Review: Morning by Morning: A Contemporary Version of a Devotional Classic Based on the King James Version

Morning by Morning: A Contemporary Version of a Devotional Classic Based on the King James Version by Charles H. Spurgeon

My rating: 0 of 5 stars







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Review: Ylesia

Ylesia by Walter Jon Williams

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



Very few short Star Wars stories have appeared after the few taking place in the NJO sub-series.
I am not surprised.



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Review: Recovery

Recovery by Troy Denning

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



This short story served to remind me how dark and hopeless the whole NJO series delved deeply into.



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Review: Star Wars: Fool's Bargain

Star Wars: Fool's Bargain by Timothy Zahn

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



This drove home that Zahn likes Storm Troopers.



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Review: The Body in the Library

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



A thoroughly enjoyable murder mystery.

She hadn't turned up and it was time to begin. I was vexed, I can tell you! That's the sort of silly things girls do and get the management's back up, and then they get the sack!

Sadly, and humorously, young people haven't changed at all since that was written back in the 1920's...



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Review: The Gripping Hand

The Gripping Hand by Larry Niven

My rating: 2 of 5 stars



After reading The Mote in God's Eye, I was at least interested in reading this sequel.

And I was bored out of my skull. For the whole book.



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Review: Passage to Dawn

Passage to Dawn by R.A. Salvatore

My rating: 2 of 5 stars



The last Drizz't book I'll be reading.

While Salvatore can write a good battle scene, it seems that he writes like a crap author in every other situation. Which is odd, as I've read his Star Wars books, and while not terribly impressed, I didn't feel like a 10year old was writing the dialogue.

So farewell Mr Drizz't. May you find a luscious dark elf who also likes goodness, mainly so that Salvatore can stop yanking your chain with these terribly forced, awkward, cross-species wannabe romances...



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Review: Stormbringer

Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I hadn't remembered that this book was about the End of the World, not just Elric's end. So it was definitely a different tone for me than the previous books.

Blast those Pan Tang'ians :) Always causing trouble...




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Review: The Far West

The Far West by Patricia C. Wrede

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



The conclusion to the trilogy.

The "Far West" part didn't come into play until about 40% into the book. Lots of other stuff going on.
Cathayan magicians/magic are part of this story too.

so basically the expedition goes farther west than anyone else in recorded history, solves a big problem and comes home.

Eff gets married and they decide that they will move to a frontier settlement so they can continue their studies of all the new stuff.



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Review: The Chosen

The Chosen by Dwight K. Nelson

My rating: 0 of 5 stars



This was supposed to be a daily devotional, with a reading a day. I was expecting some kind of verse or thought from the Bible, expounded upon.
It was all based upon the theme of "The Chosen", hence the title. The Chosen refers to those who are staying close to God in their walk through life.

I was disappointed. Many of the daily readings were very "Ellen White" centric instead of Christ centered.
Others kind of rambled on about vagaries without saying very much.

I don't consider this a waste of my time, and I'm sure it will help out other people, who are at different stages in the their Christian walk, but it was not for me at this time.



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