16 February 2006 – 11:08 pm
Old Man's War
My rating: 5 out of 5.
For a while now I've been despairing of finding new science fiction authors I like. I would go through my local bookstores and the only ones that didn't seem like pure twaddle were either books I've read previously or by authors I was previously familiar with. [...]
2 February 2006 – 10:43 pm
Deception Point
My rating: 2 out of 5.
This started off as a fun book and for a long time into it I was able to suspend my disbelief to enjoy it. It read something like a weak Tom Clancy novel. At least up until a certain point in during the climatic finale of the [...]
2 November 2005 – 11:04 am
Threads of Malice
My rating: 4 out of 5.
I read Threads of Malice last week1 and wowsers! If you've read Ghosts in the Snow then you need to be warned before reading Threads that Ghosts is a much lighter book than Threads. The villian in Threads is far more evil than the one in [...]
By Mark
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28 September 2005 – 8:35 pm
I just found out we're in the middle of the ALA's annual Banned Book Week. So here's a little meme....
Instructions
Copy the ALA's The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000 into your blog/journal/website/forum/whatever and then bold those books that you've read. If you think you've read a book, but you're not sure then [...]
By Mark
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)
My rating: 4 out of 5.
After a two year wait, Ms. Rowling has finally released her latest book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6).1 It's a bit shorter than her previous book but it's quality not quantity we're after and the Half-Blood Prince delivers.
Rather [...]
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