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• Ready Player One
  on Apr 5, 2013 in games Ready Player One 2011 virtual worlds future Ernest Cline novel
  Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is a great book. If you were a teenager in the 1980s you'll smile, chuckle and maybe laugh out loud. You might even get an earworm or two. If you weren't lucky enough to be alive in the 80s you can still find somethin...
• Alif the Unseen
  on Mar 15, 2013 in Islam G. Willow Wilson jinn Alif the Unseen 2012 fantasy novel Middle East
  Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson is a fantasy that is just a little bit different than the norm. Or at least fantasy that I normally read. Most fantasy novels I read are firmly lodged in the Western tradition. Wilson's work takes place in the Midd...
• Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
  on Feb 22, 2013 in 2012 Robin Sloan Mr Penumbras 24 Hour Bookstore novel
  Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan is utterly charming. I sat down and read it in one enjoyable sitting. I wasn't completely happy with the ending. I wanted more. I wasn't ready to leave the bookstore. Clay Jannon is desperate for a job...
• The Venice Conspiracy
  on Feb 9, 2013 in 2010 Sam Christer cult thriller The Venice Conspiracy Satanic novel
  The Venice Conspiracy by Sam Christer is your typical thriller. If you like Dan Brown you'll probably like this book. Ex-priest with mad martial arts skills, Tom Shaman (!), visits Venice only to become involved in a murder investigation. The murder...
• Moon Hoax
  on Feb 1, 2013 in 2012 Moon Hoax thriller novel Paul Gillebaard
  Moon Hoax by Paul Gillebaard is a thriller about an attempt by the Chinese to prove that the US never went to the moon. I wanted to like this book. I was all primed with the Mar Curiosity landing. It's not that it's a bad book. It is well written. I...
• Redshirts
  on Jan 18, 2013 in 2012 novel John Scalzi science fiction Redshirts
  Some of you might know that I'm a TrekNerd (I avoid the whole Trekkie/Trekker fight). I don't take myself too seriously. One of my all time favorite movies is Galaxy Quest. I looked forward to reading Redshirts by John Scalzi from the moment I first...
• My First Murder
  on Jan 11, 2013 in mystery 2012 Maria Kallio Leena Lehtolainen thriller series translation novel My First Murder female protagonist
  My First Murder by Leena Lehtolainen is another book I read in translation that left me feeling like it would have been better in the original language. The cover says it is supposed to be a "thriller" but I didn't find it that thrilling. It just see...
• Missing Rebecca
  on Jan 4, 2013 in John Worsley Simpson mystery 2012 thriller Missing Rebecca novel
  Missing Rebecca by John Worsley Simpson is a difficult book. If I hadn't promised to review it I would have ditched it after the first 30 pages or so. Which would have been a shame because the second half of the book is quite good. The story begins...
• Fingerprints
  on Dec 7, 2012 in mystery 2012 Fingerprints Marcia Leonard novel
  Note to self: Never read a book that has a subtitle describing the genre the book falls into. If it needs that kind of help there is no hope for it. Fingerprints: A Mystery Suspense Novel by Marcia Leonard is a book I wish I'd avoided. It could have...
• Resurrection Express
  on Nov 23, 2012 in Resurrection Express Stephan Romano 2012 thriller novel
  Resurrection Express by Stephen Romano is an interesting thriller with lots of twists and turns. At least that's what a note I wrote immediately after I finished reading it said. A couple of weeks later I only vaguely remember this book. That's not a...

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