The Reading Life

Coming Back Time and Again, and Again, and Again—A Review of The Waking Engine by David Edison

Dragons, Boats, and a Long, Lingering Sadness—A Review of Jamrach’s Menagerie by Carol Birch

Review: “Beltamar’s War”

3 in 1 book review

my full review is extremely verbose.
why? Because that is how my mind works.
swirling chaotic seemingly unrelated thoughts & ideas
converge in my mind in such a way, that most just shake their head
and that is ok

Boring, Essential Research

Making your stories richer

One of my favorite authors of espionage novels is Helen MacInnes. Most readers today will find that name unfamiliar, but about a year and a half ago, Titan Books announced that they would be reprinting and…

Some Crime Fiction Recommendations

A friend asked me for a list of crime fiction he should read. Then he suggested I turn it into a…

“Never Judge a Book by Its Hugo Award”—A Review of To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer

Do Audiobooks Count as Reading?

Does it matter?

The Complications of Empire and a Multiplicity of Selves—A Review of Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

To Spritz, or Not to Spritz: That is the Question

My own take on why Spritz might be great for some…