Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Broadway Books. 608 pages. I had heard rumor that this story was good and that it was going to be made into a movie. Then recently when Shelly and I went to the showing of Blade Runner (which you should really see), they showed a trailer for the new … More Review: “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline
Eagle in the Snow: General Maximus and Rome’s Last Stand by Wallace Breem. Rugged Land. 320 pages. I’ve never read Gibbon’s The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, even though I thought I would like to one day. The two main reasons why I want to read it is because (1) I think the … More Review: “Eagle In the Snow” by Wallace Breem
To Fall Among Vultures (Union Earth Privateers Book 2) by Scott Warren. Parvus Press. 232 pages. First, the good news. This promises to be an exciting new series, and I really like the premise. Earth finally develops the technology to travel into the stars, only to find they are already occupied and we are horribly … More Review: “To Fall Among Vultures” by Scott Warren
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson. Crown Books. 448 pages. I picked this book up while Shelly and I were on a weekend in Texas Hill Country, started reading it and couldn’t put it down. It’s the true story of the family of William … More Review: “In the Garden of Beasts” by Erik Larson
Abaddon’s Gate (Book 3 in The Expanse Series) by James S.A. Corey. Orbit Books. 566 pages. Before I go any further, here’s the Amazon description: For generations, the solar system — Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt — was humanity’s great frontier. Until now. The alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of … More Review: “Abaddon’s Gate” by James S.A. Corey
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown. 310 pages. This is not just a good book. This is an important book. One of the first things I realized in reading this book by Malcolm Gladwell is that his position is diametrically opposite from that of Dr. Ben Carson, who through his campaign … More Review: “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell
The One In Light: The Prime Insurgency Series, Volume 1 by J.D. Stonebridge. First the good news. This is an interesting concept. I was asked to review a book by a fellow indie author, which I agreed to, and ended up reading what amounts to an episode of a series, rather than an actual book. … More Review: “The One In Light” by J.D. Stonebridge
Lost Civilizations: 10 Societies that Vanished Without a Trace by Michael Rank. Five Minute Books. 103 pages. In the interest of total transparency, this was another one of those books I picked up (1) because I was researching for a book I was writing and (2) because it was free through Amazon Prime. On the … More Review: “Lost Civilizations” by Michael Rank
Strands of Sorrow (Book 4 in the Black Tide Rising Series) by John Ringo. Baen Books. 472 pages. This is the final book in the series I’ve been reading and reviewing about the Smith family and how they survived the zombie apocalypse. The title, Strands of Sorrow, made me think, oh no, one of the … More Review: “Strands of Sorrow” by John Ringo
Journalism Today: A Themed History by Jane L. Chapman and Nick Nuttall. Wiley-Blackwell. 338 pages. Unless you’re a journalism nut like I am or one of my sad students who will be getting this book as a final exam in a week, you will probably not be reading this book. To be honest, we dug … More Review: “Journalism Today: A Themed History” by Chapman and Nuttall
