A friend is currently reading this  book which made me think about it again.  I thought I had written my thoughts down about the book when I first read it when it came out.  If I did I can’t find where I did so I have to start from scratch. I’ve...

I was introduced to Scott Westerfeld’s work by Jack Haringa.  I am glad he did. And I’m glad I took his advice and picked up Westerfeld’s books.  Most of the time when people recommend books to me I respond politely that I will check so-and-so author...

Sitting here in Barnes and Noble I learned something; don’t expect something to be there when a company says it will be. The Nook was supposed to be in store to demo today. The kiosks are set up and look nice. But Barnes and Noble is dropping the...

I don’t remember King Lear having so much snogging. OK to be fair retelling the Lear story by Christopher Moore you have to expect a few differences. The aforementioned snogging, bawdy language (The Bard wasn’t shy of bawdy language either), lots of...

I’ve having a really tough time reading China Miéville’s The City & The City.  I don’t know what it is.  I enjoyed King Rat and the stories in Looking for Jake and Other Stories.  It seems, since the story is written in first person, that...