Terrible books are easy to review. They do a lot wrong, so there is a lot to point out and talk about. On the other hand, the best books are incredibly hard to review. You have to keep a tight grip on your writing so that it doesn’t simply spew into “go read this now”…
Before I start this, let me say that I do not often read anthologies so I may not be the best judge. With that out of the way, let's talk about Rogues, the anthology being advertised under George R. R. Martin’s banner. The title of the post should give you a fairly succinct summary of…
The time has come for ‘Best of 2015’ threads and to reflect on all the wonderful books I enjoyed over the year. This piece will address my top 10 reads published in 2015, but is missing some of the amazing older books I read throughout the year. I read roughly 80 books this year, about…
I have read a lot of historical fiction this year, and I’m pretty tired of England. When writing a historical fiction, writers tend to go for a well known and popular time in history to make the book more appealing. There is nothing wrong with this, these times (like WWII) are popular because they are…
About a year ago I started a book club. In the club are about 12 people from various parts of my life, who live in different parts of the country, and like reading. I had become a book recommendation machine to many of them, and I thought it might be a fun idea to try…
When it comes to publishers telling me their books are good, I tend to not trust them. I firmly believe that a company would never tell me their product was bad, so why should I trust them when they say its good? With this in mind, I was very skeptical of Sleeping Giants by Sylvain…
Continue reading ➞ Sleeping Giants – 2016’s Gigantic Dark Horse (See What I Did There?)
New York Comic-Con has come and gone this past weekend, and what an experience it was. If you ever get a chance to go to a Comic-Con I highly recommend it. This was my first, and I only went because I live in NYC and a few authors I wanted…
Continue reading ➞ Stories From Comic-Con: Authors Are Fans Too
To change things up a bit, this week I will be reviewing an entire trilogy at once (because I could not stop reading it). The series is called The Rogues of the Republic, by Patrick Weekes, and it consists of The Palace Job, The Prophecy Con, and The Paladin Caper. I will be reviewing each…
Continue reading ➞ The Rogues Of The Republic – Ocean’s 9 (And A Few Friends)
I have had some formal training in being a writer, reader, and critic, so I have an appreciation for the skill and creativity that it takes to write a book. However, when I read books, particularly science fiction and fantasy books, I am almost always reading for the pleasure of reading not to just appreciate…
Continue reading ➞ The Three-Body Problem – Someone’s Favorite Book
I tend to feel that books translated from other languages are generally amazing. I do not mean to imply that I believe English writers are worse than authors writing in other languages. i simply feel that if a publisher/author feels justified in spending the enormous amount of money and effort to translate a book, it…
Continue reading ➞ The Last Wish – No Witty Title, Read This Book
