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Category: Review
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Curmudgeon Reviews: The Star Beast
Written by Sanford Begley Yes, I know The Star Beast is one of Robert Heinlein’s juveniles. According to my Kindle copy it is number 8. Just because it was written as a juvenile doesn’t mean an adult can’t enjoy it. I hadn’t reread this one since my teens. It is one of his lesser known…
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Horrifyingly Good
Written by Sanford Begley We got this book, Shared Nightmares, largely on the strength of some of the authors involved. I will have to give this book two reviews in one. Why? Well because I see it in two different ways. As a long time reader and a fan of many of the authors involved…
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Review: Space Doctor
Awhile back I had discovered James White’s Sector General books and reviewed them on the blog. In comments afterward, Lee Correy’s Space Doctor was recommended. I should fill in some background. My dad was in emergency medicine all my life that I can remember. As a paramedic, EMT, and sometimes fireman, he was usually on…
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Review: Forge a New Blade
I picked up the first book that Peter Grant had written after meeting him at LibertyCon two years ago. It hardly seems that it has only been two years… in that time, I have been reading his books and watching him grow as an author, to my delight as a reader. It’s also been a…
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Review: Here Be Dragons
This isn’t entirely a review. Sarah asked me to write the introduction for this collection of her short stories, and I greedily agreed, knowing it meant I would get to read them all as part of creating a good introduction. Since she has priced it very, very reasonably, I do hope you pick a copy…
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Review: Mercy Thompson
I’ll be putting up two reviews today, so look out for one this afternoon. This morning, you get a review not of a single book, but a whole series. Someone over at According to Hoyt (who I don’t recall a name for, sadly) suggested that I might like this Urban fantasy series. I picked up…
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Review: One of Each
I got two new books in this last week, and I managed to read them both. One fiction, and one non-fiction. Being sick helped with the reading, for a little silver lining in a cloud. I read book #6 in the Ongoing April series by Mackey Chandler. I have enjoyed this series from the first…
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Cop Tales: Three Reviews
One of the fun things about having Kindle Unlimited is that I can test a new author without too much commitment. And on days when I’m feeling under the weather, a disposable book I don’t have to think about is handy, and convenient if I’m not at home with my library. So I wound up…
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Review: Predatory Practices
One of the nice things about going to cons, I’ve discovered, is that you meet people. Sometimes they turn out to be really funny, nice people who also can write very well. I’m fascinated by today’s example, because he grew up with a great SFF writer for a parent. Edward Stasheff’s father, Christopher, wrote many…
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Review: Girly Stuff
I ordinarily only review books on the blog, although I’ve done a few other things as well. Today, I’m doing something that’s odd for me – I’ve tried out a very girly thing. I’m wearing pretty fingernails. This isn’t the old-school acrylic talons, which I have attempted precisely once and swore never again. I can’t…
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Beer, Whiskey, and Cigars
I’d better start this off by explaining I partook of none of the above. I was tagging along with my First Reader, who was. He met up with part of his D&D group (they have been playing together since 1985) at the Dublin Pub in Dayton, Ohio, for a whiskey tasting event. They guys didn’t…
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Review: Jim Butcher
I finished Dragon Noir, and ended the trilogy I’d begun writing almost 3 years ago now. Which mean I could finally finish reading a series I’ve really enjoyed. My mental voice is too close to these books to allow myself to read it, and thus flavor my writing, while I was working on the Pixie…