Christina Engela's 3 favorite reads in 2024

The story was sci-fi. It had a very similar feel to the original Star Trek series. The characters seemed realistic, the situations they found themselves in were interesting and captivating. It's part of a series, although it didn't have a name, but featured the same lead character, John Grimes. The plot was quite clever in how the Captain changes a crew of misfits on the verge of being mutineers into a well-organized, efficient crew.

This is probably the funniest book I've ever read! It's a satire based in a real world setting I'm familiar with, South Africa during the apartheid years. This book made such a parody of the police and South African government that it was banned in this country for a number of years!

Aside from being side-splittingly funny, extremely clever and witty, it's also rewarding to mentally observe such serious characters getting their deserved amount of chagrin and mockery. The author is an absolute genius in terms of comedy, execution, style and wit.

I loved everything about this book. I'm not much of a fan of time travel stories, but this one was very light and entertaining and gave me no headaches at all.

The plot was very clever and funny, and the story starts out quite logically with a plan that makes perfect sense, and as the story goes on, things start to go off the rails, resulting in a big, hilarious charade - after which everything ultimately works out for the best for everyone concerned.

This book really is one of my favorite favorites of all time.