Violence against women is such a hoot.
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Deryni Checkmate by Katherine Kurtz
I wish I had saved The Hero and the Crown.
Dancer of the Sixth by Michelle Shirey Crean
Scroll your mouse to this post, hover over it, and click on it to read about absurd over-writing.
Silk Roads and Shadows by Susan Shwartz
It’s been nothing but rain in Pittsburgh, but my reading is in a dry-spell.
Joshua Son of None by Nancy Freedman
We decided to see other people.
King's Dragon by Kate Elliott
Twice I’ve tried to read this. Twice I’ve failed.
Tempus by Janet Morris
Lesson learned: sometimes you should read the back copy.
Wizenbeak by Alexis Gilliland
I really tried, but I didn’t even make it to page 3.
Dreamrider by Sandra Miesel
I’ve an atheist goat and a toilet paper commercial in this review.
The Witches by Francoise Mallet-Joris
This book is not actually about witches. It’s actually about a disembodied narrator’s thoughts.
Daughters of Earth by Judith Merril
Daughters of Earth is a trio of sci-fi stories. The front cover claims they’re novels. They aren’t. Some of them might be novellas. Others are … novelettes? It doesn’t matter. They’re definitely stories, and thus I shall call them.
The Guardsman
I’m calling it quits on The Guardsman by P.J. Beese and Todd Cameron Hamilton. There’s some reticence in this decision. I’m curious about where the story will go, but, I’m almost compulsively curious.
The Wave and the Flame by M Bradely Kellogg
I wanted to like this book. I wanted to like this book so much. I mean, look at that cover. It's fucking sweet. The palette alone is solid gold, and the back copy sounds so ... epic. Instead I quit on page 40.
Psion by Joan D Vinge
Imagine a hard-luck guy from your high-school. He’s the sort of fellow where his inherent bad luck is compounded by the bad decisions he bull-headedly makes and defends, even as his actions cause him more problems. Now imagine running into him at Wal*Mart[...]