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Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Dining Out, DVDs, Games, Site News
This evening I went out to help Pukka celebrate his last night as a single man. We went over to the Cantebury Inn’s restuarant/bar and had big, big goblets of alcoholic beverages. It was no wild party with strippers and hookers. But we had fun anyway; at least, I think we had fun. The night […]
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The Ladies of Mandrigyn and my next book to read
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Reviews
I finished reading The Ladies of Mandrigyn last night and I have to give Ms. Hambly a bit of credit; she didn’t go with the more obvious of the 2 scenarios that I thought she was going to. In the end the book wasn’t all bad, but I definitely wouldn’t recommend anybody buy this book […]
Tags: fantasy, Reviews, Sci-fi
The Ladies of Mandrigyn
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Reviews
For my next book, I’ve started reading Barbara Hambly’s The Ladies of Mandrigyn. I’m about halfway through with it and looking very forward to finishing it, as it’s really not that good (so far, it could improve but I’m not holding my breath). Why so harsh? Well, when I read a book; I generally don’t […]
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Reviews
I finished reading The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories over lunch today but I’ve got to hurry back to work for a meeting; so for now I’ll just give this book a quick score of 4.5 out of 5 points.
Tags: collection, Reviews, Sci-fi
The Golden One
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Reviews
I finished reading Ms. Peter’s The Golden One last night and while I found the book slow to start off; it definately picked up towards the end (nice punch, Bertie!). It’s my understanding that there are two more books after The Golden One, in the Amelia Peabody series; but we don’t have copies and frankly […]
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