This is the third year running that I’ve met my goal of reading at least 50 books, and once again I offer here some thoughts on each of them. List from 2017 List from 2018 A few notes about this post: I’m a slow reader, so I exercise due diligence before choosing books to read.... Continue Reading →

This is the third book in Josiah Bancroft’s Books of Babel series. If you’d like, you can read my effusive reviews of the first two books, Senlin Ascends and Arm of the Sphinx.  With those first two books, the author set a high bar, but with the The Hod King, he leapt over it with... Continue Reading →

Oh, goodness, this book. I’m going to say a few things about it, but lest this get lost in the weeds: Kings of Paradise is fantastic.  It’s one of those self-published books that is just as good, and at least as powerful, as some of the best traditionally published fantasy novels out there. In brief, the book... Continue Reading →

For the second year in a row, I've miraculously met my goal of reading at least 50 books—56, in fact, in 2018. My selectivity and research has, happily, resulted in another year where I enjoyed everything I read. Not a DNF in the bunch, and nothing I had to force myself to continue. Perhaps I’m... Continue Reading →

I’m a slow reader. Always have been. Historically I think I’ve been lucky to finish 20 books in a year.  This January I set myself a goal to read 50 books in 2017, and I’ve managed to hit that mark exactly. Because of my creeping pace, I tend to be picky about what I read. ... Continue Reading →

I’m not sure I’ve ever been as conflicted about a book as I am about Dyrk Ashton’s epic slugathon of deities, PATERNUS: RISE OF GODS. So here’s what I’m going to do: I’m going to talk about a bunch of things I didn’t like, and then I’m going to rave a bit, give it 4... Continue Reading →