volume 3 of children’s ‘graphic novel’ Hooky, by Miriam Bonastre, so had been mostly her only book read this month. Night time and car journeys have mostly been taken up by the podcast from National Geographic Kids, Greeking out hosted by Kenny Curtis and Rebecca Baines which tells the numerous Greek mythology stories in a mostly child friendly way. She loves them.
Book Quote of the month:
Reading science, math, and philosophy one hour per day will likely put you at the upper echelon of human success within seven years.
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson, Jack Butcher and Tim Ferris
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