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James Michener is one of my favorite authors.
When I was a kid, I remember my mother reading Hawaii. That was a time when I was reading everything I could get my hands on and so I read Hawaii, and eventually Centennial, The Source, Texas and I...
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Fly me to the DUNE– I loved the prequels but not the sequels
Like many sci fi lovers I read Frank Herbert’s Dune–a book I loved for its richness and detail with all of the subcultures, traditions and intrigue centered on the spice–the eye-blue-ing,...
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McCammon’s “Swan Song”— Apocalypse Then
Colliding worlds, epidemics, vampires, aliens, zombies–writers just love ending the world and we just love reading about how it all goes down. Everyone dies, except us–or those characters who are our...
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Reviewing THE PASSAGE: Dronely the Lonely
WARNING: BIG SPOILER ALERT–GO NO FURTHER IF YOU PLAN TO READ THE PASSAGE. Okay you’ve been warned about THE PASSAGE. So trudge along with me. The Passage is a novel written by Justin Cronin, a...
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A Book Review: Aztec Autumn
Like AZTEC, Gary Jenning’s novel published in 1980, Jennings‘ sequel, AZTEC AUTUMN. published in 1997, takes place in 16th century Mexico. The novel AZTEC, as I remember it, was so vivid, the world of...
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A Book Review: THE LAST WEREWOLF (Moonlight becomes you; it goes with your lair)
THE LAST WEREWOLF, written by British author, Glen Duncan, was published in 2011. THE LAST WEREWOLF is the eighth novel for Duncan and a sequel, TALLULAH RISING is due this year, 2012. As might be...
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LUMINARIUM: There’s nothing like a brain.
In commenting on the solar system family photo taken by Voyager 1, Carl Sagan referred to the “blue dot” as home to every human who has ever lived. Now, we’re looking at potential lots on Mars, and...
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A book review: Cloud Atlas: Six stories in search of Ovaltine
Spoiler Alert If you plan on reading the book or if you plan on seeing the movie, this Cloud Atlas review may rain on your plan. The movie, Cloud Atlas is due to be in theaters on October 26, and the...
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Crimson Peak
Blood, Sweat and Fears BEWARE–this review is full of spoilers. Crimson Peak is an okay ghost story about an American girl (with money) who marries an Englishman with a title, an old mansion, and a...
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Soul Food for the Average Reader
SLADE HOUSE: A Review SPOILER ALERT! I have read three novels written by David Mitchell, including Cloud Atlas, The Bone Clocks and Slade House. A while back, I posted a review of Cloud Atlas,...
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A Door is a Door is a Door
PURITY: A Review SPOILER ALERT I finished reading Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel, Purity, weeks ago. I didn’t hate it, but found it mostly forgettable. No character resonated; no conflict compelled me...
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The Changeling: the changing road to nowhere
The Changeling: the long and winding road to nowhere a review The Changeling, a novel by Victor LaValle and set in today’s New York City, is a dark fantasy like the grimmest of fairy tales. Despite...
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American Elsewhere, a place where Lovecraft and Beaver Cleaver are always on...
A review of American Elsewhere, a place where Lovecraft and Beaver Cleaver are always on the tour ***Spoilers*** Recently, I read American Elsewhere, a 2013 novel by Robert Jackson Bennett. Let me...
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Helter Skeletons
Adam Nevill’s Last Days A Review of Adam Nevill’s Last Days Dem Bones, dem Bones . . . A 2012 supernatural novel by British author, Adam Nevill, Last Days is a page-turner, a cautionary scare fest...
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My Sweet Satan, for the Hal of it.
My Sweet Satan by Peter Cawdron A review, just for the Hal of it. My Sweet Satan cover My Sweet Satan, by Peter Cawdron, is a science fiction novel with a whodunit twist. My Sweet Satan begins with a...
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Deja Vu: There and back again.
This weekend, I read Déjà Vu, a First Contact novel by sci fi author, Peter Cawdron. The big question is always: Are they friend or foe? It’s the beginning of the 22nd century as we meet Jess, a young...
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