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Our reads in March 2026.
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dustydigger
Posted 2026-02-28 4:47 PM (#34585)
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Location: UK		Another month another pile of books. Hope you great books to read this month.

Dusty's TBR for MarchSF/Fantasy reads
Emily Tesh - Some Desperate Glory
Poul Anderson - Tau Zero
Nnedi Okorafor - Binti The Night Masquerade
C S Lewis - The Last Battle
Thomas Burnett Swan - Day of the Minotaur

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daxxh
Posted 2026-03-01 9:13 AM (#34586 - in reply to #34585)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		Can't believe it's March already! I read a lot of nonfiction last month, so a lot of SF on my February list are on my March list. The library delivered Remarkably Bright Creatures which I finished last night. It was the perfect book to counter the heavy themes of the nonfiction. I liked it more than I thought I would and recommend it, especially to people who aren't into SF/F/H. How can anyone not like an octopus as a main character?

March 2026 Books (dependent on what library holds I get)

Star Trek Strange New Worlds Toward the Night - James Swallow
Martian Time Slip - Philip K. Dick
The Widowmaker -Mike Resnick
Halcyon Years - Alastair Reynolds
Pluto - Ben Bova and Les Johnson
Dragonsblood -Todd McCaffrey
The Lost Fleet Dauntless -Jack Campbell
Pendergast The Beginning - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child



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dustydigger
Posted 2026-03-31 3:51 PM (#34645 - in reply to #34585)
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I had a rather short TBR in March.. I read several golden age vintage crime and a couple of children's books for group challenges on non SF sites,but had a very hard month taking care of my husband.so reading as a whole was sporadic at best. So very few reads for this challenge group.

Nnedi Okorafor - Night Masquerade- Final volume of the Binti trilogy. I found the second book the best,lots of interesting plot developments,but I was less enthused with this final story. It seemed a bit incoherent sometimes dragged and didnt pull me into the story at all. She seemed rather whiney and downbeat for my tastes and I found the plot somewhat complicated but in a bit of a boring way that never grabbed me.

S Lewis - The Last Battle. A reread of the Narnia series title . Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe showed us the birth of Narnia,this one the end of it,and of Earth,as we witness the new heavens and new earth. Much more preachy than the earlier books,and darker in tone,more complex. But I read it first as a 8 year old child. I hadnt a clue about any christian apologia being in progress. Later rereads of course couldnt miss the barely concealed religious themes but as a child none of that came to mind at all.It was just a thrilling if somewhat dark tale. Lewis may have decided it was a bit heavy to finish the series so,because he then wrapped up the series with The Magician's Nephew,my personal favourite in the series.


-Thomas Burnett Swann - Day of the Minotaur.Bit of an oddity this one. It is set in ancient Crete near Knossos.In the ancient forests live centaurs dryads and the Minotaur. Two human sibings escaping from invading Achaeans land in the forest and soon this brings humans into their quiet life. Extremely lush flowery prose ,a bit too lush for my tastes,but I enjoy retellings of mythology so it was an enjoyable enough read.This was a a Hugo nominee for 1967 which seems a bit odd to me but it didnt stand a chance when up against winner The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and runners up Babel-17 and Flowers for Algernon! lol.

John Scalzi - Head On. a pleasant enough read In the standalone follow-up to Lock In, chilling near-future SF is combined with the thrill of a gritty cop procedural, snappy dialogue and technological speculation on the future world of sports..

And that was it for March.. Visitor from USA arriving soon for easter so a somewhat short TBR for then but some un reads among them.

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daxxh
Posted 2026-03-31 11:18 PM (#34646 - in reply to #34645)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		I only read four of the books on my list. That is typical for me - can't seem to stick to a list. I read three Star Trek books: STSNW Toward the Night, ST Legacies Purgatory's Key and STV Mosaics. I enjoyed them all.

I also read Martian Time Slip (PKD), The Golden Man (PKD), Have Spacesuit Will Travel (Heinlein), and The Widowmaker (Mike Resnick) - all meh.

I liked Pendergast The Beginning and I really liked Esperance. Hope my April reads are more like those two.
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DeirdriuWRS
Posted 2026-04-01 11:18 AM (#34651 - in reply to #34585)
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And another batch of books

Trading in Danger - Elizabeth Moon
Storm Front - Jim Butcher
The Burning God - R. F. Kuang
A Fistful of Charms - Kim Harrison
The Empress of Salt and Fortune - Nghi Vo
The Museum of Human History - Rebekah Bergman
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein
The Black Tides of Heaven - Neon Yang
The Return of the Sorceress and Prime Meridian - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Valour - John Gwynne

I loathed Trading in Danger so much but I'll continue it. At least with the second book cause it's a part of the reading challenge. And I like to challenge myself with ideas which are the opposite of my own. There's always a chance to chew on something new, re-think my point of view. This book did not. Yeah, it is a kinda political thing so I don't want to get into details.

The wow moment was a novella by Neon Yang. I'll continue the series in April for sure.

The Poppy War completed - satisfying read, good trilogy overall. Worth giving the time.

And oh, new urban fantasy series started. Storm Front by Jim Butcher was weak (I heard about it before) but the ideas and the worldbuilding is intriguing. I'll read more. And it's good to know that later books of The Dresden Files are better.

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lisagarrity
Posted 2026-04-01 5:02 PM (#34652 - in reply to #34585)
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Location: California		Are you sure really want to put yourself through the second book of Vatta's War? I thought that one was worse. You will not be able to recover the time you spend reading it.
In terms of alternate perspective, have you read Connie Willis' Bellwether? Or the Sparrow by Maria Doria Russell? You might prefer them. Willis's book is very fun, lighthearted. The Sparrow is disastrous first contact story . Bothare worth reading.
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dustydigger
Posted 2026-04-03 3:13 AM (#34656 - in reply to #34652)
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Location: UK		I too was underwhelmed by Moon's Vatta's War and the sequel series Vatta's Peace. though I found her Serrano's Legacy enjoyable,with Once a Hero a favourite I read several times,prefering that series to David Weber's too wordy Honor Harrington series,which I gave up on after a couple of books.
I will be reading Remnant Population and Speed of Dark sometime this year in my plan to read some of the Hugo nominees still unread Only 165/355 to go Piece of cake! lol.
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DeirdriuWRS
Posted 2026-04-03 12:06 PM (#34658 - in reply to #34652)
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Yes, I've read Bellweather many years ago. But The Sparrow is definitely the book I want to read.
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