January 2018 reading:

1. Blood in Her Veins, by Faith Hunter (542 pages)
I loved this collection. There were some really cool plotlines and details I hope come into play in coming books. Fun read.

2. Spice & Wolf: Volume 15, by Isuna Hasekura (240 pages ( Read more... )

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July 2017 reading:

32. The Hidden Oracle, by Rick Riordan (376 pages)
Apollo falls from Olympus into a dumpster only to find he's been cursed to a mortal body by Zeus, with no idea what to do to regain his place. Apparently Zeus expects him to resolve the problem he allowed to fester--and it's bigger than the gods knew.

33. Spice & Wolf: Volume ( Read more... )

Kurt Schlichter's Indian Country is a warning, inspired by the attempts of the self-styled resistance and the Democrat-Media-Entertainment-Academic Complex's efforts to impose their vision on the country.  "Maybe someday we will realize that the path we are currently on ends in a place that looks a lot like Kosovo...  The people there chose ( Read more... )

June 2017 reading:

24. Silence Fallen, by Patricia Briggs (371 pages ( Read more... )

May 2017 reading:

21. Kicking It, edited by Faith Hunter and Kalayna Price (349 pages)
With urban fantasy short stories centered around footwear, this anthology features some writers I've read, and some new ones to look into. Quite enjoyable.

22. Just a Geek, by Wil Wheaton (267 pages ( Read more... )

In Conservative Insurgency, Kurt Schlichter contemplates how eight years of Hillary Clinton excess leads to a restoration of constitutional principles, relatively peacefully.  But that doesn't give him much opportunity to write an action thriller with police chases and insurgency and counterinsurgency tactics or Tom Clancy stuff.  So he wrote ( Read more... )

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March 2016 reading:

5. The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas, by Anand Giridharadas (336 pages ( Read more... )

Now that 2016 is here, Thom Hartmann's The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America -- and What We Can Do to Stop It strikes me as a logical Book Review No. 3Mr Hartmann has been active in left politics since the days of the Students for a Democratic Society, and his radio show regularly features Vermont's Senator Sanders helping take telephone ( Read more... )