Archive for 'Books' Category
Temeraire, Parts 3 and 4
8 April 2008I’ve read the latest 2 parts of the Temeraire series: Black Powder War and Empire of Ivory. I’m really glad I started reading this series. I don’t have 30,000 characters to keep up with in any given scene. I don’t have to read two-page descriptions about somebody’s dress. I don’t have [...]
Lyra’s Oxford
11 March 2008So, it was a very light snack. I wanted to read Lyra’s Oxford because I’m a big fan of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series and this takes place in the same world. Actually, it takes place 2 years after the end of the series. Other than the fact that Lyra and Pan are in it [...]
Temeraire
9 March 2008I have a rule against starting a fantasy series that hasn’t already been completed and now I’ve broken it. With Harry Potter and The Sword of Truth being over and The Wheel of Time being close to complete, I guess I need another ongoing series to take their places. There’s something nice about reading an [...]
Timeline
9 February 2008I finally managed to finish another book. I don’t know why that seems so hard to do lately. This time it was Timeline by Michael Crichton. I’ve never read one of his books before, but I vaguely remember hearing about this one when it came out.
Timeline book is about time travel, which can be an [...]
Playing for Pizza
6 January 2008
Christmas Season 2007
31 December 2007
Dreamcatcher
28 December 2007
The Wheel Keeps Turning
10 December 2007
Confessor
26 November 2007
Thanksgiving Break 2007
25 November 2007