Gentle Readers will have noticed that the Mary Russell books by Laurie R. King are amongst my favorite rereads. I probably reread at least one a month, which is rather a lot, really. I have also enjoyed her Kate Martinelli…
I remember being surprised, ten years ago or so, when I came across a short Steve Martin piece in back of a New Yorker and it was funny. I hadn’t thought of Steve Martin as being funny in quite some…
Well, it may perhaps be obvious to close readers of this Tohu Bohu that I am still very far behind on my Book Reports. For one thing, three weeks ago Your Humble Blogger set a (partial) quote from the introduction…
I don’t think I had ever read a Mike Resnick book before picking up Widowmaker, and I doubt I’ll ever read another one. Which is odd, in a way, because I’m not sure I can articulate what was so awful…
Do you, Gentle Reader, have one of those books or films or whatnot that you have never seen, despite all your friends, acquaintances and even complete strangers telling you how much you would love it? And after a while, obstinacy…
I saw Matthew Looney’s Voyage to the Earth, by Jerome Beatty, Jr., on the table at a library book sale right at the end, when they were selling a sack for five bucks, and you could take away as many…
I think O Jerusalem is a great example of why Laurie King’s books about Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes work, because of (rather than despite) the near total reimagining of the character of Sherlock Holmes. Really, there isn’t very much…
When I heard that Dick Francis had written another book at last, I must admit I was skeptical. Even aside from the rumors that the last several books had, in fact, been written by his wife (now, sadly, deceased and…
So, the other day, I was in the middle of reading The Vor Game when I could not find the book. I mean, I could not find it. It wasn’t any of the places it might be, and it wasn’t…
It looks like I haven’t reported on The Vor Game, which would seem to imply that I haven’t read it in the last three years. This seems unlikely. Far more likely is that I read the thing and then forgot…