Right, so in looking back over this year’s blog posts to determine when I last reported in on my reading challenge, I discovered that I haven’t for a while. I thought it had only been a month. Or so. Maybe longer. I was surprised to find out it had been three months. I did postContinue reading "Reading Challenge Update (June)"
Review: Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
I was pretty sure I’d like Half A King. My only concern was that it might be bloated in the way of epic fantasy, presenting me with a lot of words that may or may not add up to a considerable story. Not that I suspected Joe Abercrombie might deliver anything like that, but IContinue reading "Review: Half a King by Joe Abercrombie"
Strawberry Season
I love strawberry season. I like picking the berries and I like eating them, too, which is a good thing. This year, we went picking three days before vacation and had to eat and/or use nearly nine pounds of them before we went away. Yeah, not the best planning, but…strawberries. Here’s what we did withContinue reading "Strawberry Season"
Review: Defenders by Will McIntosh
A few of my reviewing friends had very good things to say about Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh. So when Orbit dropped the price of McIntosh’s newest release, ‘Defenders’, to $1.99 (ebook only, courtesy of the Orbital Drop newsletter), I figured it was a good time to take the author for a test drive.Continue reading "Review: Defenders by Will McIntosh"
Review: Memory (A Miles Vorkosigan Novel) by Lois McMaster Bujold
Summoned home to Barrayar to follow up on an incident where he might have accidentally cut the legs of the Imperial Courier he had just rescued, Lord Miles Vorkosigan finds that his own integrity is not the only thing awry. Simon Illyan, Chief of Imperial Security (Imp Sec) is having trouble remembering things, which shouldContinue reading "Review: Memory (A Miles Vorkosigan Novel) by Lois McMaster Bujold"
Kelly Jensen 