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Strong Continuation With Even Darker Real World Stakes. This is one of those tales that feels like it could be all *too* real, set in a "near future" that is effectively the actual present and building

Something For Damn Near Everyone. Some *REALLY* Good - Some *REALLY* Bad. This is a collection of 20 short stories and 4 poems from a global variety of authors, at least a few of which I'd read before and a few more I'd at least heard of.

Fortunately/ unfortunately, most of the *really* bad stories are the *first* ones we encounter going straight through the text, meaning that at least once you get through those stories, the rest of the book really picks up.

Mostly the really bad are preachy politics that would get a single star deduction from me if they were standalone stories - these include Lee Murray's Hum, Ann Walsh's

Solid Paced Thriller With Heart. This is one of those thrillers that starts out rather explosively, pulls back, th

Solid Thriller Ripped From The Headlines. This is one of those "in the moment" thrillers that is eventually

Powerful Tale Of Friendship. Like so many romances, this is one of those tales where had the people involved simply took a step back and discussed the original events so much sooner than they eventual

Thoughtful and Reflective. I'm writing this review over 20 yrs since the original publication of this book in 2005, over 19 yrs since I first picked it up in February 2007, and 18 ish years since I read it in paperback in 2008 as one of the 53 books I read that year - the first time in my life I

The Granddaddy Of Them All. With A Lot Of Surprises For Those Only Familiar With The Movie. More than The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico. More than Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorpe (the book Die Hard is based on). More than For Love Of The Game by Michael Shaara. More than The Postman by David Brin. More than Meg by Steve Alten (a derivative work in more ways than the obvi

Question Everything. Including This Book. This is a book about transportation engineering written by an engineer and professor... who late in the book reveals himself as rather anti-car (though it becomes more and more clear the further you get into the text, before Marshall effectively outright says it), including some

Mullet Of A Book. Got your attention with that review title, eh? Here's what I mean by it: The first part of this book, where Morewedge is explaining the actual psychological research of attachment to posses