Category: Review

Review Science Fiction
November 7, 2021

Recursion Review

Title: Recursion Author: Blake Crouch Date Purchased: 11/29/2019 Price Paid: $3.17 Date Finished: 10/20/2021 Rating: 3/5 I’ve come to think of Blake Crouch as an author that will write some fairly decent sci-fi that will often have some sort of twist or left turn that the reader doesn’t see coming. I’ve read his “Pines” trilogy, and previously read Dark Matter for this blog. I’ve enjoyed […]

Fantasy Review
October 30, 2021

Scourged Review

Title: Scourged Author: Kevin Hearne Date Purchased: 10/28/2019 Price Paid: $8.47 Date Finished: 10/5/2021 Rating: 3/5 I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll say it again before this project is done: the genres of books that I read tend to be trilogies, sagas, series, etc. It’s rarely a standalone novel. This can present some challenges for the reader, and Scourged falls prey to one […]

Review
October 5, 2021

The Chronicles of Robin Hood Review

Title: The Chronicles of Robin Hood Author: Rosemary Sutcliff Date Purchased: 10/28/2019 Price Paid: $8.36 Date Finished: 9/18/2021 Rating: 3.5/5 Much like any aspect of life, I’m sure that I have changed as a reader over the years. For instance, I know for a fact that I have a much lower tolerance level for poor writing than I did when I was younger – hell, […]

Fiction Review Rule Three
July 27, 2021

Dragon Noir Review (Rule Three)

Title: Dragon Noir Author: Daniel Moylan Date Purchased: 11/28/2018 Price Paid: $2.99 Date Finished: 7/25/2021Rating: 0/5 It’s no secret to my regular readers that I struggle to walk away from a book. There’s something about sticking it out to the end that is in my nature. But when you’ve got 171 books to get through? You need to make some hard choices. If a book […]

Review Science Fiction
July 26, 2021

The Punch Escrow Review

Title: The Punch Escrow Author: Tal Klien Date Purchased: 8/31/2018 Price Paid: $2.11 Date Finished: 7/22/2021Rating: 4.5/5 Wow. Lots of science fiction lately. So much so that I just checked to see when the next fantasy novel pops up. I guess I was better about reading the fantasy I purchased than the science fiction. I mean. I wasn’t good about reading any of it, but […]

Review Science Fiction
July 25, 2021

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Review

Title: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Author: Philip K. Dick Date Purchased: 7/31/2018 Price Paid: $2.11 Date Finished: 7/11/2021Rating: 3/5 I struggle with old science fiction. When I was a teenager it was a lot easier to read the old “classics”, but I think a lot of that can be credited to lack of exposure. I hadn’t really read a lot of the genre, […]