bookrev: Boomsday by Christopher Buckley
A welcome break from the barrage of convention and election news, Boomsday is satire at its finest, featuring not only a headline grabbing idea on how to salvage the social security system, but a...
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bookrev: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse, the third book in Ms. Meyer’s Twilight series, escalates the human-vampire-werewolf triangle, and provides deeper background on the werewolf legends, vampire armies and the ever-present threats of Victoria and the Volturi. As with...
New Winner in the Paperback Doorstop Sweepstakes
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson has been my previous thickest paperback book (or book that I would most use as a doorstop, a step-ladder or a replacement for a bookend). At more than 1,150 pages...
bookrev: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
The second book in Ms. Meyer’s Twilight series, New Moon brings the werewolves into the storyline, and expands the world of the vampires, while extending the relationship of Bella and Edward to include Jacob,...
bookrev: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Twilight is the first of four books by Stephanie Meyer telling the story of Isabelle (Bella) Swan, who encounters vampires and werewolves in Washington State. The book is very much targeted at Young Adults;...
bookrev: The Dragon’s Nine Sons by Chris Roberson
This is the third book I’ve read authored by Chris Roberson, and, although each of the three was quite different (Paragaea was Edgar Rice Burroughs-ish; Here, There and Everywhere was excellent time travel), all...
bookrev: Playing for Pizza by John Grisham
I’ve been lucky enough not only to travel to Italy, but to have some excellent Italian friends. By myself and with my family and co-workers, I’ve been to Milan, Venice, Parma, Rome, Verona and...
bookrev: Seeds of Change edited by John Joseph Adams
This collection edited by slush god John Joseph Adams contains stories of paradigm shifts in the future (this review is based on an Advanced Reader Copy; the anthology is scheduled for release late August...
Our unofficial rating of the 2008 Super Hero flicks
We’ll update once Batman hits the screen, but the arguments have gotten spirited and somewhat philosophical about the rating of the rash of Super Hero flicks this summer. Therefore, to at least get to...
The Gap Cycle by Stephen R. Donaldson
Reading a complete series from cover to cover in consecutive sittings (i.e., without many books in between) is a rarity for me. Either the series doesn’t hold my attention, the series is unfinished (i.e.,...