50 BOOK CHALLENGE #18
TITLE:  Divine Intervention
AUTHOR: Ken Wharton
YEAR: 2001, Ace Books
GENRE: Sci-Fi
RATING: 3 out of 5 stars

I will preface this review by admitting that when it comes to science-fiction, I tend to favor the fictional elements over the scientific ones. I don't mind a book that is science heavy, but I'm pretty particular about how ( Read more... )

#17: Consider The Lobster and Other Essays by David Foster Wallace
Genre: non-fiction, essays/commentary
Rating: 4/5 stars

The collection of essays features David Foster Wallace's insights into worlds as disparate as the porn industry and the Maine Lobster Festival.  His erudition is filtered through a popular and provocative voice whose sardonic ( Read more... )

#16: That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis (Book three of the Space Trilogy)

While this book had all the elements that I loved in the previous two books (satire, allegory, poetic description), it was really lacking the cohesion of the other two and was generally a disappointing end to the trilogy. Lewis seems very caught up in the politics of ( Read more... )

50 Book Challenge #15: Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon
Authors: Michael P. Ghiglieri and Thomas M. Myers
Genre: Non-fiction

While the topic of this book might seem morbid, it really is a fascinating and instructive set of essays on human behavior. Well-researched and engaging, this revised and updated edition recounts stories of what most often ( Read more... )