Bookstooge's Reviews On the Road

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

2001

1-1-01-Monday
Boy Meets Girl
-J. Harris-courtship counsel

1-5-01-Friday
Dune:House Harkonnen
-B. Herbert, K. J. Anderson-scifi

1-11-01-Thursday
Hard Times
-C. Dickens-fiction

1-19-01-Friday
White Plague
-F. Herbert-fiction
-C-- profanity, church mocking

1-20-01-Sunday
Til We have Faces
-C. S. Lewis-fiction
-A+-well written but point was hidden

1-26-01-Friday
Satori
-D. Schmidt-scifi
-C-profanity, poor attempt to explain eastern thot

1-27-01-Saturday
Avalon:The Return of Arthur
-S. Lawhead-modern fantasy
-B-some profanity, too explicit Morgian Le Fey

2-3-01-Saturday
Portrait of Italy
Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgings
-C. Dickens-fiction
-A-very descriptive

2-7-01-Wednesday
Wanderer
-D. Schmidt-scifi
-B-1 paragraph w\ profanity

2-10-01-Saturday
Restoration of All Things
-V. Abram-Kingdom Apologetics
-A+

2-16-01-Friday
Once a Hero
-M. A. Stackpole-fantasy
-A-very good

2-19-01-Monday
Talion:Revenant
-M. A. Stackpole-fantasy
-A-very good

2-26-01-Monday
Our Mutual Friend
-C. Dickens-fiction
-A
Mark of a Man
-E. Elliot-nonfiction
-A

3-2-01-Friday
Magician:Apprentice
-R. Feist-fantasy
-B+

3-5-01-Monday
Magician:Master
-R. Feist-fantasy
-B+

3-7-01-Wednesday
SilverThorn
-R. Feist-fantasy
-85

3-14-01-Wednesday
Darkness at Sethanon
-R. Feist-fantasy
-80

3-22-01-Thursday
Andromeda Strain
-M. Crichton-fiction
-70-boring & too technical

3-23-01-Friday
Spinneret
-T. Zahn-scifi
-85-typical cool alien ideas, slow action

3-29-01-Saturday
Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat
-H. Harrison-scifi
-80-funny but no morals or scruples

4-8-01-Sunday
The Eye of the Hunter
-D. L. McKiernan-fantasy
-80-interesting story but tried to interject shallow negative religious explanations
The Iliad
-Homer-fiction-classic
-85-too stylized and stilted for me.

4-14-01-Saturday
The Dark Glory War
-M. A. Stackpole-Fantasy
-92-original, gripping, sad ending

4-17-01-Tuesday
The Odyssey
-Homer-fiction-classic
-87-too repetitious

4-18-01-Wednesday
Quest For Love
-E. Elliot-marriage counsel
-95-excellent advice as always

4-30-01-Monday
The Postman
-D. Brin-scifi
-83-very humanistic viewpoint

5-8-01-Tuesday
SW:I, Jedi
-M. A. Stackpole-scifi
-85-good, fills in SW[Star Wars] universe
Voyage of the Jerle Shannara:Ilse Witch
-T. Brooks-fantasy
-86-on par w\ the other Shannara books

5-17-01-Thursday
Running with the Demon
-T. Brooks-modern fantasy
-82-extreme dualistic worldview

5-22-01-Tuesday
Watcher in the Shadows
-G. Househould-fiction
-86-dry, but well written w\ an inborn sense of honor

5-26-01-Saturday
Reaper Man
-T. Pratchet-fantasy
-82-humorous, light

5-28-01-Monday
Timeline
-M. Crichton-fiction
-84-well thot out, profanity

5-30-01-Wednesday
Otherland:City of Golden Shadow
-T. Williams-scifi
-85-multiple characters, profanity

5-31-01-Thursday
Batman:No Man’s Land
-G. Rucka-comic novelization
-84-interesting

6-9-01-Saturday
Villette
-C. Bronte-fiction
-86-interesting, ends mysteriously sad

6-11-01-Monday
I, Robot
-I. Asimov-scifi
-86-cool, but typical Asimov humanism

6-19-01-Tuesday
Winter’s Heart
-R. Jordan-fantasy
-88-typical, male\female arguments get old real fast tho

6-23-01-Saturday
The Naked Sun
-I. Asimov-scifi
-83-soso story, typical Asimovian logic

7-1-01-Sunday
The Child from the Sea
-E. Gouge-fiction-historical
-79-touchy feely, extreme speculation

7-3-01-Tuesday
The Man who was Thursday:A Nightmare
-G. K. Chesterton-allegorical fiction
-90-highly amusing & thot provoking

7-7-01-Saturday
The Scent of Water
-E. Gouge-fiction
-85-emotional look at life, interesting

7-15-01-Sunday
The Robots of Dawn
-I. Asimov-scifi
-79-too much unneeded sexuality

7-21-01-Saturday
Otherland:The River of Blue Fire
-T. Williams-scifi
-86-more interesting than volume 1

7-28-01-Saturday
Into the Out Of
-A. D. Foster-scifi/horror
-80-animism, blase

7-29-01-Sunday
The Trigger
-A. C. Clarke, M. Kube-Mcdowel-scifi
-60-more of a diatribe against Christians and guns than a scifi novel, pathetic

7-31-01-Tuesday
Witch World
-A. Norton-fantasy
-80-so slow!

8-4-01-Saturday
Green Dolphin Street
-E. Gouge-fiction
-86-real good look @ how people interact w\ eachother

8-7-01-Tuesday
Web of the Witch World
-A. Norton-fantasy
-79-juvenile, boring, didn’t even finish

8-11-01-Saturday
The Napolean of Notting Hill
-G. K. Chesterton-humorous fiction
-89-hilarious

8-12-01-Sunday
The Day the Tripods Came
-J. Christopher-scifi
-91-perfect prequel to the original Tripod Trilogy

8-18-01-Saturday
The Darkness and the Dawn
-T. B. Costain-historical fiction
-86-well written, very interesting
The Cat Who Walks through Walls
-R. A. Heinlein-scifi
-boring-extreme immorality

8-22-01-Wednesday
...Who Needs Enemies?
-A. D. Foster-short stories
-82-light, amusing, amateurish

8-24-01-Friday[assumed date]
Assignment into Eternity
-R. A. Heinlein-scifi
-85-good ol’ scifi

8-25-01-Saturday
Job:A Comedy of Justice
-R. A. Heinlein-scifi
-50-boring, blasphemous, shallow,
trivializing any & all thing spiritual

8-28-01-Tuesday
Double Star
-R. A. Heinlein-scifi
-86-excellent. his juvie fiction is so good!

9-1-01-Saturday
Puppet Masters
-R. A. Heinlein-scifi
-84-interesting, humans are top dog

9-3-01-Monday
Crystal Singer
-A. McCaffrey-scifi
-83-interesting ideas, but nothing really great

9-8-01-Saturday
Killashandra
-A. McCaffrey-scifi
-80-blase, milquetoast

9-15-01-Saturday
The Black Rose
-T. B. Costain-historical fiction
-88-if more history was written like this...

9-17-01-Monday
Time for the Stars
-R. A. Heinlein-scifi
-good ol’ scifi

9-20-01-Thursday
Thieves World:Thieves World
-L. A. Asprinn-editor-fantasy
-78-immoral, short stories

9-22-01-Saturday
The Rolling Stones
-R. A. Heinlein-scifi
-82-blase, too much ‘technical figuring’

9-24-01-Monday
Menace from Earth
-R. A. Heinlein-scifi
-84-short stories, some interesting

10-9-01-Tuesday
SW:NJO:Edge of Victory:Conquest
SW:NJO:Edge of Victory:Rebirth
-G. Keyes-scifi
-88-more action than previous NJO books

10-13-01-Saturday
The Complete Robot
-I. Asimov-scifi
-88-funny, silly, serious, touching, thot provoking-short stories

10-20-01-Saturday
The Green Years
-A. J. Cronin-historical fiction
-85-meloncholic

10-27-01-Saturday
Otherland:Mountain of Black Glass
-T. Williams-scifi
-86-good as second, no better tho

10-31-01-Wednesday
Galactic Odyssey
-Keith Laumer-scifi
-85-space age tale of swashbuckling, self-effacing hero, romance

11-3-01-Saturday
Camber of Culdi
-K. Kurtz-fantasy
-83-ok, bit too descriptive of scenery and objects for my taste. slow

11-15-01-Thursday
Saint Camber
-K. Kurtz-fantasy
-84-more used to style, still slow

11-16-01-Friday
Keys of the Kingdom
-A. J. Cronin-fiction
-85-a catholic priest in China
Orphans in the Sky
-R. A. Heinlein-scifi
-80-a twisted satire on belief & faith

11-23-01-Friday
The Book of Night with Moon
-D. Duane-fantasy
-81- magic cats, capricious gods

12-8-01-Saturday
Otherland:Sea of Silver Light
-T. Williams-scifi
-86-finale, couple of ok twists

12-16-01-Sunday
The Judas Tree
-A. J. Cronin-fiction
-78-a story of a weak, self-centered man who destroys those who love him. too much immorality and self to be a pleasure to read. LOUSY! I expected better of Cronin

12-24-01-Monday
The Complete Bolo
-K. Laumer-scifi
-84-short stories, funny, light, yet serious

12-28-01-Friday
Talion:Revenant
-M. A. Stackpole-fantasy
-89-well written, gripping

12-31-01-Monday
The Death of Sleep
-A. McCaffrey, J. Foster-scifi
-79-immorality, washout storyline, and no good, really lousy ending

2000

9-2-00-Saturday
SW:X-Wing:The Krytos Trap
SW:X-Wing:The Bacta War
-M. A. Stackpole-scifi

