I wasn't going to do this one next, as I've still got a number of books to catch up on; however, I got a message from my friend Beaker, and he asked me: "So, John Ringo went bad in East of the Sun, West of the Moon ( Read more... )

I read the 547 pages of Against the Tide in one day.  That might tell you a few things:

1.  I'm a fast reader.
2.  I perhaps read when I shouldn't be reading.
3.  It's an engaging enough book to keep me sucked in for that length of time.
4.  Ringo writes a fast read.

And those things are all true.

Against the Tide is the sequel to Emerald Sea and part ( Read more... )

I freely admit. I'm a John Ringo fan. Now, I'm not as much a fan of his as I was in the past. He hit a spot where I feel like he was writing more for quantity than quality, and did a lot of sub-par collaborations. The March to the Stars series with David Weber was really good, in my opinion - Cally's War was complete crap. He also gets over- ( Read more... )