bookrev: Tengu by John Donohue
Tengu is the third novel in John Donohue’s series of Connor Burke: anthropologist, martial arts student and instructor. It is an excellently paced read, tough to put down, and describes the martial arts involved...
Author: Larry
We’ll all have smartphones soon
A confluence (or is it a convergence or a singularity or one of those other large impressive words) of events in the wireless world point toward yet another technological inflection point. While most people...
Grasping for the Wind’s SF and Fantasy book review list
John Ottinger is updating his list of blogs with book reviews. Click on Grasping for the Wind in the list below if you have a site that you think is missing from his list...
book notes: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Lightning Thief is book one in the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. Writing for both the adult and young adult (YA) successfully is difficult, though many authors are trying to cross that...
bookrev: Old Frame Chen Family Taijiquan by Mark Chen
Since it is reputably the most practiced form of Taijiquan, finding English language books on Yang style Taijiquan is pretty straightforward; there are several, particularly by Dr. Yang, Jwing-ming that one can refer to....
Bruce Lee, Nokia N96 and PingPong
The title says it all. ‘Scuse me, I gotta go practice with my own ‘chuks! Related posts: No related posts.
The “Last Firsts” list
Our son is a senior in high school, his sister has long since graduated college and is, of course, taking the world by storm. As we look forward a different life, to the changes...
Why I haven’t posted much in November
November is National Novel Writing Month – NaNoWriMo. 50,000 words in one month. It’s a very different way to write than my normal ‘take my time, enjoy the research, let my normal adult attention...
movrev: Twilight
Twilight, Percy Jackson and Harry Potter: the young adult novel series are outselling “adult” books, and the movies are following suit. I’ve read and written notes on all the books in the series, so...
bookrev: Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone by Martin Dugard
“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” is a cliche phrase, which imparts a hint of the story of Stanley meeting Dr. Livingstone in the heart of Africa. This book, written with excellent pacing where the excitement...