Jason
@jasondockins.bsky.social
How I rate books (out of 5 ⭐️s)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - a work that is phenomenal or transformative
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - a great read, one that makes me want more from the author
⭐️⭐️⭐️ - a good book
⭐️⭐️ - something that’s just not for me
⭐️ - a book I finished but did not like at all
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - a work that is phenomenal or transformative
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - a great read, one that makes me want more from the author
⭐️⭐️⭐️ - a good book
⭐️⭐️ - something that’s just not for me
⭐️ - a book I finished but did not like at all
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Deliberately paced, well plotted, and elegant prose.
January 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Deliberately paced, well plotted, and elegant prose.
A classic or a piece of 60s pulp trash? Probably a classic.
January 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A classic or a piece of 60s pulp trash? Probably a classic.
⭐️⭐️
I did not enjoy the main character, Jorg, in the slightest, and being that the book is written in first person it was all the more painful. Jorg doesn’t even rate as an anti-hero, he’s just wicked. A wicked Mary Sue, whose every half-cocked idea works out in his favor.
I did not enjoy the main character, Jorg, in the slightest, and being that the book is written in first person it was all the more painful. Jorg doesn’t even rate as an anti-hero, he’s just wicked. A wicked Mary Sue, whose every half-cocked idea works out in his favor.
January 4, 2025 at 6:47 AM
⭐️⭐️
I did not enjoy the main character, Jorg, in the slightest, and being that the book is written in first person it was all the more painful. Jorg doesn’t even rate as an anti-hero, he’s just wicked. A wicked Mary Sue, whose every half-cocked idea works out in his favor.
I did not enjoy the main character, Jorg, in the slightest, and being that the book is written in first person it was all the more painful. Jorg doesn’t even rate as an anti-hero, he’s just wicked. A wicked Mary Sue, whose every half-cocked idea works out in his favor.
My first completed read of the year. Granted it was only 40 pages. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
January 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My first completed read of the year. Granted it was only 40 pages. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2024 Top 5 Books I’ve Read
5
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
4
Surviving the Evacuation: London by Frank Tayell
3
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
2
Pandora’s Star/Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton
1
The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
5
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
4
Surviving the Evacuation: London by Frank Tayell
3
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
2
Pandora’s Star/Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton
1
The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
December 28, 2024 at 11:27 PM
2024 Top 5 Books I’ve Read
5
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
4
Surviving the Evacuation: London by Frank Tayell
3
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
2
Pandora’s Star/Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton
1
The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
5
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
4
Surviving the Evacuation: London by Frank Tayell
3
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
2
Pandora’s Star/Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton
1
The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
I enjoyed Surviving the Evacuation Book 1: London far more than I expected I would. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. It’s too late tonight to start the next one, right?
The first three books in the series are available digitally at no cost.
The first three books in the series are available digitally at no cost.
December 15, 2024 at 5:05 AM
I enjoyed Surviving the Evacuation Book 1: London far more than I expected I would. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. It’s too late tonight to start the next one, right?
The first three books in the series are available digitally at no cost.
The first three books in the series are available digitally at no cost.
Just finish Deadhouse Gate, book 2 of #Malazan Book of the Fallen. ⭐️⭐️⭐️. The prose was better than Gardens of the Moon. The narrative was also more clear. So far it’s my favorite of the series (not hard with this being the second).
December 14, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Just finish Deadhouse Gate, book 2 of #Malazan Book of the Fallen. ⭐️⭐️⭐️. The prose was better than Gardens of the Moon. The narrative was also more clear. So far it’s my favorite of the series (not hard with this being the second).