Update!

I finished my summer bingo card, just squeaking in under the deadline with Go Fly A Kite, Charlie Brown, which I dug up and read yesterday afternoon!

Final Summer book bingo update to officially close it out and get ready for Halloween bingo! My final square 'More than 400 pages long' was filled thanks to Caliban's War. I also got a third bingo.WOOT!

I did way better than I anticipated doing, and I only had seven squares left blank!

Free Space - Intro post

Published in June, July, or August 2016 - Intrusion by Mary McCluskey

A Book By A Dead Author - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

New To You Author - Don't Turn On the Light by Max China

Romance - Touch of Steel by Kate Cross

Mystery or Suspense - In Death: The First Cases by J.D. Robb

Space Opera or Other Sci Fi - Breakout by Ann Aguirre

Graphic Novel or Comic Book - Jupiter's Legacy, Volume 1 by Mark Millar

Comfort Read - Garden of Lies by Amanda Quick

Summer Word in the Title - Copper Beach by Jayne Ann Krentz

A Blast from the Past: Historical Fiction - Dangerous by Amanda Quick

Favorite Re-read: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

A Book With a Terrible Cover - Moving In by Ron Ripley

A Book Bust or Bummer - Everything We Keep by Kerry Lonsdale

Read in a Boat, Tent, or Cabin - Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb

Travel: Planes, Trains, or Road Trips - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

YA or Children's Title - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

More than 400 Pages Long - Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey

This book was every bit as good as the first in the series. They're long books that don't feel that long when you're reading them. It seemed like in no time flat I had knocked out 100-150 pages without quite realizing it.

Holden and the crew of the Roci are back in action, this time finding themselves leading the search for a missing child. The child came up missing shortly before an attack nearly destroyed her home, Ganymede. The alien protomolecule that destroyed Eros station in the first book is back in the form of the monster that attacked Ganymede. The protomolecule was supposed to have been marooned on Venus, so the question becomes, "How did it show up on Ganymede"? Also, is there a connection between the kidnapping of young Mei and the attack on her homeland? Not to mention, political tensions are running high, and the threat of a inter-planetary war looms on the horizon.

That's a sucky synopsis, but there's so much going on that it's hard to summarize without getting into spoiler territory.

Whereas in the first book, the story was told between the alternating viewpoints of Holden and Det. Miller, this time we not only see the story through Holden's eyes, but also Praxidike Meng (the father of the kidnapped child), Chrisjen Avasarala (a UN official from earth), and Seargent Roberta "Bobbie" Draper, member of the Martian Military and a survivor of the Ganymede attack. I found I really enjoyed the added viewpoints--especially Bobbie and Avasarala--as it really opened the story up more.

Note: Avasarala has already been introduced on the tv show. I'm hoping Bobbie will show up soon, too!

Or Quack-Out?

Summer Book Bingo

1. Beach, sand or sun on the cover: Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe
2. New to you author: Grave Witch by Kalayna Price
3. First book of a new series: Written in Red by Anne Bishop
4. Adapted for the big screen: The Martian by Andy Weir
5. A blast from the past: historical fiction: A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury by Edith Pargeter
6. Graphic novel or comic book: Rivers of London: Body Work by Ben Aaronovitch & Andrew Cartmel
7. Published in June, July or August 2016: Plantagenet Princess, Tudor Queen: The Story of Elizabeth of York by Samantha Wilcoxson, read by Rachael Beresford (Audiobook)
8. Comfort Read: Dead Man's Ransom by Ellis Peters
9. Read in a boat, tent or cabin: The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff, read by Simon Vance (Audiobook)
10. A book that's been on your shelves for more than a year: The Princess Bride by William Goldman
11. Romance: Emma by Jane Austen
12. A book by a dead author: The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett
13. Free Space
14. Summer word in the title: Summer Lightning by P. G. Wodehouse, read by John Wells (Audiobook)
15. A hard book: The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
16. Travel: planes spacecraft trains or road trips: 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke
17. Mystery or Suspense: The Inspector and Mrs Jeffries by Emily Brightwell
18. A book bust or bummer: Venetia by Geogette Heyer
19. More than 400 pages long: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
20. Favorite re-read: Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, read by Carolyn Seymour
21. YA or children's title: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
22. Space opera or other sci fi: 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
23. Read on vacation: Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines
24. A book with a terrible cover: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple, read by Kathleen Wilhoite (Audiobook)
25. Fantasy: Baba Yaga's Daughter and Other Tales of the Old Races by C. E. Murphy

Filled in the 'YA or Children's Title' square thanks to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! I also finally have a second bingo!

Free Space - Intro post

Published in June, July, or August 2016 - Intrusion by Mary McCluskey

A Book By A Dead Author - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

New To You Author - Don't Turn On the Light by Max China

Romance - Touch of Steel by Kate Cross

Mystery or Suspense - In Death: The First Cases by J.D. Robb

Space Opera or Other Sci Fi - Breakout by Ann Aguirre

Graphic Novel or Comic Book - Jupiter's Legacy, Volume 1 by Mark Millar

Comfort Read - Garden of Lies by Amanda Quick

Summer Word in the Title - Copper Beach by Jayne Ann Krentz

A Blast from the Past: Historical Fiction - Dangerous by Amanda Quick

Favorite Re-read: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

A Book With a Terrible Cover - Moving In by Ron Ripley

A Book Bust or Bummer - Everything We Keep by Kerry Lonsdale

Read in a Boat, Tent, or Cabin - Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb

Travel: Planes, Trains, or Road Trips - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

YA or Children's Title - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling