Category Archives: Book Reviews

Media of the Year Awards

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Pete

So my categories aren’t the best, are they? Some would consider it a travesty that I lumped an iPad/iPhone app with studio-class video games, while other cringe at television shows in the same category as movies. When you have a … Continue reading →

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Belated 2010 Media of the Year Awards

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Pete

In the spirit of the Academy Awards tonight, I thought I’d put out my belated list for assorted media of the year: Nominees for best novel: The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson Towers of Midnight, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson … Continue reading →

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The Way of Kings

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Pete

You don’t review a book like The Way of Kings. The best you can do is summarize your reaction to it so that a would-be reader can determine if it’s an experience they’d like to share. In the following paragraphs, … Continue reading →

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Drowning in Great Fiction!

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Pete

Anyone who reads this site with regularity (difficult sometimes, since the past six months I haven’t posted with regularity) knows that I am a certified bibliophile. Here’s what I have in my hot little hands right now: Sam Sykes’ Tome … Continue reading →

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Media Awards, Part One

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Pete

Click through for the winners of Book and Video Game of the Year. Continue reading →

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2009 Book of the Year Awards

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Pete

2009 nominations for book of the year. Continue reading →

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Green

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Kate

Jay Lake has done a wonderful job with Green. I have been slowly adding his works to my towering list of authors to read, and I am glad I had the opportunity to immerse myself in this tale.

We follow a girl of no name and no future as she is sold to an educated stranger. Raised as courtesan by cruel mistresses, she is trained in all arts for the eventuality that she will serve the undying Duke of Copper Downs. Continue reading →

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The Sword of the Lady

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Pete

S. M. Stirling continues his change saga with The Sword of the Lady. Stirling has been on an aggressive release schedule for the past several years, churning through the aftermath of the disappearance of the population of the island of Nantucket and the resulting changes to the men and women left behind. Set a generation after The Protector’s War, Stirling has used the past couple of books to pass the torch of leadership to those who born immediately after the change. Continue reading →

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Best Served Cold

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Pete

Joe Abercrombie follows his First Law Trilogy with the stand-alone Best Served Cold, a novel of revenge, political intrigue, and interesting characters set in a rich and diverse fantasy world. The world is the same as the First Law, and minor characters from the first narrative appear and disappear throughout this novel, but you needn’t have read the first three books to read this one. The setup reads like a typical revenge/adventure story, but having read Abercrombie’s earlier work, I knew it wouldn’t be quite so simple. Continue reading →

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Book Review Week!

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Pete

Pete is a little behind on his book reviews over the past few months. Both you and he are in need of some closure after the awesome spate of summer releases that have drowned science fiction and fantasy fans. To mitigate Pete’s laziness, he has declared this week to be “Book Review Week!” Continue reading →

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