I Would Rather Be Reading

Death on the Fourth of July is subtitled “the Story of a Killing, a Trial, and Hate Crime in America.” Were this the case, I think I would have enjoyed this book much more. Unfortunately, however, the book is much more about the author proselytizing about his position on hate crimes and their enforcement, or [...]

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Nina Kimberly the Merciless, both the character and the book, are summed up perfectly in the first paragraph of the book:
Nina blushed, then cut the man’s head off . . . . Or at least, mostly off. In her haste, she slopped the follow-through and failed to completely sever the neck, a lapse that did [...]

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Greg Iles is one of my favorite authors. Therefore, I was quite excited to dive into his latest book: True Evil. I was not disappointed. It is probably my favorite Iles book since Mortal Fear.
The basic premise of True Evil is that a divorce attorney is providing a service to the super wealthy in which, [...]

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Three books comprise the he Age of Discovery Series by Michael A. Stackpole: A Secret Atlas, Cartomancy, and The New World. These books comprise an epic story centered around a family who had a magical skill in making maps.When I use the word epic to describe this series, I do not use it lightly. These [...]

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I have long (at least long as defined by the internet) been a fan of Escape Pod. I think they publish really good short fiction on a regular basis. Best of all, it is free (unless you decide to donate). Today I listened to an alterntative history story by Ken Scholes called Summer in Paris, [...]

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Jack Kilborn is the alter ego of J.A. Konrath, the author of the Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels series of crime novels. I am a big fan of those. Thus, I was happy when I was able to snag a review copy of his new book, Afraid. With Afraid, Konrath brings us a book that is quite [...]

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