My Thoughts On Kat Richardson’s Greywalker

Last week, I completed my reading of Kat Richardson’s Greywalker.  Greywalker was chosen by my sister as her selection for the reading group my brother, sister, and I have formed.  I ended up checking out a paperback version of the book from our local library, and here’s a quick summary of what the book is about: […]

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My Thoughts on Sun-Tzu’s The Art of War

I realize, I’ve been a bit behind with my blogging, and I’m hoping in the coming weeks, that I’ll be a bit more active with making posts.  About a week ago, I completed my reading of Sun-Tzu’s The Art of War.  As I mentioned in my starting post about it here, I read the Penguin classics […]

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My Thoughts On David Eddings’s The Belgariad Volume I

Last week, I completed my reading of David Eddings’s The Belgariad Volume I.  As I’ve mentioned previously, this book contained the first three books of the series, Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, and Magician’s Gambit.  I’ve already discussed my thoughts on Pawn of Prophecy, and you can read those thoughts in my post here.  In this post, I’ll be taking […]

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My Thoughts On George Orwell’s Animal Farm

Last weekend, I completed my reading of George Orwell’s Animal Farm.  In Animal Farm we have a story of how animals take over their farm, Manor Farm, from their tyrannical owner Mr. Jones.  After they successfully drive Mr. Jones from the farm, the story tells of how the animals, led by the pigs Snowball and Napoleon, form their new […]

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My Thoughts On Michael Crichton’s Prey

A week ago, I completed my reading of Michael Crichton’s Prey.  As I mentioned previously, Prey was my brother’s choice for our reading group that includes my sister.  Prey is a book that’s awfully heavy on scientific details, and I think that’s the case for a couple of reasons, which I’ll get to in a moment. […]

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My Thoughts On Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Tiger

On Thursday evening, I completed my reading of Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Tiger.  My sister chose Sharpe’s Tiger for our informal discussion book club.  I wasn’t sure exactly what to think of this book when I first began reading it.  The first chapter or so started out so slowly, I wasn’t sure if I was going to enjoy […]

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Thoughts On Part I Of The Belgariad

Earlier in the week, I completed reading the first book of David Eddings’s The Belgariad, Pawn of Prophecy.  Pawn of Prophecy is a good introduction to the series.  In Pawn of Prophecy, we’re introduced to Garion, Mr. Wolf, and Aunt Pol, and their quest to find the man who stole a magical orb.  Throughout the book, Garion […]

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My Thoughts on Ian Fleming’s Moonraker

Late last week, I finished my reading of Ian Fleming’s Moonraker.  Moonraker is the third in a series of James Bond books.  In Moonraker 007 is on the case of ensuring the Moonraker missile test run is successful due to a murder at the Moonraker facility.  At the center of the Moonraker project is one Sir Hugo […]

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My Thoughts On Ian Fleming’s Live and Let Die

Good Morning!  Late last week, I completed my reading of Ian Fleming’s Live and Let Die.  Live and Let Die is Ian Fleming’s second book about famed British secret agent 007, James Bond.  In this book, Bond is on a mission to eliminate a major SMERSH agent, Mr. Big.  Of course, Live and Let Die was the […]

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My Thoughts On Agatha Christie’s The Mysterious Affair At Styles

I know, I know, I’m a bit behind in my blogging on books I’ve finished reading.  My excuse, other than pure laziness, is I don’t have one!  🙂  Other things have been keeping me busy, work, and outside stuff. As I mentioned last week, I completed my reading of my second Agatha Christie mystery novel, The […]

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