April 29, 2021

Looking Ahead – The Timekeepers’ War

There’s nothing like a couple of heavy character-driven books to slow down that reading pace, eh? Oh well. I’m still way ahead of where I thought I would be at this point, so onward we go! Let’s jump in to the next look ahead where I’ll be updating you on the book I’m currently reading, and answering these questions about the next book on the […]

April 28, 2021

Wrath of Empire Review

Title: Wrath of Empire Author: Brian McClellan Date Purchased: 10/28/2019 Price Paid: $3.17 Date Finished: 4/11/2021 Rating: 4/5 I have always felt that the middle work in a trilogy is the one that carries most of the weight. The first work (and I’m using “work” here because I think this applies to movies as well as books) will typically benefit from a lack of expectation […]

April 9, 2021

Sins of Empire Review

Title: Sins of Empire Author: Brian McClellan Date Purchased: 8/27/2017 Price Paid: $3.17 Date Finished: 3/27/2021 Rating: 4/5 Have you seen that Game of Thrones meme that shows a drawing of a horse getting progressively worse as the seasons go on? It’s a comical representation of how the show changed (and, as many believed, got worse) as the years went by. And while I agree […]

March 26, 2021

Looking Ahead – Gods of Blood and Powder

I’m going to change the format of these looking ahead posts slightly. I still think the approach is useful, but I’m making two changes to help make these a bit more pertinent. First, I’m dropping the number convention. My original thought was that it would make it exciting when I got toward the end, but it’s just annoying. Second, I’m taking a new approach to […]

March 19, 2021

Since We Fell Review

Title: Since We Fell Author: Dennis Lehane Date Purchased: 7/2/2017 Price Paid: $5.29 Date Finished: 3/16/2021 Rating: 4/5 As I work through my backlog and come here to write about the books I’ve read, I find myself looking at books in a bit of a different way than I used to. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but more of a deeper analysis into what the book is […]

March 16, 2021

Looking Ahead #18

Well, that was quick. If there’s one good thing to be said about insomnia, it’s that plowing through a book is a lot easier when you’re up all night. I don’t expect this to happen often, but I certainly made short work of my current read. Let’s jump in to the next look ahead where I’ll be updating you on the book I’m currently reading, […]