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Tag: book review
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Book Review: Witchfire Burning
So it’s been a while since I put up a book review. Mostly, that’s because I haven’t really been reading much. You can see my ramblings about that over at the Mad Genius Club this morning. But when my friend and fellow author put out her latest book, Witchfire Burning, I knew I had to…
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Review: Brings the Lightning
One of my favorite authors, and a friend I’m pleased to say, is Peter Grant. Peter’s work is usually space opera, and darn good ones at that. But today is the launch date for his newest book, and it’s something completely different. If you’re thinking that looks like a Louis L’Amour cover, you’re spot on.…
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Review: One Blood
It’s sad, but the truth is that the second, third, and so forth books in a series just don’t get as many reviews as the first one. Which makes sense, really. After all, if you get a reader hooked on the first book, they are going to happily hunt for the second, and so on.…
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Review: Honor from Ashes
I haven’t been able to read – no time! – for about two weeks. I made the time for this book. First, I’d been looking forward to Honor from Ashes, the third book in the Honor and Duty series. Second, I really needed some relaxation time and I knew that this book would be well-enough written…
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Review: Tears of the Jaguar
I picked this book up on a whim through the Kindle Unlimited program. Tears of the Jaguar by AJ Hartley, an author I don’t know and a story that was readable but not satisfying. It’s ostensibly an archaeology tale, but the archaeology practiced in the book makes me wince, as it is more the hack-and-grab…
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Blast from the Past: Redneck Manifesto
This was published three years ago, but I realized yesterday it had gotten lost when I switched blog hosts. Fortunately I have access to archives. He’s written a snarky take on the Glass Ceiling which reminded me that I had read him before. I had to review a book for my Cultural Anthropology class.…
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Review: Art Books Part II
You can find the first part of this series here, where I talk about two ebooks, both of them on digital art and painting. Today at the Mad Genius Club I hosted a great essay by Jason Fuesting comparing Starship Troopers the movie to the book. But this post is a review of two three books,…
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What’s in a review?
I realized as I explained why and how I review a book, recently, that it’s been a while since I did that here on the blog. I do have a bit of a review philosophy: I try to only review the good stuff. There are valid reasons for negative reviews, and I have done a…
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Curmudgeon Reviews: Cricket Trilogy
Written by Sanford Begley Michael Hooten has a trilogy about a Celtic Bard. The trilogy is named Cricket’s Song. It starts with A Cricket Learns to Sing moves through A Cricket At Court and finishes with The Cricket That Roared. It is a YA but don’t let that stop you. The story follows a destined lad…
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Win a signed book!
Win a copy of Dragon Noir! You can play along in the comments here, or on facebook where I kicked the thing off yesterday. Comment for an entry, and I will draw a name at random on Sunday, July 19 and announce the winner. Then I will do it a second time and give away…
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Curmudgeon Review: Harvest of Evil
Written by Sanford Begley I hesitated to do this review. I like William Lehman and wanted to do a jump up and down happy review. I can’t quite do that. I can give a positive review and will. We will start with the best part of the book, Harvest of Evil, which in my opinion…
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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…