List: Bestseller List - March 20, 2016 - New York Times
The New York Times has released its latest Bestsellers List to accompany its latest issue of The New York Times Book Review.
COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION:
1.) THE GANGSTER, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
2.) ME BEFORE YOU, by Jojo Moyes
3.) ROOM, by Emma Donoghue
4.) THE NIGHTINGALE, by Kristin Hannah
5.) THE WEDDING DRESS, by Rachel Hauck
COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION:
1.) WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR, by Paul Kalanithi
2.) SEVEN BRIEF LESSONS ON PHYSICS, by Carlo Rovelli
3.) BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.) A MAN CALLED INTREPID, by William Stevenson
5.) PLAYING TO THE EDGE, by Michael V. Hayden
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List: Bestseller List - February 21, 2016 - New York Times
The New York Times has released its latest Bestsellers List in advance of its latest issue of The New York Times Book Review.
COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION:
1.) BROTHERHOOD IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb
2.) BREAKDOWN, by Jonathan Kellerman
3.) ME BEFORE YOU, by Jojo Moyes
4.) THE CHOICE, by Nicholas Sparks
5.) NYPD RED 4, by James Patterson and Marshall Karp
COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION:
1.) WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR, by Paul Kalanithi
2.) ORIGINALS, by Adam Grant
3.) BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.) 13 HOURS, by Mitchell Zuckoff with members of the Annex Security Team
5.) THE ROAD TO LITTLE DRIBBLING, by Bill Bryson
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List: Bestseller List - February 7, 2016 - New York Times
The New York Times has released its latest Bestsellers List in advance of its latest issue of The New York Times Book Review.
COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION:
1.) BLUE, by Danielle Steel
2.) FEVERBORN, by Karen Marie Moning
3.) THE CHOICE, by Nicholas Sparks
4.) MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON, by Elizabeth Strout
5.) THE REVENANT, by Michael Punke
COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION:
1.) WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR, by Paul Kalanithi
2.) 13 HOURS, by Mitchell Zuckoff with members of the Annex Security Team
3.) THE ROAD TO LITTLE DRIBBLING, by Bill Bryson
4.) DARK MONEY, by Jane Mayer
5.) BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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List: Bestseller List - January 31, 2016 - New York Times
The New York Times has released its latest Bestsellers List in advance of its latest issue of The New York Times Book Review.
COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION:
1.) SCANDALOUS BEHAVIOR, by Stuart Woods
2.) MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON, by Elizabeth Strout
3.) THE REVENANT, by Michael Punke
4.) THE SCORE, by Elle Kennedy
5.) THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins
COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION:
1.) WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR, by Paul Kalanithi
2.) 13 HOURS, by Mitchell Zuckoff with members of the Annex Security Team
3.) THE NAME OF GOD IS MERCY, by Pope Francis with Andrea Tornielli
4.) THE RESIDENCE, by Kate Andersen Brower
5.) BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Review: John Miller's Reviews > Robopocalypse - Goodreads.com
Disjointed Evil Robot Chronicle
Mimicing the concept of Max Brooks' "World War Z," Daniel Wilson's "Robopocalypse" basically adds robots.
I have "WWZ" on my to-read list. But, I have thumbed through its initial chapters when I heard that "Robopocalypse" mimics Brooks' style. I agree. Here, in Wilson's book, you get that style of different accounts of the robot war. It could work well enough. But, the characters are pretty flat. You get little feeling for who they are as people. Add to that, you very much have to suspend your disbelief, as these everyday people describe things using writer's prose, instead of talking how a non-author would talk. So, there's stuff like "the sun was glinting radiantly off the steel hull," etc. And, even though you hear from different characters, they use common adjectives and similar styles. This style undercuts the narrative and the good ideas that lie within the book.
You have to be okay with lots of gore, lots of gamy descriptions of stuff, and lots of cussing in this book. If the story was more entertaining, it would be not that big a deal. But, since it isn't that great, it just adds to things to dislike about it.
Especially if you are listening to the audiobook, you will close to lose your mind if you have to hear "Cormac Wallace, MIL Number (whatever)" one. more. time! Since he's the chronicler of the book, you have to hear that every single chapter! Add to that, the audiobook performer's on-and-off attempts at doing the various accents. With the colorless characters, injecting them with life is an admitedly difficult task. Otherwise, the performer does a reasonable job, but more average than other audiobook performers I have heard.
(SPOILERS)
*** Don't read unless: 1.) You have read the book or 2.) Just plain don't care! ***
So, you go through 300 pages of this, and you finally get to the final confrontation with the evil Artifical Intelligence, Archos. This evil computer has attacked our heroes with all kinds of crazy stuff, ending with missiles. And, in the end, is destroyed by the hero throwing rocks at it. What?! So, this Archos is supposedly super protected, but is taken out easily with some rocks. Good heavens!
(END SPOILERS)
I am amused by how the author, Daniel Wilson, talks glowingly in the "Acknowlegements" section about his relationship with Dreamworks, to whom he sold the movie rights. Then, in talking about his 2014 sequel book, "Robogenesis" he disses them in saying that they meddled in his first book. Which is it, Daniel?
★★ (2 Stars Out of 5)
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