Posts Tagged ‘Reviews’
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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Why I Read?
Posted by Mark | Filed under Life
A friend of mine recently asked if other people had similar reactions when reading a good book. Since this site has been heavier on the brainless fluff of late; I decided to answer the question here rather than in her comments. When I’ve got a really good book in my paws, — mind you this […]
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Pukka’s Links of the Week
Posted by Mark | Filed under Links
It’s been a good week for interesting links… From Pukka: Erotic images can turn you blind A World of Warcraft World Monkey Business: Keith Chen’s Monkey Research The family that plays together.… grounds their kids for staying up late! Things That Only Happen In Movies The Caffeine Database [Editor] Even better than the caffeine database’ on the same site […]
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