Category Archives: Reviews

The full title of this book is actually, Men on Strike: Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream – and Why It Matters, which is a bit of a mouthful. To say this book is controversial may … Continue reading →

A Canticle For Liebowitz could probably be considered one of the classics of science fiction. I’ve heard it mentioned for years. J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon 5, inadvertantly wrote part of an episode that parallels the novel. It’s been … Continue reading →

It’s no secret Orson Scott Card likes to play in the universe he created with his Ender series. It’s also no secret his fans like him to play there. Most of that play, however, has taken place in the vast … Continue reading →

I’ve been hearing about this book for some time. It’s a favorite of the Writing Excuses guys. It’s been mentioned in a few other places from time to time. So I decided when I got my Audible.com account I’d get … Continue reading →

This is the second book in a series. My review on book one: The False Prince, can be found here. My family loved The False Prince, the first book in this series. It’s one of the few books we’ve all … Continue reading →

  I first picked up the novella Legion when it was offered free as an audiobook a few months ago. Unfortunately I soon found that my mp3 player didn’t handle audiobooks, so I owned a book I couldn’t read. But now that I have … Continue reading →

I’ve been hearing about The Wheel of Time for quite some time now (no pun intended). I’ve always been put off by both the size of the individual volumes and the number of books in the series. But as audiobooks they’re … Continue reading →

I picked this book up largely as an impulse buy while attending a large authors-signing event at our local Barnes & Noble. The author made it sound interesting. A couple month later we finally got around to reading it (Sorry, … Continue reading →

David Farland, aka David Wolverton, has been making a living as a writer and writing consultant for quite a few years now. Here in Utah he’s best known as a teacher, having taught creative writing at BYU for years, and … Continue reading →

For my kids and I, this was the most highly-anticipated book of 2013. We weren’t disappointed. Brandon Mull has written not just one of the best mid-grade fantasy books I’ve read, but one of the best fantasy books I’ve read, … Continue reading →