“Nice princes of Chaos, all torn asunder; Six Princesses of Chaos, where do they wander? Fly falcon, stout hart, and unicorn brave; Between the shadows, to escape your grave.”
I just finished reading “The Dawn of Amber” by John Gregory Betancourt. It is a trilogy set at the beginning of the Amber history, [...]
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I joke about the fact that I keep different buckets of friends. I have the gaming group, the college homecoming group, the gay group, the LA group, the artist group, etc… Up until recently, almost everyone fit into one group. There are a couple of exceptions. For instance, Ellen fits into the gaming group but [...]
I just finished listening to the latest Union Dues story from Escape Pod. If you like super hero stories at all, I highly recommend the Union Dues series of stories to you.
These are definitely not the 4 color stories that many super hero tales are. Instead, they are thoughtfully written pieces containing tough choices. In [...]
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RPG Now/Drive Thru RPG is celebrating a Thanksgiveaway in which they are giving away free books during the week of November 12 through 16.
New items are posted each day at 10 am EST. Books can be downloaded for free only on they day they are posted. I just grabbed today’s titles and I can’t wait [...]
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Over the last few months I have read the three books that comprise the Age of Discovery Series by Michael A. Stackpole: A Secret Atlas, Cartomancy, and The New World. These books comprise an epic story centered around a family who had a magical skill in making maps.When I use the word epic to describe [...]
Since Every Dead Thing, I have been a fan of John Connolly. His Charlie Parker books are great detective/thriller novels with just a twist or hint of the supernatural. In fact, Connolly has specifically said that he leaves it to the reader to determine whether Parker’s “psychic abilities” are real or whether they are Parker’s [...]
Greg Iles is one of my favorite authors. Therefore, I was quite excited to dive into his latest book: True Evil. I was not disappointed. It is probably my favorite Iles book since Mortal Fear.
The basic premise of True Evil is that a divorce attorney is providing a service to the super wealthy in which, [...]
Bloody Mary is the second book in the Jack Daniels series by J.A. Konrath. As you can likely surmise from the name of the book and the main character, this is not a “serious” literary book. Instead, it is a fun and enjoyable detective novel.
Jack Daniels, the main character, is not your typical detective protagonist. [...]
In October, John Scalzi placed an advance reader copy of his new book, The Last Colony, up for auction. The auction was to benefit the John M. Ford Book Endowment. In his post announcing the auction, Scalzi added additional bonuses (additional books or ARCs) if certain bidding levels were reached. The final level was $5,000. [...]
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I just completed Mind Catcher by John Darnton. The book explores the idea of consciousness and its connection to our physical body.
Tyler Jessup, 13 years old, is seriously injured when a piece of climbing equipment strikes him in the head and becomes embedded in his brain. The boy’s father is persuaded to let an [...]
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