Reviews
Book Review: Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
I finally got to reading Mockingjay, the third book in the Hunger Games trilogy. If you’re looking for the fast version of my take on it: I’d say it’s pretty good. It’s not awesome like the first one was, but it’s still a good story. The ending is actually really...
Book Review: Starship Grifters, by Robert Kroese
Damn, I laughed. I know that’s probably not the most professional way to start a book review, but, I think it’s more important to be honest than it is to follow protocol. This book is just freaking hilarious. The funny thing is (okay, the book is the funny thing, but...
Book Review: Jet, by Russell Blake
Book Review: Jet, by Russell Blake I don’t read action spy adventure type stuff very often. At least not contemporary shoot-em-up types. In fact, to give you a sense of how long ago it was that I read one, I think the last one I read was The Firm or The Pelican Brief...
Book Review: Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
Book Review: Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell In short, Cloud Atlas is a freaking beautiful book. I have not enjoyed reading a book this much in a long time (as you can probably tell simply by the long period of time that has passed since my last book review). The...
Book Review: Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
Book Review: Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins As you may have noticed in the review immediately preceding this one, I bought this book in the emotional wake of having finished book one, The Hunger Games, of this series. I liked Catching Fire too, though not as much...
Book Review: The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Book Review: The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins Let me start by saying, “Wow.” I will follow that up by saying, “Holy crap and just, wow again.” What an awesome book. I have not sat down to a novel that compelled me to finish it in less than a day for years. I just...
Book Review: Unnatural Selection, by Thomas Pryce
Book Review: Unnatural Selection, by Thomas Pryce This book has some of the best, most entertaining and even-laugh-out loud similes I’ve read in a long, long time. Thomas Pryce is a guy who has such a deft voice and a broad reach when it comes to comparative...
Book Review: On Canaan’s Side, by Sebastian Barry
Book Review: On Canaan's Side, by Sebastian Barry I have to say, when I first saw this book (I was given it as a gift by a friend), I looked at the cover and thought, Oh crap. This is going to suck. Without repeating tired book cover clichés, I was wrong. On Canaan’s...
Book Review: Hyperion, by Dan Simmons
Book Review: Hyperion, by Dan Simmons This book was tough for me. I had a really hard time getting into it, and actually stopped twice during the first hundred and thirty pages and read other books (one is the last review I did, the other was Of Mice and Men, which I...
Book Review: Quarter Share, by Nathan Lowell
Book Review: Quarter Share, by Nathan Lowell Nathan Lowell’s novel Quarter Share is a very pleasant read. It’s about a young man named Ishmael (yes, Ishmael like in Moby-Dick, and the author is having some fun with that), who, through an unfortunate set of events,...