Amongst the picture books Your Humble Blogger read to his Perfect Non-Reader in 2004 in the first two weeks of 2004 (to keep the list at reasonable length; I’ll break it up into two entries): Margaret Mahy, 17 Kings and…
Having recently told Gentle Readers all to avoid any John Barnes book other than One for the Morning Glory (New York: Tor Fantasy 1996), Your Humble Blogger of course picked up at the library Apostrophes & Apocalypses, (New York: Tor…
Heigh-ho, Gentle Readers all. I won’t waste your time (or mine) whining about the customer service of a certain internet and telephone service provider; it’s over now, and I should be able to get back up to speed pretty quickly….
In the process of overdosing on faux-medieval novels, Your Humble Blogger read Dragon’s Lair, by Sharon Kay Penman (New York: Putnam 2003). It was fine; I could imagine reading another, and enjoying it. In the Author’s Note, though, Ms. Penman…
Well, and Your Humble Blogger has internet access at last. With luck, I’ll be posting daily (at least) starting tomorrow. For now, I think I’ll just give a couple of rubbishy quotes from some imbecile blogger: “… Sen. Kerry has…
I don’t know whether Aaron McGruder’s A Right to be Hostile (New York: Three Rivers Press 2003) counts as a New Book or as a Reread. I mean, it’s a collection of comic strips, and I read most of them…
Like many people, I read Orson Scott Card’s Seventh Son(New York: Tor 1987) and went nuts for the world of Hatrack River and Vigor Church. I was eager for the next in the Alvin Maker series, and if Red Prophet…
The first new book Your Humble Blogger read in the new year was Garth Nix’s Mister Monday, from the Keys to the Kingdom (New York: Scholastic 2003). It was, well, good enough. It’s a juvenile fantasy, fairly dark, with quite…
Another book Your Humble Blogger re-read whilst unpacking boxes of books was John Barnes’ One for the Morning Glory (New York: Tor Fantasy 1996). Gentle Readers, if you haven’t read this one, go out and read it now. Now, don’t…
Among the things I re-read whilst moving and packing was Laurie R. King’s A Letter of Mary (New York: Bantam Books 1996). It’s … fine. I think it’s my least favorite of the Mary Russell series. For the uninitiate, a…