about 1 week ago - 1 comment
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
After the life-changing events of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, journalist Mikael Blomquist and introverted hacker Lisbeth Salander have gone their separate ways: Mikael back to his magazine, and Lisbeth (and her stolen millions) off to travel the world. Salander has cut off all communication between [...]
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Burn Me Deadly: An Eddie LaCrosse Novel by Alex Bledsoe
“Burn Me Deadly” is the second book in a new series by Alex Bledsoe that features private investigator Eddie LaCrosse. Bledsoe takes my two favorite genres, fantasy and detective fiction, and mixes them up with highly entertaining results. In my review of The Sword Edged Blonde, [...]
about 2 weeks ago - 1 comment
The Stormcaller: Book One of the Twilight Reign by Tom Lloyd
The story shows you things which seems familiar on first sight but you discover soon that they are different. Gods, immortals, vampires, elves, trolls and human beings are an unusual mix.
But it works fine and none of these beings appear as you are used to [...]
about 2 weeks ago - 1 comment
Mister Slaughter by Robert McCammon
The story itself is a rather interesting tale of murder and mystery. It has similarities to modern serial killer tales, but the setting makes it very fresh and interesting.
McCammon does a good turn in describing the world of the American Colonies before the French and Indian war. People are just people, [...]
about 3 weeks ago - No comments
Lamentation (The Psalms of Isaak) by Ken Scholes
Lamentation takes place in a possible future on Earth. More than two thousand years after the so called end of the Old World. It was the Androfrancine order who saved the remaining knowledge by building the Great Library in the city of Windwir. Iron ships and mechoservitors are [...]
about 3 weeks ago - 1 comment
Under the Dome: A Novel by Stephen King
Stephen King creates a mesmerizing series of events with complex characters along the lines of the TV program “Jericho,” only better. Not a book for the squeamish, the gruesome reality is set on high, but seems appropriate under the circumstances. This is a classic tale of good and [...]
about 3 weeks ago - No comments
Flagship (Starship, Book 5) by Mike Resnick
BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Navy outlaw Wilson Cole turns his attention toward reforming the Republic government.
MY REVIEW:
PROS: Cole’s previous moral ambiguity is finally addressed; thoroughly engaging from start to finish; a quick read thanks to Resnick’s smooth prose.
CONS: Cole is unbelievably lucky against impossible odds.
BOTTOM LINE: A well-executed conclusion to a [...]
about 4 weeks ago - No comments
Dragon Keeper: Volume One of the Rain Wilds Chronicles by Robin Hobb
In the end, it’s difficult to review a book that is only one-half of the story, but because of characters, prose and world-building that is vintage Robin Hobb; a story that continues to build on the epic mythos established in the author’s previous Elderlings [...]
about 1 month ago - No comments
It has always been said that books are a man’s best friend, this is because a man can learn several lessons of life without actually getting involved in them in the real sense. Apart from that, one can have an easy access to writings of knowledge, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, thriller and biography to stay [...]
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Duma Key by Stephen King
BRIEF SYNOPSIS: With his life, and mind, in shambles after an industrial accident, Edgar Freemantle retreats to an island in Florida, where both the island, and Edgar, are deeper and darker than he had imagined.
MY REVIEW:
PROS: As with any King novel, it's full of strong dialog, sharp characters, and a slowly-building [...]
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Stalking the Vampire: A Fable of Tonight by Mike Resnick
about 11 months ago
This one sounds mildly interesting, will have to look out for it.