Veronica by Nicholas Christopher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
4.5 Stars
My first venture into a book by Nicholas Christopher produced a very good, if slightly confusing read.
Leo meets Veronica on a snowy night in Manhattan where Waverly place intersects itself. She leads him through a labyrinth of places and events in an effort to [...]
Categories: Books, Reviews
Tagged: book, book review, first person narration, Leo, literary realism, Manhattan, New York, Nicholas Christopher, story, time, Veronica, writing and fantasy
- Published:
- Wednesday November 11, 2009 10:27 am – 10:27 am
- Author:
- By David
Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician: A Novel by Daniel Wallace
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I have wanted to read something by Daniel Wallace for sometime and decided on Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician as my first go.
The story follows a man named Henry Walker. The story opens at the end [...]
Categories: Books, Reviews
Tagged: book, book review, caption, circus folk, circus sideshow, Daniel Wallace
My, Daniel Wallace, Henry, Henry Walker, Mr. Sebastian, story, Wallace, weird group
- Published:
- Friday October 16, 2009 12:22 pm – 12:22 pm
- Author:
- By David
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
After reading Jonathan Lethem, I wanted something with equally tight prose so I grabbed Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name from the shelf.
The story of Clarrisa is moving, both emotionally and pace. The story unfolds as [...]
Categories: Books, Reviews
Tagged: book review, Clarrisa, I, Jonathan Lethem, mystery novel, Northern Lights, P.S, pace, Scandinavia, story, vendela vida, Vida
My, Vida
- Published:
- Tuesday October 13, 2009 12:40 pm – 12:40 pm
- Author:
- By David
Amnesia Moon by Jonathan Lethem
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Amnesia Moon is the first Jonathan Lethem novel I have read. This book was written in sparse prose with a downward feel and attitude.
Chaos is a loaner and loser living in the projection booth of an abandoned movie theater which is only playing “Chaos, [...]
Categories: Books, Reviews
Tagged: America, book, California, Chaos, Fransisco, Jonathan Lethem, Philip K. Dick, projection booth, San, sparse, sparse prose, William Gibson, Wyoming
- Published:
- Saturday October 10, 2009 9:44 am – 9:44 am
- Author:
- By David
Drood by Dan Simmons
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
(3.75 stars)
I always like when an author takes real historical figures and locations and fictionalizes them. Dan Simmons has written a very interesting tale as told by Wilkie Collins covering the last 5 years of Charles Dickens’s life.
The book unfold around a train accident [...]
Categories: Books, Reviews
Tagged: audiobook, book, book review, Charles Dickens, Charles Dickinson, Collins, Dan Simmons, Dickens, drood dickens, Edwin Drood, Michael York, mystery of edwin drood, Nice, Simon Prebble, Wilkie, wilkie collins, York
- Published:
- Friday October 9, 2009 7:03 am – 7:03 am
- Author:
- By David
