The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
3.5 stars
I had set myself up to read this with expectations set firmly low. The book had so much hype that I did not want to be cynical, but I did want to be realistic. It was a [...]
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The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Rise of Endymion
The fourth and final book of the Hyperion Cantos was more epic and more information latent than any of the first three books. It does bring many story lines to a close and the scale and scope of [...]
Categories: Audiobooks, Books
Tagged: audiobook, book review, Hyperion
Orphans of Chaos by John C. Wright
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
I have had this sitting on my shelf for a while and decided on a fantasy novel as my next read. What I got was a book that comes across as a combination of the author’s very poor and immature opinion of [...]
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The Osiris Ritual by George Mann
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Osiris Ritual is the second book of the Newbury and Hobbes Investigations, which has become a series. This book is an improvement on the already enjoyable Affinity Bridge.
The tale follows Newbury at a high society event that features the unwrapping of [...]
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Tagged: ancient egyptian mummy, book review, steam powered cars, steampunk fan
Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Ever since I completed my NaNoWriMo novel (heck, since I said I was going to do it!), my family has been very supportive of my creative endeavor. For Christmas, my brother got me a copy of Ignore Everybody [...]
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Tagged: book review, creative endeavor, revolutionary statement, work philosophy
Duma Key by Stephen King
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Caught Stealing (Hank Thompson Series #1) by Charlie Huston
