Review:Dorothy Sayers, a.k.a. Dorothy Leigh Sayers Fleming, one of the first women to ever be granted a degree from Oxford University, created one of the leading figures in, and indeed in so doing helped to create the genre of, the British mystery novels. Lord Peter Wimsey, an elegant, refined London-based aristocrat with a taste for books and a penchant for the piano, is again here the leading figure, in 'Unnatural Death', also published as 'The Dawson Pedigree'.

Wimsey is an old Etonian, Ball... Read more

Review:Slightly tedious, as she tends to be, regarding some of her clues - this time it is a cipher. Also, did I miss something? Either there was something wrong with my Kindle version, or she just stopped writing, suddenly, practically in mid-paragraph. Strange. Read more

Review:Michael Stackpole's first X-Wing book beats strongly with the pulse of the serial and/or pulp adventures that spawned the source trilogy and is a whale of a good read for it. Wedge Antilles, the famous X-Wing pilot who flew in both Death Star missions, has to whip a group of recruits into a fierce fighting team or else. What follows is a lot of action and some nice character introduction. The book seemed a little cluttered at first, but I reminded myself that there were NINE books in the seri... Read more

Review:Proves again why he is one of my favorite authors. Incredible imagination and able to form it all into an amazing story. I like how he skips unnecessary fluff and keeps everything moving. I wish I had a couple of days free and I would have read it beginning to end, it was that hard to put down. Excellent book! Read more

Review:I marvel at the mind of Alatair Reynolds, and wonder how he was able to create this universe of complex characters and plots that swept me away. For the last 2 days I put my life on hold and devoted every available minute to reading Redemption Ark.

There is a savage enemy that is determined to eradicate humanity, and a host of fascinating characters who, each in his/her own way, works to defeat it.

Clavain's story becomes the thread that pulls this novel into a cohesive whole. He h... Read more

Review:Yes, SMK deserves the accolaides she is recieving for this work - at times it's so premeditatedly lovely it's distracting. She has proved she can put a sentance together. Has weird, colorful characters down. What would have been compelling and courageous however, would have been to see her main character fight the inexplicable draw to the monk - and do the right thing by remaining faithful to her vows she made to her husband. Those scenes where she tells Hugh are heartbreaking - for Hugh! I want... Read more

Review:Though parts of the story are frightening this love story leaves you with bated breath as you turn the pages and stay up way too latte to read another chapter. Gut wrest aching excitement and a message of faith in hometown. People. Read more

Review:The best aspects of this novel are not characterization, plot or surprising ideas but rather the amount and quality of research that was evidently done by Connie Willis before writing it. The book is full of interesting facts and concepts from such diverse fields as history, literature, psychology, neurology. For example I learned about "content-free feeling" -- a feeling with no associated real event, caused by temporal lobe stimulation, and about "confabulation" -- the overlaying of imaginatio... Read more

Review:and I am understating matters.

Anyway, for those who have read the book more times than I have, can you please tell me what the point is of the mysterious stranger on the train who engages Ned briefly in conversation?

Everything else in the book is intricately woven into a web of cause and effect, yet this little part sticks out, and I have not been able to figure it out for years.

Can anyone assist? Read more

Review:I was looking forward to this book but after reading about forty pages I gave up and sent it to the cloud. It seems to want to be a sarcastic "The Circle" or some other duplication, The dialog is incredibly silly and unbelievable and the babble went on and on and on . I could not listen any more. The somewhat futuristic idea of brain melding is not new or even interesting any more. i gave up on this book and picked up another : "A Gentleman in Moscow". What a difference beautiful writing a... Read more