Monthly Archives: December 2010
My Favorite Reads of 2010
I mentioned on Twitter last night that it looks like I will close out 2010 having read about 60 or so books. A few people asked about my favorites so I figured it would be worth it to wrap up … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Willingham, Cat Weatherill, D. M. Cornish, David Gregory, David Platt, James M. McPherson, James McDonald, Jeremy Lott, Mark Haddon, Matt Mikalatos, Michael Buckley, Michele Young-Stone, N.D. Wilson, non-fiction, Timothy Hallinan, Tony Woodlief, Young Adult Fantasy, young adult fiction
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Crashed by Timothy Hallinan
As regular readers know, I’m a big fan of Timothy Hallinan‘s Poke Rafferty series. So I was intrigued when I heard about Crashed a new e-book series. I was interested to see Hallinan work with a different lead character (Junior … Continue reading
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Tagged Fiction, Hollywood, Los Angeles, mystery, Television, Timothy Hallinan
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Into the Viper’s Nest by Stephen Grey
Despite some of the confusion in the text, I think this is an excellent book describing the situation in Afghanistan from the macro and the micro level. Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Battle of Musa Qala, Hamid Karzai, military history, NATO, non-fiction, Stephen Grey, Taliban
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Overly optimistic book titles
Oops, this one probably deserves the remainder bin …
Looking for the King by David Downing
While the unique structure, and the underlying mystery, had the potential for an entertaining story I found the combination fell flat. There was no sense of danger, no suspense or surprises, just conversation and a plodding plot. Those with a strong interest in Lewis, Tolkien or the Inklings might enjoy the book just for those aspects but it wasn’t enough for me. Continue reading
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, David Downing, Fiction, Inklings, J. R. R. Tolkien, King Arthur, mystery, relics
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