Court of Fives by Kate Elliott: 1/12/2025, 4.5 stars:  Returned to a favorite author to discover a world where a commoner named Jessamy meets an upper class patron prince named Kallariarkos as they prepare to compete in the Fives, an athletic competition that can change their lives.  Her talent draws the prince as he seeks to excel as well.  Can she help him succeed and avoid service in the patron army?

Blade Runner (Blade Runner, Bk 1) by  Philip K. Dick, 1/20/2025, 4 stars:  Originally published in 1968, the book focuses on a futuristic world created by the author in the year 2021.  Earth is covered with radioactive dust and most life is gone or dying.  Others have emigrated to bleak existence on Mars.  A mega corporation models androids to aid the humans of Mars but a number dislike the life on that planet and return illegally to Earth.  But on earth they are hunted down by bounty hunters like Rick Deckard who receives $1,000 for each android he retires.  However, the androids are very intelligent and sometimes able to outwit, kill or wound the hunters.  Rick is on the trail of several, pursuing the last three, one of which, the leader, is the most dangerous in the group.