Oopsie!
I made a big boo-boo on my Fourth Wing post...making it sound like I finished ALL BUT ONE of the books I started, when it was just the opposite. Re-read the new opening paragraph on the site and you'll see what REALLY happened!
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The Thirty-fourth Book of 2026: Idoru, by William Gibson
Started 10/10/26, finished 10/12/26 Idoru, published in 1996, is the middle book William Gibson's Bridge trilogy. Like Virtual Light, it takes place in a world closer to our own than his Sprawl books. It uses social concerns and the technology that existed or could
The Thirty-Third Book of 2026: Virtual Light, by William Gibson
Started 9/30/26, finished 10/6/26 Published in 1993, Virtual Light is the first of William Gibson's Bridge trilogy. A step away from the futuristic cyberspace world of the Sprawl novels, Virtual Light takes place in a near-future California, now divided into two states, NoCal
The Thirty-Second Book of 2026: The Secret Hours, by Mick Herron
Note: I’m a little behind in getting out reviews because I spent the weekend at Write On The Sound, a lovely little writer’s conference in Edmonds, Washington, just north of Seattle and yes, right on Puget Sound. While there, I took in a presentation called The Amateur Sleuth’
The Thirty-First Book Of 2026: Mona Lisa Overdrive, by William Gibson
Started 9/24/26 Finished 9/25/26 Here at the end of what is commonly called "The Sprawl Trilogy," author William Gibson wraps up the story he began in Neuromancer, giving us both closure on characters and answers to questions posed in the earlier books...while stirring