For one of my New Year’s Resolutions for 2016, I issued the challenge to myself that I would keep myself from being distracted by all the shiny new tech toy things, new superhero movies, and opportunities for more photography long enough to fit 12 read books into my questionably-busy schedule – basically one new book read per month. I was doing pretty good until the temptations of summer, with its warm weather, seemingly endless sunshine, and billions of excuses to get outside and do countless numbers of things, caught a hold of me. I’m technically still on schedule to read my 9th book by months end, but it’ll be a photo-finish. (I still managed to slide in photography talk into this blog completely unassociated with it. Talent!)
Regardless of my skirting being on-schedule, though, I just finished up book #8 and it was utterly fantastic! An app (and service) called Goodreads is helping me keep up with the books I’ve read, plan to read, and am currently reading, and gives a few recommendations regarding potential new selections. I found book 8 – Dark Matter – as a result of it, and I couldn’t have found a better choice. Below is my review of it on Goodreads, and a link to the book itself there. If you have any interest in physics concepts (lightly touched-upon, not bogged down), science fiction, or the topic of identity, you owe it to yourself to at least read the jacket on this one. Amazingly-fun, addicting read! (And hey, look me up on Goodreads if you’re so inclined!)
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Finished this one in under a week folks… SUCH an incredibly-entertaining read!! It kept my attention like very few books have. I found myself constantly looking for the next opportunity to pick it back up to continue where I left off, unable to wait properly for the next ‘fix’. 😀 The sci-fi elements of the story are captivating without being overbearing or nonsensical, even for a tale based on the essential principle against which it’s been written. Blake Crouch is a masterful storyteller, pulling you in more and more at each turn of the pages that follow. I am absolutely pumped that a motion picture is in the works, and am hoping against hope that, for a change, that movie does this book justice. And, as a result of this book, I’m now formulating plans to check out the Wayward Pines TV series; never crossed my mind before, but knowing that Crouch is attached to it (even if in the most loosely-derived manner possible) I’m all in.
It’s not often I read books more than a single time, but this is by far one I wouldn’t hesitate picking up again. If you’re into sci-fi, futuristic, imaginative reads, you owe it to yourself to give this one a read. Cheers!