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Book Review: Irregular Creatures
Posted on February 15, 2011 | 2 CommentsChuck Wendig, the author of Irregular Creatures, describes himself as a "freelance penmonkey" who "may be drunk and untrustworthy." I don't doubt that he is. -
[Archive Review] Nick Hornby: How to be Good
Posted on December 22, 2010 | 1 CommentHow to be Good by Nick Hornby [I am publishing this on the go from a little coffee shop in Appalachia. I apologize for any issues with the post formatting and the lack of proper proof-reading. I hope to be back at the Pop Bunker... -
[Book Review] ‘Against a Dark Background’ by Iain M. Banks
Posted on November 7, 2010 | No CommentsIt is not often that a writer and a book comes along in the science fiction genre that creates an elaborate weaved tapestry of world and character depth in just a single book. Iain M. Banks, author of such mainstream books as The Crow Road... -
[Book Review] Dexter is Delicious (2010)
Posted on September 14, 2010 | 1 CommentDexter Is Delicious is the newest entry in the Dexter series of novels from character creator Jeff Lindsay. The book’s release this week is just in time for the Showtime season premier coming up this Sunday. I thank the publisher, Double Day, for sending us... -
Summer Reading: ‘The Dragonbone Chair’ by Tad Williams
Posted on July 14, 2010 | 9 CommentsMy intention in starting the Summer Reading series was to review current or semi-current books that someone might want to add to their summer reading shelf. Although that is still my goal (and I have some publisher goodies upcoming for pre-publication reviews), I would be... -
Books You Really Should Have Read By Now — “Pattern Recognition”
Posted on July 8, 2010 | 6 CommentsI picked up “Pattern Recognition” after being away from the works of William Gibson since, I don’t know, probably “Mona Lisa Overdrive.” It wasn’t an intentional split — my reading habits are really more like phases, and I think I went into an essayist phase... -
Books You Really Should Have Read By Now — “A Confederacy of Dunces”
Posted on July 1, 2010 | 6 CommentsSo I (and by extension, this column) vanished for a couple of weeks. Sorry about that — I got busy with a bunch of other book stuff, but I’m back now. At least it had to do with books, right? This week’s book you really... -
Summer Reading: “61 Hours” by Lee Child
Posted on June 30, 2010 | 6 CommentsAlthough this review is titled after the 14th and most recent adventure of the long-running Jack Reacher series from Brit Lee Child, Summer Reading could easily recommend nearly all the novels in the hard-boiled series as a nice addition to any summer reading shelf. First,... -
Summer Reading: Dean Koontz “Relentless”
Posted on June 23, 2010 | 2 CommentsRelentless by Dean Koontz (2009) The year was 1992 when last I visited Dean Koontz. Almost twenty years ago I left the writer due to frustration with the lack of deviation from novel to novel. To wit: At that point Koontz’s plots usually revolved around... -
Summer Reading: A. Lee Martinez “Monster”
Posted on June 17, 2010 | 3 CommentsOfficial summer is just around the corner and that means it’s time to stuff Steinbeck, Maugham, Hemmingway, Dickens, Austen, and company into the old literary sock drawer and pull out fun books to fill your summer with rays of joy! Welcome to the Pop Bunker...
