David Scrimshaw rated The Fellowship of the Ring: 4 stars
The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings …
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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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David Scrimshaw rated Maximum Bob: 4 stars
Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard
This is a book about a Florida Jurist who has been sentenced to death by a grudge bearing malefactor.
David Scrimshaw rated The Praxis (Dread Empire's Fall, #1): 4 stars
David Scrimshaw rated In the garden of Iden: 4 stars
David Scrimshaw rated Hyperion: 3 stars
Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. There are those …
David Scrimshaw rated The Golden Age (The Golden Age, Book 1): 5 stars
The Golden Age (The Golden Age, Book 1) by John C. Wright
"The Golden Age takes place 10,000 years in the future in our solar system, an interplanetary utopian society filled with …
David Scrimshaw rated Schismatrix Plus: 5 stars
David Scrimshaw rated The Snow Queen: 5 stars
David Scrimshaw rated Cat's Cradle: 4 stars
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate …
David Scrimshaw rated The Chronoliths: 3 stars
David Scrimshaw rated The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories: 5 stars
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke
Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk. Faerie is …
David Scrimshaw rated A Room With a View: 3 stars
David Scrimshaw rated Transition: 4 stars
David Scrimshaw rated The Hobbit: 4 stars
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It …
David Scrimshaw rated American Gods: 5 stars
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The storm was coming....
Shadow spent three years in prison, keeping his head down, doing his time. All he …