I Would Rather Be Reading

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Entries from July 2009

Death on the Fourth of July by David Neiwert

By: Bryan Sims; July 7th, 2009 · No Comments

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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Tags: Review · True Crime

Nina Kimberly the Merciless by Christiana Ellis

By: Bryan Sims; July 6th, 2009 · No Comments

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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Tags: Fantasy · Humor · Review