Wednesday Knights Blog

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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I wrote recently about the latest Charlie Huston Book. It is no secret that I have really enjoyed the 5 Charlie Huston novels that I have read. They are a great combination of humor, mayhem, sarcasm, and dialog. I cannot recommend his books highly enough.
Additionally, Charlie was recently interviewed by Rick Kleffel at The [...]

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Ok, I know this has absolutely nothing to do with gaming, or anything related to gaming. However, I just finished the book Freakonomics  and it completely rocks. I have heard about the book for a while but I had never picked it up.
About a month ago I ended up at the authors’ blog when they [...]

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No Dominion is the second book in a series about Joe Pitt, an unlicensed private investigator in New York City that is a vampyre. I almost did not read this book simply because I have never really enjoyed vampire stories. However, I loved Huston’s Hank Thompson trilogy (Caught Stealing, Six Bad Things, and A Dangerous [...]

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I just finished a really good book by Orson Scott Card. This one was not one of his novels, however. It was Characters & Viewpoints, a book written to help fiction writers. Chapter 2 of the book details the process a writer should go through to create good, memorable characters that readers will love.
Reading the [...]

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In 2006 I decided to keep track of the books that I read. I now have one year’s list of books that I have read. Reviewing the list, it’s clear that I discovered a couple of new authors and read several of their books. In 2006 I read 46 books.
For those who may care, click [...]

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