Latest entries in the 2010 challenge to read fifty-two books this year are Tai-Pan by James Clavell and Devils of the Deep by Harold Davis.

Tai-Pan was Clavell's second novel. The first time I read this book, I was floored by its epic scope. I knew this was the kind of stuff I wanted to write; it was moving, it played out across a broad stage, and ( Read more... )

Latest entry in the 2010 challenge to read at least 52 books during the year comes from Peter F. Hamilton with the Orbit US reprint of The Reality Dysfunction. This is a revisit; I picked up the SFBC single-volume edition back when this opening entry in the Night's Dawn trilogy first appeared ( Read more... )

Today's addition to the book list for 2010 comes from Lee Child -- Die Trying -- his sophomore effort in the Jack Reacher series.

I enjoyed it more than the first entry, which was Killing Floor. There's still a lot of coincidence going on here, putting the main character, ex-military police officer, Jack Reacher, into the right place at the right ( Read more... )

Second book for TwentyTen is The Stand: Captain Trips. It collects the first five issues of Marvel's graphic novel adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand.

Suffice to say that I enjoyed this opening book, which is the first of five planned story arcs. The Stand is one of my personal favorites of King's work. I remember picking up the paperback ( Read more... )

Read a decent amount of books in 2009. Primarily because I worked through several reprints of the Doc Savage and Shadow pulps by Lester Dent and Walter B. Gibson. Sanctum Productions publishes the novels once a month, collecting two (and sometimes three), reproducing original art and original covers. Occasionally, the editors restore cut material. ( Read more... )

The third book in Traitor to the Crown by ccfinlay/Charlie officially hits the bookshelves today. All three books in the series -- The Patriot Witch, A Spell for the Revolution, The Demon Redcoat -- make a good summer read. Fast, entertaining, fun ( Read more... )

The second book in the Traitor to the Crown series--A Spell for the Revolution--written by ccfinlay/Charlie Finlay, hits the bookstores today.


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Stop. Don't even finish reading this review. Get up and go to the bookstore and buy this book.
OK, back now? New paper smells really good, doesn't it? And the cover is nice and shiny and feels good under your fingers? And the cover copy teases, making you wonder why no one else thought of writing a book about witches fighting during the American ( Read more... )

Well, one of my book decisions was taken out of my hands yesterday. Spouse suggested I read aloud to youngest daughter during the 9-10 hour drive down to and back from Norfolk, entertaining her and the other passengers.* So, we went over the list of books, determining what was appropriate for a pre-teen girl and a senior citizen. Luckily, youngest ( Read more... )

I was going to post this to Blog For A Beer, but it seemed too personally focused ( Read more... )