Reflex by Steven Gould I really liked this book. I’d enjoyed the first one years and years ago, and bought this because it was on sale at audible. Davy has the ability to teleport, an ability that is only thwarted if he’s physically chained to something. Naturally, early on, he gets kidnapped and physically chained …
Category: Book Review
Sep 16
Book Review: Orange is the New Black
Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman Yes, I read this because I enjoyed the television show that was based off of this memoir. So let’s just get that out of the way. I know they say “never judge a book by its movie” which also goes for television shows, but for me it’s …
Sep 11
Book Review: Lock In
Lock In by John Scalzi I’d been hearing about this book for months before it came out, and kept checking to see if my hold at the library had been filled yet, when I decided not to wait anymore and just buy the audiobook. They gave me the choice between Amber Benson and Wil Wheaton …
Sep 02
Book Review: The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson This book suffers from the fate that befalls a lot of groundbreaking work in that it’s been copied and emulated so much that a modern reader such as myself reading it for the first time finds it dull and almost derivative. It’s not fair to Jackson, of …
Aug 21
Book Review: The Magician’s Land
The Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman This is, I think, the best of the three of Lev Grossman’s Magician’s series. Even though the main characters are separated in the last book, their stories continue independently and eventually together. Grossman’s greatest strength, I think, is his creativity, and it really shines in this novel. Every scene, …