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Review: Valley of the Soul
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Reviews
Valley of the Soul My rating: 5 out of 5. My first introduction to the world of Faldorrah came about 2 years ago. AWelkin knew the author and had an early copy of the first book, Ghosts in the Snow. My wife and I were over at AWelkin’s house for a visit, planning to watch some […]
Review: Old Man’s War
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Reviews
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. Authors […]
Review: Deception Point
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Reviews
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 story. […]
Review: Threads of Malice
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Reviews
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 Ghosts […]
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Ban This!
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Life
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 put […]
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