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Category: Review
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Curmudgeon Review: Camelot in Space
I was reminded of this book recently. I first read it three or four decades ago. So I looked on Amazon and it, with the sequels, were a penny each. This book was first published in 1965. If you have read Christopher Stasheff’s 1979 work The Warlock In Spite Of Himself you have read something…
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Kids Review: Fever and Gilly Hopkins
So today my kids gave me some super short and fun book reviews. I’ve written them down almost verbatim for your enjoyment. We often talk about what they are reading, and why they enjoy it, or what they learned. I reminded the Jr. Mad Scientist that she has seen the graves of Yellow Fever victims…
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Review: Agatha H
I’m reviewing two books today, the second and third in a series. I think I reviewed the first, one, you can find that review here. It looks like I didn’t review it, but I did review the comic itself. I really enjoyed reading these two, finished the one and started right in on the other.…
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Curmudgeon Reviews: Big Red
Big Red Big Red By Jim Kjelgaard was published in 1945 the third of a string of books about boys in the wilderness that would continue until ten years after his death in 1959. I must assume unsold manuscripts turned up. The basic story line is simple and enjoyable for those with some experience…
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Review: Martian Aria
I had some time to read this last week, as I was on planes and in airports killing time waiting for those planes. In those situations, having my tablet loaded with books to read is a very good thing. The tablet has enough battery power to keep going basically as long as I needed it.…
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Curmudgeon Review: Skin Game
The First Reader and resident curmudgeon offered to do a review since I am at Life, the Universe, and Everything! this weekend and having a blast. He wrote it up, sent it to me, and I read it in a state of shock. I think this is unprecedented. He’s such a stickler, and that he’d…
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Curmudgeon Review: Into the Hinterlands
Into the Hinterlands by David Drake and John Lambshead Fair warning, I think David Drake is the best author working today. That being said he is human, some of his work is better than others. John Lambshead is a British author that has done work for Baen. I have had some slight on line encounters with…
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Review: Agent Carter
Yes, I really meant it. I know I’m not a film-geek, but this week with school and writing I was fluttering around finding shows for background noise, and this popped up recommended, so I tried it. Boy, was that a mistake. Fortunately, there are only two of the shows on Hulu currently. Look, I shut…
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Review: Bureau of Substandards
This is actually going to be a triplet of reviews and a gripe. I spent most of yesterday under the weather (no, that’s not a gripe, that’s life, and I take it when my body says ‘rest now or else’ because else is usually pneumonia with me. I rested, and read) and I was having…
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Review: Proof of Our Resolve
I became aware of Chris Hernandez last week through an excellent article on the dumbing-down of the word trauma. You can find links and my commentary here. As is my usual procedure, while I was looking at his blog and bio, I discovered that he has written a few books. Now, I see this a…
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Airplane Reading
I had rather a lot of time for reading during my trip. Not so much while I was with family, we stayed busy. But in airports and on planes, I had my trusty tablet, stuffed full of ebooks in a variety of genres to suit whatever mood I was in. I also had a few…
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Review: Chaplain’s War
I have been working on this book since… longer than I care to think about. And it’s a good book. So what took me so long? Well, I bought it in paper. Yeah, I know, most people buy books in paper, what gives? Long story short – and I think I’ve told the long story…