Book News and Reviews

Archive for March, 2008

31 Mar

Poll: How Many Books Did You Read Last Year?

The “How Many Books Did You Read Last Year” poll has closed. Thank goodness for all you avid readers out there! You’ve restored my faith in humanity. The following are the results: 53% voted that they read ten or more books last year 30% read between five and ten books 23% read somewhere between three [...]

30 Mar

Coming Soon: After the Bombs by Julia Scott-Douglas

My short story After the Bombs is being published by the fantastic people at Fiction Reborn! It is a post apocalyptic story about the human race after an apocalypse. I’ll have more information (release dates and locations) later on, or you can follow my publisher’s blog to find out where you can get it! So… [...]

30 Mar

Book Review: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Book: Neverwhere Author: Neil Gaiman Genre: Fantasy Julia Rating: 10 Comments: The Minneapolis Star Tribune says, “A dark contemporary ‘Alice in Wonderland’… imaginative, well-crafted (and) highly visual.” I have to agree with the above quote, except that I think that Neverwhere is half Alice in Wonderland and half Wizard of Oz. The story is about [...]

23 Mar

Book Review: Lamb – The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

Book: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal Author: Christopher Moore Genre: Historical Fiction Comments: Lamb is an irreverent and personal look at what Christ would have been like in the intervening years between birth and death. The years the bible does not cover. The story is told by his best friend, Biff, [...]

18 Mar

American Gods is Being Given Away

I am a huge Neil Gaiman fan and Harper Collins is giving away his American Gods book for a limited time. It’s a great book and you can’t beat the price. So, check it out: Browse Inside this bookGet this for your site

17 Mar

Book Review: Final Blackout by L. Ron Hubbard

Book: Final Blackout Author: L. Ron Hubbard Genre: Sci Fi Julia Rating: 10 Comments: This book is a short and fascinating read. It’s a sci-fi/action/adventure/military type book. The story is about a man – The Lieutenant – who has grown up amidst war torn nations and decides to make a change for the good of [...]

07 Mar

Book Review: Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie

Book:And Then There Were None Author: Agatha Christie Genre: Murder Mystery Julia Rating: 10 Comments: Grahame commented ages ago, asking me to do a review of one of Agatha Christie’s brilliant works Ten Little Indians aka And Then There Were None. I’ve named this post Ten Little Indians because that’s the title I read it [...]

04 Mar

Only Three Fourths of Americans Read

This statistic is freaking me out. Apparently one in four Americans read no books at all last year. What is up with that? Also, the typical adult on average read only four books last year. Four! I read at least four books in a month, usually more like six. What do these people do with [...]

02 Mar

Book Review: Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

Book: Darkly Dreaming Dexter Author: Jeff Lindsay Genre: Thriller/Serial Killer Julia Rating: 10 Comments: Darkly Dreaming Dexter is a fantastic book about your friendly, neighborhood serial killer, Dexter Morgan. Dexter is no ordinary serial killer. Instead of being a frightening ghoul who haunts and ultimately kills innocent victims, he will only “play” with other serial [...]

02 Mar

Classics Poll Comes to a Close

A poll was taken of “Which Classic is better” and the following are the results:Last Place with 5% of votes was:   Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and The Sea Tied for second place with 27% of the vote were:   Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet And…Drumroll please… the winner with 38% [...]

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