Book Reviews

Ayres presents his feelings of terror and pain during nine days "embedded" with the marines during the invasion of Iraq.

When he's funny Block can be as hilarious as Donald Westlake, one of my true writing heroes....

Reading Kurt Vonnegut's latest work makes one thing clear. Vonnegut believes the title is self-descriptive.

I read Barack Obama's book for my church book discussion group, and I'm really glad I did.

As expected, this book made me leave the Fast Food Nation...

Chris Brookmyre's novels are so much more than just a plot waiting to be uncovered that you will want to read them repeatedly.

Robert Parker is from the old school of crime writing, but he is still a master, and with his latest book, Cold Service, he seems to return to the top of his game. While reading this, I came across several interesting sites relating to Parker. Between those sites and reviews …

I’m excited to share my first book-related item here. I’m a life-long reader and writer. Heck, I dream in words and get bored by instrumental music. I’m even currently trying to do a book discussion at my blog about the new Harry Potter book. I used to read 100-150 books …

Hold on to your brain. Accelerando may cause cognitive overload. Trying to “understand” Charles Stross’s latest novel starts with something called the Singularity. The Singularity is a point in the future where technological progress and societal change produce such superhuman intelligence that those who precede the event are unable to …

Want to know when The Age of Enlightenment ended and what is responsible? Francis Wheen thinks he has it pinpointed in How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World. According to Wheen, 1979 “marks the moment when the world was jolted by a violent reaction to the complacency of the existing order.” This …