Despite the fact I only completed about half the reading I set for myself in 2014, I plan to participate in challenges again in 2015. Here we go: 2015 TBR Pile Challenge Hosted by Roof Beam Reader, this challenge will once again be the lynch pin of my project. The goal is to read twelve booksContinueContinue reading “Reading Challenges: 2015”
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Reading Challenge Update (December)
Of the fourteen titles I chose for the 2014 TBR Pile Challenge (one book a month, plus two alternates), I read seven. The seven books remaining are still on my shelf and I do plan to read them, but not any time soon. While I enjoyed the idea of the challenge, in practice I foundContinueContinue reading “Reading Challenge Update (December)”
Review: The Fortress in Orion by Mike Resnick
Colonel Nathan Pretorius only just survived his last mission. Actually, if you take into account the couple of times he died during surgery, technically he didn’t, but the Democracy doctors have put him back together – prosthetic foot, cloned kidney and spleen and all. Now they want him to lead another mission. Seeing as heContinueContinue reading “Review: The Fortress in Orion by Mike Resnick”
Review: Undercity by Catherine Asaro
There are a few authors for whom I will buy (or request) every new book without even glancing at the blurb. Among these is Catherine Asaro. I did take a quick look at the cover copy for Undercity, but I will admit that when I saw the words ‘Skolian Empire’, glee fuzzed the rest. IContinueContinue reading “Review: Undercity by Catherine Asaro”
Review: Shattered Shields
Shattered Shields is an anthology of military fantasy edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt and Jennifer Brozek. Included are seventeen new stories from such well-known authors as Glen Cook, Elizabeth Moon and David Farland. Some are set in established worlds, others in new universes. It’s a wide selection of tales dark, light, serious and humorous. SwordsContinueContinue reading “Review: Shattered Shields”
Kelly Jensen 