Books Archive

  • cover-featured

    Book Review: Irregular Creatures

    Chuck 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.

    Full Story

  • One Shot

    Jack Reacher Climbs onto the Big Screen

    [Update: June 13, 2011. You are not going to believe this. Casting news updated, click here for details. Seriously, be prepared to cry] [Update: April 21, 2011. Still no new hard news regarding a possible Reacher movie. All of the information below is still technically...

    Full Story

  • how-to-be-good-banner

    [Archive Review] Nick Hornby: How to be Good

    How 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...

    Full Story

  • 5009884654_9c962e4fc7_z

    A Better Book List

    Image by Thyago You’ve probably seen that list going around Facebook – the one that alleges that the BBC thinks most adults have only read 6 of the 100 listed books. If you’ve seen it, you’ve probably noticed that lots of the books on it...

    Full Story

  • AgainstaDarkBackground-banner

    [Book Review] ‘Against a Dark Background’ by Iain M. Banks

    It 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...

    Full Story

  • Night of the Living Trekkies

    [Trailer] Night of the Living Trekkies

    I’m not entirely certain what I think of this ‘book trailer’ phenomenon but in this case, I have to say it was effective. I hadn’t heard of the book before but now I’m interested. If it is anything like Pride, Prejudice and Zombies, it should...

    Full Story

  • dexter-is-delicious-banner

    [Book Review] Dexter is Delicious (2010)

    Dexter 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...

    Full Story

  • clockwork_orange3

    [Archive] Is The Book Always Better Than The Movie?

    Welcome to an archived entry from PopBunker.net. We have not always been the pop culture heavyweight that we are now (lets laughter die out)… So we thought it would be a good idea to share some of our excellent but relatively uncirculated material from around...

    Full Story

  • The Dragonbone Chair

    Summer Reading: ‘The Dragonbone Chair’ by Tad Williams

    My 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...

    Full Story

  • Books You Really Should Have Read By Now — “Pattern Recognition”

    Books You Really Should Have Read By Now — “Pattern Recognition”

    I 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...

    Full Story