Imagine a world where there is so much information coming at you that you just can’t handle it; you decide that it would be better to simply avoid information that doesn’t make you happy. The world in this book is that world. And so is the … Continue Reading ››
The book’s title is, unfortunately, accurate.
The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant
by Drew Hayes
REUTS Publications, LLC
July 2014
The book is a collection of stories that introduce the characters, one by one, and show some adventures that work out because they do. … Continue Reading ››
Imagine a time machine. Then imagine checking out the future and everything looks great. Then you look again and the world has ended. Why and how? You aren’t sure so you go back in time to the moment of death for three heroes who you plan … Continue Reading ››
I have had occasion to listen to the podcast by the same name by Brierley and found it interesting and worth my time, but how would a book work? Like he explains in the beginning chapters, this book is the first apologetic he’s written directly to … Continue Reading ››
I’ve been a fan of Pratchett’s from the time I read him for the first time; in fact a fan from page one. That book was Going Postal. Not only was it part social commentary and (a large) part comedy, but it was brilliantly written. When … Continue Reading ››
One of the best books of the last couple decades!
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
by J.K. Rowling
Thorndike Young Adult
November 1999
I’ve been listening to the audio books of several series with my boys (ages 8 and 11) and was excited when we finished up … Continue Reading ››
Book 17 of 2018: Bullies by Ben Shapiro. I'd read political books by Bill Clinton, Al Gore, George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter, (and I highly recommend this,) and historical memoirs, (like Booker T. Washington's earlier this year, ) but never a … Continue Reading ››
Here's something I've never read before: a zombie novel. With super heroes. How this wasn't a thing before this book series was written I'll never understand!
Ex Heroes
Ex Series 1
By Peter Clines
Broadway Books
February 2013
The novel takes place in Hollywood. Heroes have turned a movie lot into a … Continue Reading ››
The Interdependency is a galaxy wide coalition of systems run by a central system where an Empero leads the government, trade guilds, and church. Each system is dependent on the others and not self sufficient - on purpose to ensure they work together. But when … Continue Reading ››
Timothy needs a job. He's good at MMORPGs. So when the biggest VR online role playing game advertised "tester" jobs, he saw a perfect fit. And it was in so many ways.
Video Game Plotline Tester
Dark Herbalist 1
by Michael Atamanov
Magic Dome Books
January 2017
He is given … Continue Reading ››
Imagine a world where there is so much information coming at you that you just can’t handle it; you decide that it would be better to simply avoid information that doesn’t make you happy. The world in this book is that world. And so is the … Continue Reading ›› 
