An avid sci-fi and fantasy reader who sometimes does historical fiction or even mainstream.
You might notice that most of my reviews are 5 stars. That's because if I start reading a book that doesn't engage me, I stop reading it. Life is too short. I've realized that it's not fair to review a book I haven't read and nobody really needs to hear why I didn't get into a book especially when they might like it.
My goals with reviews are to be brief and give other potential readers an idea of why they might like the book. I leave it to the marketing people and other reviewers to describe the plots.
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Jack Reacher.
The ultimate loner.
An elite ex-military cop who left the service years ago, …
In the opening chapter of this book, Reacher finds himself rescuing a student from a kidnapping and accidentally shooting a cop.
That can't be Reacher, I thought, maybe it's an impostor.
There's not much point to my writing a review of this. If you're a Dresden fan, you'll read it. If you're not a Dresden fan, you probably don't want to start with a bunch of stories that fall after all sorts of things have happened to him.
Ex-military cop Jack Reacher returns in this latest in the award-winning series critics call "spectacular" …
This one gets delightfully twisted.
"The international bestselling author of the Broken Empire and the Red Queen's War trilogies begins …
I really enjoyed my time in this book and look forward to the sequels.
The child Nona is a compelling character and it's fun to read about a convent where novices are trained to be killers.
As a young double agent infiltrating the Soviet spy network in Nazi-occupied Paris, Andrew Hale …
I like John LeCarré spy novels and I like fantasy stories about djinis.
So I liked this novel.
And I particularly liked that Powers made his story fit the known facts about Kim Philby and other actual people he put in the story.
Jack Reacher is back, dragged into what looks like a series of grisly serial murders …
It seems like Reacher has met a killer who is too clever for him.
After witnessing the murder of his mother and brother and leading a band of bloodthirsty …
This is pretty good dark fantasy.
But, unlike me, you might want to start it after the sequels are published.
This fast-read is a delight.
It illuminates what's behind Heather O'Neill's books and it gives a great model for how we can write stories about our own lives.
I like John LeCarré spy novels and I like fantasy stories about djinis.
So I liked this novel.
And I particularly liked that Powers made his story fit the known facts about Kim Philby and other actual people he put in the story.
A collection of nine stories by the popular Canadian author, including "The Night of the …
After reading book after book with lots of violence, this collection of stories about offbeat kids was just what I needed.
There's not much point to my writing a review of this. If you're a Dresden fan, you'll read it. If you're not a Dresden fan, you probably don't want to start with a bunch of stories that fall after all sorts of things have happened to him.
Lois Clary is a software engineer at General Dexterity, a San Francisco robotics company with …
Kind of a weird story.
But it made me want to eat sourdough bread. And I am not a bread guy.
This was fun. Reminiscent of Neal Stephenson.
No talking cats or mice, but people bonded with animals. If there's a sequel, we can hope someone to bond with a cat or a rodent.
Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is lying low in Key West, digging up swimming pools by …
I was happy to see that on this, Jack Reacher doesn't get sucked into a murderous plot because he's in the wrong place at the wrong time. Instead, it's because someone went looking for him.
And Jack Reacher is one big and tough guy. I cannot understand how they have Tom Cruise playing him in movies.
"The great city of Alt Coulumb is in crisis. The moon goddess Seril, long thought …
This one carries on in Alt Coulomb with most of the characters from Three Parts Dead.
Very pleasing.
