I can't stop thinking about this book. Even though I just finished it last night, and that makes perfect sense, somehow the fact that it's sitting so vividly in my mind after 24 hours feels meaningful in some way. This is a beautiful novel about a dirty subject. American War is a masterwork of speculative… Continue reading American War (Omar El Akkad)
Moral Combat (Patrick M. Markey & Christopher J. Ferguson)
I don't care whether you like video games or not. Honestly, I don't. Just because they've been a major source of happiness in my life, for most of my life, doesn't mean that they play the same role for you. I have no issues with you putting your time into the particular hobbies you've got. … Continue reading Moral Combat (Patrick M. Markey & Christopher J. Ferguson)
All Our Wrong Todays (Elan Mastai)
I've read a lot of time travel novels and short stories in my time. I've even watched plenty of time travel movies and TV shows. I'm sure you have as well--this subject has been fertile ground for creative types going back to H.G. Wells. So what, you might ask, attracted me about All Our Wrong… Continue reading All Our Wrong Todays (Elan Mastai)
Year of No Clutter (Eve Schaub)
Uh oh--another book that made me think a whole lot about my life. I'd better stop reading so much, right? Or, at least, stop reading so many thought-provoking books. Do you have any clutter in your home? What about your office? What's the definition of clutter to you? In this fantastic book, Eve Schaub not… Continue reading Year of No Clutter (Eve Schaub)
Six Wakes (Mur Lafferty)
Okay, I know I failed at posting last week. Work has been exceptionally worky lately, and resting doesn't sound much like "writing a thing for the Net about a book". Still, I'm back. Because I couldn't help but review this one--I loved it so much! The world is an exceptionally complicated place these days. Many… Continue reading Six Wakes (Mur Lafferty)
The Wolf Road (Beth Lewis)
Let me get this out of the way: I'm deeply envious of Beth Lewis for pulling this off. As you may or may not know, I wish I could actually finish writing a book. I've written 6 or 7 first drafts of novels, but editing them into a form that I'm comfortable sharing with the… Continue reading The Wolf Road (Beth Lewis)
The Liberation (Ian Tregillis)
I'm not traditionally a big fan of steampunk novels. They generally involve far too much leather and steam and dirigibles for my taste, and have far too little story. The Alchemy Wars books, though, are far better than your typical steampunk story. Here's a series that you should read, if you haven't already! Tregillis has… Continue reading The Liberation (Ian Tregillis)
Unruly Places (Alastair Bonnet)
I love this weird planet of ours, with all its strange nooks and crannies. Sure, some people get the chance to go on more journeys than others, through no fault of their own. Plane tickets are expensive (though cheaper than they were ten or twenty years ago), and it can be hard to take the… Continue reading Unruly Places (Alastair Bonnet)
We Are Legion (Dennis E. Taylor)
This novel came from nowhere. Well, actually it didn't--I'm sure it was a massive amount of work on the author's part, and it's been read by thousands of people in the last few months. But somehow, I'd never heard of it before last week, in spite of my endless searching for new things to read. … Continue reading We Are Legion (Dennis E. Taylor)
2017’s here!
And with it, I hope to continue bringing some insight into books you should be reading to this corner of the blogosphere. Do I expect you to agree with me all the time? Obviously not. But I do feel as though I have interesting tastes in reading material, and that those tastes are wide-ranging enough… Continue reading 2017’s here!
