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Episode 1-02: Make America Smart Again

January 14, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

http://neozaz.com/make-america-smart-again/ Wherein I Review: 4. A Better World by Marcus Sakey 5. Written in Fire by Marcus Sakey

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: better world, brilliance, killing my kindle, marcus sakey, podcast, written in fire

prisco's CBR10 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: better world, brilliance, killing my kindle, marcus sakey, podcast, written in fire ·
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Episode 1-01: Odd, Brilliant, Old Man Balls

January 8, 2018 by prisco 1 Comment

http://neozaz.com/killing-my-kindle-1-01/ It’s up!  It’s a fucking podcast!  Holy shit!  It sounds like it was recorded in a plastic bag, but goddammit it’s up and it’s got theme music and it can only get better from here!  Or worse.  FUCK YOU. Wherein I review: Unbound (Stone Barrington #44) by Stuart Woods Brilliance (Brilliance Saga #1) by Marcus Sakey Odd Hours (Odd Thomas #4) by Dean Koontz There’s a website: killingmykindle.com There’s a Twitter: @killingmykindle There’s a Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killingmykindle/

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction Tagged With: brilliance, Dean Koontz, killing my kindle, marcus sakey, odd hours, odd thomas, podcast, stone barrington, stuart woods, unbound

prisco's CBR10 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction · Tags: brilliance, Dean Koontz, killing my kindle, marcus sakey, odd hours, odd thomas, podcast, stone barrington, stuart woods, unbound ·
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Two books for the price of no thanks

December 31, 2016 by yesknopemaybe Leave a Comment

These two detective stories have made me realize I need to do a better job of picking mystery novels. I’ve been completely spoiled by Tana French who manages to make even the most basic characters interesting. One could even argue that her mystery plots aren’t all that complex or interesting and yet, I’m always enthralled. These two books squandered super interesting premises on garbage characters. Brilliance is a bookish take on the X-Men premise of humans being born with super abilities. These abilities are a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: ben h. winters, brilliance, dystopia, fantasy, Fiction, marcus sakey, mystery, the last policeman

yesknopemaybe's CBR8 Review No:85 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: ben h. winters, brilliance, dystopia, fantasy, Fiction, marcus sakey, mystery, the last policeman ·
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