What has my attention this week? (Note: All Amazon links are affiliate links.) Book: Shadow Heart by J. L. Lyon I was lucky enough to have my dieselpunk aviation-adventure Storming nommed for the Realm Makers’ Christian speculative fiction award. Naturally, I had to take a look at some of the other books that were nominated. This one was […]

What has my attention this week? (Note: All Amazon links are affiliate links.) Book: The Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherford Edward Rutherford’s London was my top fiction read of 2015. It was a tour de force of a historical ride, interweaving multiple stories over the course of England’s legendary history. It was the book that finally helped […]

What has my attention this week?  (Note: All Amazon links are affiliate links.) Book: Perchance to Dream by Lisa Mantchev The major con of this book can be summed up in one word: manic. The pacing and the plot feel like they’re on a Japanese bullet train. But the prose and the imagery is beyond stunning. The […]

What has my attention this week? (Note: All Amazon links are affiliate links.) Book: Scotland by Magnus Magnusson It was by total coincidence that my two books titled Scotland — this one and Fitzroy’s MacLean‘s, which I talked about in a previous post –– were alphabetically filed, according to author last name, right next to each other on the […]

What has my attention this week? (Note: All Amazon links are affiliate links.) Book: Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham I began this behemoth with some trepidation. Seven hundred-plus pages of a book with such a dreary title sounds a little like self-torture. But it’s on my list of classics, so with a deep breath, I […]

What has my attention this week? (Note: All Amazon links are affiliate links.) Book: Scotland by Fitzroy MacLean I honestly think I got more out of this slim volume than I have any of the countless other sources I’ve read about Scotland. Their history really clicked for me within the larger context of Great Britain and […]

What has my attention this week? (Note: All Amazon links are affiliate links.) Book: A Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss I’ve had this one on my list forever and now that I’m doing a bit of a “sequel blitz,” I only just realized my library has it. This shockingly tiny “in-between-quel” to Rothfuss’s […]

What has my attention this week?   (Note: All Amazon links are affiliate links.) Book: Main Street by Sinclair Lewis I’m about halfway through this (biiiiiiiig) book, and the jury’s still out. On the one hand, I appreciate the biting satire Lewis is employing to critique small-town status quo. On the other, the would-be reformer protagonist, […]

What has my attention this week? (Note: All Amazon links are affiliate links.) Book: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes I have serious mixed feelings about this book—although not, in any way, conflicted feelings. On the one hand, this a compelling, interesting, well written story that is nearly perfectly structured and kept my interest and investment all […]

What has my attention this week? (Note: All Amazon links are affiliate links.) Reading: Scrivener Superpowers by M.G. Herron I’ve been using the specialized word-processor Scrivener for a few years now and have pretty much become a ravingly maniacal fan. It’s got a bit of a learning curve, but I got my Scrivener diploma thanks […]