Have I got a treat for you, the cure for your mid-summer doldrums. With Abaddon’s Gate, James S. A. Corey brings to a conclusion the epic space opera series The Expanse with a bang that can only be described as explosive, even if it does have slow fuse to put all the pieces in place with […]
The Psychology of Abandonment, according to Goodreads
2013-07-10 · by ·
Goodreads asks an interesting question: Why do readers abandon books? In the Goodread’s data, based on the books that are most often shelved by its users as ‘abandoned,’ ‘did not finish,’ or ‘unfinished,’ the following were the most abandoned books: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James Eat, Pray, Love by […]
Review | Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov
2013-06-24 · by ·
In the strange and surreal world of the former-Soviet Union, where the line between the mafia and, well, everyone else is thin, there lives a writer…and he may not even know which side of the line he lives on himself. I don’t typically read crime novels. I’ve picked up an occasional thriller (David Baldacci‘s Absolute […]
In the news: George Orwell’s 1984 is flying off the shelves [Poll]
2013-06-12 · by ·
[Don’t forget to take the poll at the bottom and leave your comments if you’ve read the book] If they haven’t already, apparently, a lot of people are planning on reading George Orwell’s classic dystopian novels, Animal Farm and 1984. In the wake of the NSA snooping–allegations of listening in on Verizon customers and the […]
Review | Creating Equal: My Fight Against Race Preferences by Ward Connerly
2013-06-10 · by ·
Ward Connerly is a crusader, but a crusader who has picked a battle that matters. A black man born in the south but raised in the west, Connerly is a unique figure in the fight for equal rights against racial preferences. Creating Equal: My Fight Against Race Preferences, part autobiography and part political memoir, is […]
Book Review | The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
2013-05-28 · by ·
Brandon Sanderson‘s creativity seems to know no bounds. It’s no secret that he likes use magical systems for his novels that follow rules. But is it still magic when the magic is so predictable that it’s almost scientific? With The Rithmatist, Sanderson uses his not insubstantial talents to spin a tale about an alternate world […]
Review | Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham
2013-05-26 · by ·
It took me a long time to begin to like Jon Meacham’s portrait of Thomas Jefferson in Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power. As I finished it, however, I found myself a reluctant admirer, appreciative of Meacham’s style and of the biography, not to mention of the man. Meacham is the author of two previous books […]
Review | On My Way to Paradise by Dave Wolverton
2013-05-22 · by ·
Sometimes the best books are found entirely by accident. I found On My Way to Paradise almost completely by accident. Larry Correia, the author of the larger than life Monster Hunter International series posted on his blog that Dave Wolverton, an author I had never heard of, was in dire straights and needed help. Wolverton’s son […]
Giveaway Winner | The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
2013-05-20 · by ·
Many thanks to all who entered to win our first giveaway, a chance to win a copy of Brandon Sanderson’s The Rithmatist. And the winner is…Stephen Olson! Don’t let that stop you from ordering a copy of The Rithmatist from Amazon or your favorite bookseller. Sanderson is one of our favorite writers, and we look forward to reading and […]
Review | Frozen in Time by Mitchell Zuckoff
2013-05-16 · by ·
There was a moment when reading Mitchell Zuckoff‘s latest book, Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II, that I crossed over from a mildly interested reader to a rabid page turner. I’m pretty sure it was in the first chapter, if not the […]
