F yes Puck Connolly. I felt this character so deeply. Stiefvater called forth my emotions so beautifully with this book and really blew me away by the end.

Once again better than the last, I was very happy with the return of some of my very favorite characters in this novel, and the changes and stay the sames involved. I also really enjoy how there are a bunch more things going on and the conflicts are expanding.

Really enjoyed getting back into this series. There's just something so delightful about Hearne's storytelling and Daniels' narration. This novel pairs the fast paced adventure plot the series promises with greater depth to the back stories of many of its varied characters. Though weighty things occur in this series, there's something inexplicably light and purely fun about the story that I find refreshing.

I've always wanted to read "the classics," especially books written by women, and this is one of the most iconic books meeting that description. It took several false starts to finally get into it, but once I did I was completely caught up in this story. It's easy to forget that "the classics" are kinda just the YA romances of back in the day. I look forward to reading an Austen novel that I haven't already seen film adaptations and infinite references in pop culture, because I always enjoy not knowing the plot of a book ahead of time. Even still, I'm very glad for reading this one.

This short story details the effects of a well written computer virus in a time when every bit of technology has been wired into the internet, from cars to homes to foods. I'd hoped for more personal characters to ground this story, but Liu's self deprecating portrait of himself and fellow Science Fiction authors was a delight. Wickedly funny, Liu pokes a lot of fun while simultaneously telling a story of enormous devastation.

Now this I found to be an exceptional story. Stephen Leeds uses the specialized skills of his many hallucinations to investigate difficult problems, while dodging interviews with curious psychologists in a basically real world setting. Stephen and the several of his "aspects" we meet are an eclectic group of interesting characters, each adding a unique dynamic. Their first adventure was solid, fully contained yet with unexplained back story and hints at future endeavors that leave me wanting more. I've already started the sequel, as well as wondering if there will be further work beyond it, or if it will fully satisfy the promise of this beginning on its own.

I love the world of Sanderson's Reckoners series, and it was a delight to get more of a feel for the changes to Newcago than we got in Firefight. That said, I wish I had read this short story first because almost all the intriguing details were things that are explored in more detail in Firefight.

This second short story featuring genius and interesting psychological study Stephen Leeds was even more of a thrill than the first. With double the page count, we were given more action and a more satisfying resolution to the proposed mystery. I think there is still a lot to explore in Stephen's story and I hope Sanderson plans to write a lot more about him, while somehow not letting this writing take away from his other projects which I also want very much to be written.

Pure good Brandon Sanderson, the concept of this novella was riveting and engaging on multiple levels. Maybe this story has been told before, but not quite like this, and I found it a very well executed ride of emotions, raising interesting questions all the way. My only regret is that it was far too short. While Sanderson arrived at a nice wrap point for the story, I wanted to live in the world much longer and watch the subsequent quests unfold.

An interesting companion to Lock In, Unlocked traces the outbreak of Haden's Syndrome, the response from government, the development of Haden technologies, and the beginning of the end of the government sponsored initiatives. It builds the world that becomes the setting of Lock In and gives a lot of detail that is necessarily glossed over in the novel. Reading this novella makes me wish that there were many more novels written in this fascinating setting.