Two 9/10 sci-fi reads! But which one is my book of the month?

So, I think that Inhibitor Phase is a worthy and ultimately hopeful actually finale to the sequence of novels that form what's now one of my favorite series.

A convergence that I found more interesting than satisfying. Each sentence is beautifully crafted.

I thought that Map and Mundy was a fun romp of a novel and I had a good time. I give Map and Mundy 8 out of 10 is another stellar splendor.

And I thought this was a good one. Great to hear what I think is quite a different take on it.

And I read that book and I enjoyed it.

Now, I really enjoyed spending time in this book. I thought that Tom was a great character. But for me, I would say that the star of the show was actually the setting itself, which provided much in the way of book joy.

In the event I didn't get on with this one at all. I it was a bit of a slog and I gave up about the 60% mark and by that stage there was only a little bit of February left.

And whilst there were things to like in that book, I didn't get on with Harrison's writing style at all at the time, which I found far too chewy for my liking, jolting me out of the story every couple of sentences.

So I did read the first vignette in the chalk giants. It's a bit of a fix up really and just to see if I would like it and of course I did.

So, I had a decent time with The Wrecking Squad. You know, didn't blow my socks off or anything, but it was a good popcorny type space opera read.

Each is very readable in its own right and allows us to build gradually over the course of the book, a pretty good picture of this pretty strange person, John Vonoyman.

I found I did enjoy the writing. Alia Whitley can obviously craft a tale. But if I'm honest, I didn't really understand the layers of meaning that I suspect I was supposed to derive from the text.

I guess what I'm saying is that I really enjoyed this book and you should read it, too. I give When There Are Wolves Again 9 out of 10.