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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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To Read (View all 328)

Pat Murphy: The Adventures of Mary Darling (Paperback, Tachyon Publications LLC)
Kevin Hearne: Candle and Crow (2024, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)
Austin Grossman: Fight Me (2024, Penguin Books, Limited)

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Lev Grossman: The magician king (2011, Viking)

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K.J. Parker: The Two of Swords: Volume One (Orbit)
Kate Heartfield: The Embroidered Book (AudiobookFormat, 2022, HarperCollins UK and Blackstone Publishing)
Steven Brust: Lyorn (EBook, 2024, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

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reviewed The Tyrants Law by Daniel Abraham

Daniel Abraham: The Tyrants Law (2013, Orbit)

Review of 'The Tyrants Law' on 'Storygraph'

This is one of those series that focuses on a different character every chapter. In this case there are a couple of characters that I love reading about and am willing to endure the horrible ones to get to them. One of the horrible people died in the last book. That could be why I liked this book even more.

I'm #3 on 1 copy in the OPL reserves for the next volume, the Widow's House.

reviewed The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)

Patrick Rothfuss: The Slow Regard of Silent Things (2014, DAW)

Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a …

Review of 'The Slow Regard of Silent Things' on 'Storygraph'

Patrick Rothfuss writes terrific big fantasy books, but his short pieces have made me love his work. This story is a portrait of a young woman who isn't quite right, but works very hard to do what she knows has to be done.

reviewed White Night (The Dresden Files, #9) by Jim Butcher

Jim Butcher: White Night (The Dresden Files, #9) (2007)

Review of 'White Night (The Dresden Files, #9)' on 'Storygraph'

Dresden's world is getting very interesting to me. The big picture is actually more interesting to me than the battles with the vampires and other monsters.

reviewed The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois

Gardner Dozois: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection (St. Martin's Press)

Review of "The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection" on 'Storygraph'

Some excellent stories. But I am in the mood for novels and series right now. I like reading the anthologies to find new authors to try, but I don't think there was a single author in this that I didn't already know.

reviewed The Years Best Science Fiction Years Best Science Fiction Hardcover by Gardner Dozois

Gardner Dozois: The Years Best Science Fiction Years Best Science Fiction Hardcover (2012, St. Martin's Griffin)

Review of 'The Years Best Science Fiction\r\n \r\n Years Best Science Fiction Hardcover' on 'Storygraph'

Some excellent stories. But I am in the mood for novels and series right now. I like reading the anthologies to find new authors to try, but I don't think there was a single author in this that I didn't already know.

reviewed Hansel & Gretel by Neil Gaiman

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Neil Gaiman, Lorenzo Mattotti: Hansel & Gretel (2023, Astra Publishing House)

Two abandoned children come upon a gingerbread cottage inhabited by a cruel witch who wants …

Review of 'Hansel & Gretel' on 'Storygraph'

It's a good retelling of the story. But I was left thinking, if you're Neil Gaiman you can write anything and we'll read it. Even a version of a story we've heard so often there's even a Bugs Bunny version.

reviewed Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman: Hansel and Gretel (2014)

Two abandoned children come upon a gingerbread cottage inhabited by a cruel witch who wants …

Review of 'Hansel and Gretel' on 'Storygraph'

It's a good retelling of the story. But I was left thinking, if you're Neil Gaiman you can write anything and we'll read it. Even a version of a story we've heard so often there's even a Bugs Bunny version.

reviewed The Peripheral by William F. Gibson

William F. Gibson: The Peripheral (2014)

The Peripheral is a 2014 science fiction mystery-thriller novel by William Gibson, set in near- …

Review of 'The Peripheral' on 'Storygraph'

I wasn't sure at first because it was weird and I didn't know what was going on. But it was worth going on because it kept getting weirder but it started to made sense. Very fun read.

reviewed The Peripheral by William F. Gibson

William F. Gibson, William F. Gibson (duplicate): The Peripheral (Paperback, 2015, Berkley Publishing Group, Berkley)

Depending on her veteran brother's benefits in a city where jobs outside the drug trade …

Review of 'The Peripheral' on 'Storygraph'

I wasn't sure at first because it was weird and I didn't know what was going on. But it was worth going on because it kept getting weirder but it started to made sense. Very fun read.