9-4-00-Monday
Dune: House Atreides
-B. Herbert, K. J. Anderson-scifi

9-5-00-Tuesday
The Indwelling
-J. Jenkins, T. Lahaye-christian fiction

9-7-00-Thursday
Pegasus in Space
-A. McCaffrey-scifi

9-9-00-Saturday
The Great Hunt
-R. Jordan-fantasy

9-11-00-Monday
The Dragon Reborn
-R. Jordan-fantasy

9-14-00-Thursday
The Shadow Rising
-R. Jordan-fantasy

9-17-00-Sunday
The Fires of Heaven
-R. Jordan-fantasy

9-19-00-Tuesday
Lord of Chaos
-R. Jordan-fantasy

9-21-00-Thursday
Crown of Swords
-R. Jordan-fantasy

9-23-00-Saturday
The Path of Daggers
-R. Jordan-fantasy
SW:NJO:Darktide:Ruin
-M. A. Stackpole-scifi

9-24-00-Sunday
The Weapon Makers
The Weapon Shops of Isher
-A. E. Van Vogt-scifi

9-25-00-Monday
The Smoke Ring
-L. Niven-scifi

9-29-00-Friday
Palace of Kings
-M. Jefferies-fantasy

10-1-00-Sunday
Tales from the Empire
-P. Schweighoffer & C. Carey-editors
-scifi

10-6-00-Friday
Passion & Purity
-E. Elliot-nonfiction

10-10-00-Tuesday
SW:X-Wing:Wraith Squadron
-A. Allston-scifi

10-11-00-Wednesday
The 5 Love Languages
-G. Chapman-marriage counsel

10-13-00-Friday
The Pursuit of God
-A. W. Tozer-religion

10-14-00-Saturday
Her Hand in Marriage
-D. Wilson-courtship counsel

10-21-00-Saturday
Shadowlight
-M. Jefferies-fantasy

10-23-00-Monday
Coronet[not including Appendices]
-T. F. Murray-historical

10-25-00-Wednesday
The Universe Next Door
-J. W. Sire-nonfiction-worldviews

10-28-00-Saturday
Midflinx
-A. D. Foster-scifi

10-30-00-Monday
A Grief Observed
-C. S. Lewis-nonfiction

11-1-00-Wednesday
Gideon’s Torch
-C. Colson, E. Vaughn-political fiction

11-2-00-Thursday
Cascade Point & Zahndry Others
-T. Zahn-scifi

11-4-00-Saturday
SW:The Truce at Bakura
-K. Tyer-scifi

11-7-00-Tuesday
Nor Crystal Tears
-A. D. Foster-scifi

11-9-00-Thursday
Dragonseye
-A. McCaffrey-scifi

11-10-00-Friday
Renegades of Pern
-A. McCaffrey-scifi

11-11-00-Saturday
The World of A
Voyage of the Space Beagle
-A. E. Van Vogt-scifi

11-12-00-Sunday
Slan
-A. E. Van Vogt-scifi

11-13-00-Monday
SW:X-Wing:Iron Fist
-A. Allston-scifi
Miracles
-C. S. Lewis-religion

11-15-00-Wednesday
SW:X-Wing:Isard’s Revenge
-M. A. Stackpole-scifi

11-16-00-Thursday
SW:X-Wing:Starfighters of Adumar
-M. A. Stackpole-scifi

11-18-00-Saturday
SW:NJO:Agents of Chaos:Heroes Trial
SW:NJO:Agents of Chaos: Jedi Eclipse
-J. Luceno-scifi
Best Friends for Life
-M. & J. Phillips-courtship counsel

11-20-00-Monday
Sentenced to Prism
-A. D. Foster-scifi

11-24-00-Friday
Corum:The Coming of Chaos[trilogy]
-M. Moorcock-fantasy
Aliens
-A. D. Foster-scifi

11-25-00-Saturday
Maerilon the Magician
-P. C. Wrede-fantasy

12-1-00-Friday
Corum:Prince with the Silver Hand[trilogy]
-M. Moorcock-fantasy

12-5-00-Tuesday
Darkmage[duology]
-B. Hambly-fantasy
The Valley of Fear
-A. C. Doyle-fiction

12-9-00-Saturday
Wuthering Heights
- Bronte-fiction

12-10-00-Sunday
SW:Rogue Planet
-G. Bear-scifi

12-13-00-Wednesday
The Guest Within
-F. W. Sandford-religion

12-16-00-Saturday
Bleakhouse:Part One
-C. Dickens-fiction

12-17-00-Sunday
SW:Tales from the New Republic
-P. Schweighoffer & C. Carey-editors
-scifi

12-19-00-Tuesday
SW:NJO:Balance Point
-K. Tyers-scifi

12-23-00-Saturday
Magicians Ward
-P. C. Wrede-fantasy

12-27-00-Wednesday
Bleakhouse:Part Two
-C. Dickens-fiction

12-28-00-Thursday
SW:Jedi Academy[trilogy]
-K. J. Anderson-scifi

12-30-00-Saturday
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban
-J. K. Rowling-fantasy
Cyborg
-M. Caidin-scifi

12-31-00-Sunday
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
-J. K. Rowling-fantasy

Saturday, June 18, 2005

Triplet

Timothy Zahn
scifi fantasy

-83-I enjoyed this much more since this was my second time. But Zahn really needs to stay away from fantasy. His fantastical side of things are just too much like his aliens. He is good with aliens and should stick to them.

3 stars