Jan 21, 20162 min read
Book Review: The Slow Regard of Silent Things, by Patrick Rothfuss
It’s not often an author feels the need to caveat his story in the foreword and afterword. But as Patrick Rothfuss notes (repeatedly),...
Jan 13, 20163 min read
Book Review: All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See is aptly named. His World War II novel of a German boy and a French girl shines brilliantly...
Dec 19, 20152 min read
Book Review: The Wise Man's Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss
The Wise Man’s Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss, is seven parts fascinating and three parts frustrating (give or take). The sequel to The Name...
Nov 30, 20152 min read
Book Review: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
Initially, Patrick Rothfuss’s fantasy novel The Name of the Wind drifts along at the pace of a gentle breeze. But it races like a tempest...
Nov 13, 20152 min read
Book Review: Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson
Imagine what Middle Earth would look like if Sauron won. That’s basically the premise for Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn: The Final Empire....
Nov 12, 20152 min read
Book Review: Agincourt, by Bernard Cornwell
Recently, my dad asked if the first Bernard Cornwell novel he lent me in high school (Sharpe’s Eagle) set me on the path to majoring in...
Oct 27, 20152 min read
Book Review: The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
I’ve always been a sucker for King Arthur. In between my Robin Hood phases as a kid, I went through reams of stories about Camelot. And...
Oct 22, 20152 min read
Book Review: The Eyes of the Dragon, by Stephen King
The Eyes of the Dragon isn’t your usual Stephen King novel. For one thing, it’s squarely in the young adult genre (aside from an early...
Oct 11, 20151 min read
Book Review: The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins
None of the women featured in Paula Hawkins’ thriller The Girl on the Train are particularly likable. Rachel, the main character, is a...
Oct 4, 20153 min read
Book Review: Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas is insane. Insanely well-written, insanely intricate, and yes, just plain insane. Much of this craziness...
