Book News and Reviews

Archive for April, 2008

27 Apr

Book Review: How to Survive a Robot Uprising by Daniel H. Wilson

Book: How to Survive a Robot Uprising Author: Daniel H. Wilson Genre: Humor/Speculative Fiction/Non Fiction Julia Rating: 10 Comments: If you are looking for a humorous, yet factual guide to understanding where modern day robotics is headed, what is in the works and what to do when the inevitable robot rebellion occurs a la iRobot, [...]

19 Apr

Book Review: 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill

Book: 20th Century Ghosts Author: Joe Hill Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Supernatural, Other… Julia Rating: 10 Comments: This book of short stories is a fantastic piece of work by Joe Hill. And…(at least in the audio book) there’s a secret story in the back. I’d say my favorite short that is in this compilation is Best [...]

13 Apr

Book Review: The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block

Book: The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling Author: Lawrence Block Genre: Mystery Julia Rating: 10 Comments: This is a Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery. It’s about a professional burglar who has given up a life of crime for a nice used book store. He is comissioned to burgle a particularly easy home and does so, but [...]

07 Apr

Book Review: Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

Book: Night Watch Author: Terry Pratchett Genre: Fantasy Julia Rating: 10 Comments: This is a great Discword book. Sam Vimes (Commander of the city watch) is one of my favorite Terry Pratchett characters and I think this book is a great one for those who are just starting to read about Discworld, as well as [...]

03 Apr

A New Website is Forthcoming

I am going to visit my super-smart dad in May and he is going to help me set up my own website – which will really be a blog like this one, just fancier looking and with my own URL, along with some extra pages and maybe a story or two. I will make an [...]

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