Dust

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Hugh Howey is a master of suspense and as a result I found this book hard to read -- it's clear things are off the rails and characters I care about are going to get harmed (another Howey trademark it seems), but you just have to keep on marching through. As a result I found myself taking frequent breaks to think about what was happening, but finding myself having to pick the book up again. That is, this book is really really good, but Howey isn't afraid to have a character experience the consequences of their actions. That said, I don't really understand the purpose of the marriage sub-plot. I am sure its there for a reason, but it felt oddly out of place against the rest of the story arc.

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Shift

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This is the second book in the Silo series, following on the Wool, which I recently read. I think to a certain extend this book is better than the first one -- I certainly found it compelling. An excellent read that explains how the universe described in Wool came to be, but yet also sets the scene for the third book in the trilogy.

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Wool

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Chet bought me this book and demanded I read it, and honestly that was a good call. The book reminds me a bit of  Oryx and Crake, but perhaps that's unfair given I read that one eight years ago and have probably forgotten some important details. The book is well paced and engaging. Despite being as long as many of Neil Stephenson's books, I felt it was a much more approachable read than that. I found the second half of the book a bit harder to read that the first half, because it doesn't pull many punches in terms of the consequences of people's actions and is pretty good at building suspense. There were definitely points where I had to pause because I was pretty sure something bad was going to happen to someone I'd grown fond of. That said, it was still a great read. I've gone and bought the next two in the series because I'm confident I'm going to want to read them now too.

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Camouflage

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This is a book about two shape changing beings living through their centuries on Earth. It mostly follows on of them, but the other is important to the plot as well. Once again its an enjoyable read like many of Haldeman's other books. Similarly to other books it also explores what it is like to be isolated from the rest of society, with most of the book being written from the perspective of one of the shape changers. I really liked this book.

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