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I read and listen to a lot of books.   I am going to try my hand at some short reviews.  I am going to do this to help me bring order my takeaways, thoughts, and feelings and I hope sharing this helps and interests others.  I like fiction and non-fiction.  I go after science fiction and fantasy in fiction more often than not but like many other genres.  The non-fiction books include but are not limited to self-help, biographies, and history.    Now, these reviews are not intended to be comprehensive takeaways about the learnings, plots, and characters but more what stood out to me.  What I took away from it.  How it made me feel.  If this is something interests you read on: Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit  By John E. Douglas I don't recall where or why I added this book to my library so I wasn't sure what it was about when I started it.   In one sentence: It is the story and career of John E. Douglas and how the FBI's Elite Serial

Expeditionary Force Book 9 Valkyrie What can I say? It was getting a bit repetitive in the past book but I did enjoy this one. Bagel Slicer and stitching together wormholes were probably two I the things I like the most. I was a bit on the fence about "Skippy" the elder technology AI developing emotions but it grew on me.  They also set us up some new mysteries for books to come.  I would give this book a 6 out of 10.  I still say the first book of the series was the best.