Islands of Rage and Hope (Black Tide Rising Book 3) by John Ringo. Baen Books. 528 pages. I may have been a bit unfair in my review of John Ringo’s second book in the Black Tide Rising series, To Sail a Darkling Sea, when I gave it two stars out of five possible recently. The … More Review: “Islands of Rage and Hope” by John Ringo
To Sail A Darkling Sea (Black Tide Rising Book 2) by John Ringo. Baen Books. 522 pages. John Ringo, in my opinion, is one of the best military sci-fi writers around. He really knows his stuff, military wise. In addition, he’s an entertaining writer. That’s probably why you have seen so many reviews lately with … More Review: “To Sail a Darkling Sea” by John Ringo
Hell’s Faire (Legacy of the Aldenata Book 4) by John Ringo. Baen Books. 416 pages. In case you haven’t picked up my review of other books in this series, in the process of my browsing on the Internet, John Ringo’s Posleen War series came out as #1 as far as military science fiction is concerned. … More Review: “Hell’s Faire” by John Ringo
The Shack by William Paul Young. Windblown Media. 248 pages. I read The Shack because it was out in movie form and my wife had read it. She wanted to see the movie and wanted me to read it before we went. We never ended up going to see the movie–we plan on seeing it … More Review: “The Shack” by William Paul Young
Fields of Fire (Frontlines Book 5) by Marco Kloos. 304 pages. 47North. I’ve been looking forward to this book coming out for a long time. I’ve read all four of the previous books in the series, and never been disappointed. Marco Kloos tells a good story and knows that writing military science fiction goes well … More Review: “Fields of Fire” by Marco Kloos
When The Devil Dances (Posleen War Series #3) by John Ringo. Baen Books. 704 pages. This book continues the military sci-fi series I started a couple of months ago, which overall has been excellent. There are twelve books in the series, but I have read in reviews that only the first four books are good. … More Review: “When the Devil Dances” by John Ringo
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah. Spiegel & Grau. 304 pages. I’ll have to admit that before I read this book I didn’t know much about Trevor Noah other than he took Jon Stewart’s place on The Daily Show about a year ago. And that’s when I stopped watching … More Review: “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah
Gust Front (Legacy of the Aldenata Book 2) by John Ringo. Baen Books. 721 pages. Those who know me know I have a weakness for military science fiction, and somewhere I read that John Ringo’s series about the Posleen Wars was one of the best. I concur. John Ringo comes from a military background, himself … More Review: “Gust Front” by John Ringo
Caliban’s War (The Expanse) by James S. A. Corey. Orbit Books. 624 pages. This is the second book in the series that the new SyFy TV series The Expanse is based on. And it’s very good. I’ve been trying to determine if it would be classify it as space opera, science fiction or hard science … More Review: “Caliban’s War” by James S.A. Corey
The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman. William Morrow. 522 pages. I was surprised to see this book in our university library new books section and snatched it up for a read last week. Neil Gaiman is known as a fantasy, horror and comic writer, and is very good at what … More Review: “The View from the Cheap Seats” by Neil Gaiman
