Getting up early can be risky. But it’s what old men do. Our bladders control our sleep cycle, especially when we drink soda or water before bedtime.
Anyhow, this morning I was browsing Amazon and got intrigued by a book, and then another one, and then another one, and, almost… Amazon, so wisely, makes buying so easy. Fortunately, I finally realized what I was doing and stopped. For now. There’s always next time.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
Are you off the SF?
By no means. I just like to mix it up. My last SF was Sarah Hoyt’s “Darkship Thieves.” I got bored with it and quit halfway through. And I might add, these new ones I bought were all used. I haven’t lost my mind completely. 😉
Very good. My ‘mixing it up’ attempts are very few these days. I think I’m trying to make up for the decades of no SF.
So what do you recommend? I would skip Hoyt, unless you like space opera where the tech is wave-of-the-hand stuff, i.e. no explanation. She also writes a lot of fantasy, most of which I do not care for. The best recent hard SF I read was Gregory Benford’s “The Sunborn,” the sequel to his “The Martian Race.” Both are worth a read.