Men We Reaped is a staggering work by Jesmyn Ward, recounting her upbringing in Mississippi as well as detailing the deaths of five men near and dear to her. The title, taken from Harriet Tubman, is your first indication of the novel's profound power. Ward's writing style is fully engrossing. She … [Read more]
Divergent.
This young adult book is a weird amalgamation of The Matrix movies, Ender's Game, The Giver and the movie Equilibrium. Beatrice Prior, or Tris as she later renames herself, lives in a society divided by factions based solely on emotional personalities. This book has been deemed the next Hunger … [Read more]
Egg . . . because his bald head looks like an egg. Get it?
NOTE: The Hedge Knight was originally published in the Legends I anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg. As the stories/novellas in the collection are set in previously existing fictional universes, and I have only read two of the series in question, I am only reviewing Martin's novella at this … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:4 ·
Genres: Fantasy ·
Tags: a song of ice and fire, anthologies, fantasy, george r.r. martin, legends, narfna, novella, prequel, robert silverberg, the hedge knight, the tales of dunk and egg ·
This book had handsome werewolves, but I liked it anyway
Let me just start out here by saying that this sort of book isn … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:3 ·
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction ·
Tags: #CBR6, Anne Bishop, Scootsa1000, Written in Red ·
I hate everything
Full disclosure: I'm a sucker for Amazon's Daily Deals and getting books imported immediately to my phone/Kindle for, like, $2, so I end up reading a lot of shit. Like, a lot. I should probably get Prime so I can just rent books instead. Because I should probably be embarrassed to have read as much … [Read more]
Never get involved in a land war with Jack Reacher
How did I discover the Jack Reacher series? I can't even remember how it came into my life. The airport? A bus station? A friend? Perhaps a Cannonball Read recommendation? However it happened, I'm glad it did. These books are like crack to me. A couple months ago I recommended the series to my … [Read more]