Formulaic Success: City of Bones Review
August 11, 2021
Clare’s bestselling YA book is well-crafted, but formulaic–which is not wholly bad. … More Formulaic Success: City of Bones Review
Category: Book Reviews
Girls Just Want to Have Fun–A review of Sarah Maas’ “Throne of Glass.”
July 9, 2021
The story shows its heritage, but that’s not a bad thing. … More Girls Just Want to Have Fun–A review of Sarah Maas’ “Throne of Glass.”
Zombies vs. Martyrs
February 3, 2017
I recently picked up World War Z by Max Brooks. It’s a good read. Haven’t seen the movie, so can’t compare, but the use of disjointed narratives to paint a global picture of the zombie near-apocalypse is ingenious and used well. Max Brooks gets to cover nearly every possible reaction to the zombie apocalypse, … More Zombies vs. Martyrs
We Sail the Ocean Blue…
July 29, 2013
Well, so much for my plan of updating this blog regularly. There’s no one reason why, combination of new Legend of Zelda videogames and actually working a job that requires me to go to bed at a reasonable hour. And a little bit of uprooting… I’m currently spending most of the week with my grandfather, … More We Sail the Ocean Blue…
Up to Snuff
February 20, 2012
Well. It’s late at night, and I should probably be getting to bed, but dangit, I’m going to post a blog in the hour or so before I really, REALLY have to go to bed, because I’ve already gone two or three weeks without sticking anything up, and from the looks of things the next … More Up to Snuff
Atlas Shrugged
May 21, 2011
Okay, so I’m a little daunted by doing this review for a couple of reasons. One, it’s one of those uber-classical books that’s widely read. Two, it’s one of those uber-philosophical books that’s chock full of theory and logic. And three, I finished it last week and my uber-forgetfulness will probably lead me astray, particularly … More Atlas Shrugged
The Humor of Despair
April 2, 2011
“Rincewind, whenever he was running, never bothered about the TO. He had always considered the FROM to be more important.” That is a line from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, describing the eternally afraid Rincewind the Wizzard (spelling intentional). It’s a phrase very descriptive of Rincewind’s character, and indeed of the character of most of the … More The Humor of Despair
The Sandman Series
March 19, 2011
I seem to be on an unofficial bi-weekly schedule. Mostly that’s due to time constraints every other week as I rush to finish another deadline I have. I suppose I should accept that, but it seems rather annoying. I’d hoped to post every week. Anyway. Since my last post, a number of interesting things have … More The Sandman Series
Down to the Bone
January 22, 2011
One of these days one of my reviews is going to be about something well-known and sensible, I promise. But it’s just so much fun to write about great obscure works and confuse everybody that I really can’t help myself. Well, I could, but it sounds more excusable if I say I can’t. So for … More Down to the Bone
Two-Headed Tomato Ladies
December 18, 2010
Just to be clear, that title is not referring to a two-headed lady made of tomatoes. Nor, for that matter, is it talking about a female tomato with two heads. No, it’s about a lady who sells tomatoes. And has two heads. What does that have to do with anything? Well, we’ll get there. I’m … More Two-Headed Tomato Ladies
The Solomon Code 