2011 in review

Late as usual, thanks to the holidays plus a bout post-Christmas stomach fun (note: there was no actual fun had).  I’m still considering doing a belated “best of 2011″  (with the obvious caveat being “things I’ve read/listened/played” which is a frighteningly small percentage of actual things released in 2011).  Meanwhile I’m prepping for MAGFest X.  Hopefully [...]

Aug/Sep 2011 Summary

Things are a bit busy at work since we are down one staffer and prepping for our annual booksale not to mention the fact that my allergies (not helped by the move to fall nor the handling of moldy old books) make me want to curl up and sleep the mucus away.  So, while I [...]

July Summary

A slow month in the midst of several slow months.  Packing all the George R. R. Martin books more-or-less back to back may not have been the most brilliant of ideas.  I’m about a third of the way through A Dance With Dragons and will probably finish while I’m on vacation at the end of [...]

June Summary

The Last Page by Anthony Huso The Dewey Decimal System by Nathan Larsen Dreadnought by Jack Campbell Star Wars: Conviction (FotJ #7) by Aaron Allston Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey City of Ruins by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Evermore by Alyson Noel June looks a lot more productive than it felt.  I really fell [...]

May Summary

A day early but I figured I’d get a jump on this now. The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King The Wolf Age by James Enge The Door to Lost Pages by Claude Lalumiere Sleepless by Charlie Huston In June on I [...]

April Summary

April saw the following reviews: The Crippled God by Steven Erikson The Crawling Sky by Joe R. Lansdale The Thief by  Megan Walen Turner A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld The Painted Darkness by Brian James Freeman I’ve actually finished a couple of other titles that should be [...]

March Summary

Read (or listened to) and reviewed in March: The Ginger Star by Leigh Brackett The Desert of Souls by Howard Andrew Jones The Black God’s Kiss by C. L. Moore The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi Not too much else to say [...]

February ’11 Summary

I’m still having a struggle finding time and energy to blog.  Maybe as we get closer to spring the tantalizing thought of sunny days and soothing sight of blue skies will increase my energy.  Here is what I reviewed this past month: Among Others by Jo Walton Bloodshot by Cherie Priest Clementine by Cherie Priest (audio) Dreadnought [...]

January Summary

I swear I frickin’ clicked publish!!!!!!  Argh!  This should have been up Wednesday.  Here it is now. Read and reviewed in January: The Fall by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan Dauntless by Jack Campbell Stonewielder by Ian Cameron Esslemont Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson Cowboy Angels by [...]

A Quick Look Back at 2010 (also…December Summary)

No big year end posts for me.  No choices for best-ofs, I’ve enjoyed too much over the course of year to make some sort of arbitrary decision about which was best.  Some interesting stats… In 2010 the blog had  aprox. 41,000  hits.  An increase over 2009′s 29,159 hits.  A fairly substantial increase.  I have no [...]