03-26-2026
Part Memoir. Part Travelogue. All Too Real. This is one of those books where even as McCarthy himself is traveling across the country to meet up with friends from much earlier in his life who he has lost contact with, I find myself reading it as a 43yo man and thinking of my own similar friendships. Specifically Mike, the guy I once worked wi
[Continue Reading]03-25-2026
For this blog tour, we're looking at a solid book for its genre. For this blog tour, we're looking at My Husband's Stalker by Natali Simmonds.
First, the review I posted to the book sites (BookHype.com / Goodreads.com /
[Continue Reading]03-24-2026
Well Documented Examination Of Space Tech Beyond Musk and Bezos. At least in the US (where both Ariosto and I are based), if you're talking space these days you're generally talking NASA, Elon Musk (Space
[Continue Reading]03-20-2026
For this blog tour, we're looking at a truly great finale to an amazing series. For this blog tour, we're looking at The Last Daughter by Soraya Lane.
First, the review I posted to the book sites (BookHype.com / Goodreads.com / TheStoryGraph.com), Y
[Continue Reading]03-19-2026
Dense Academic Treatise With Not Quite Enough Bibliography. The singular most important thing you need to know about this book is that it is very much written in a dry, academic, very much textbook tone. There is a *lot* of s
[Continue Reading]03-16-2026
Interesting Storytelling Mechanism Could Be Difficult For Some Readers Yet Works Perfectly For Story Here. Ok, so the title of this review really is exactly what you need to know about it. It is going to be challenging f
[Continue Reading]03-14-2026
Suspense Filled Tale Filled With Pervasive Social Commentary Ends Explosively. This is one of those tales that is going to keep you on the edge of your seat with sheer suspense for almost the entirely of the tale... before ending in one of the more explosive
[Continue Reading]03-12-2026
Indiana Jones And The Pirates' Superweapon. Part of the appeal of Woods' Dane Maddock adventure series, of which this is the latest book at the time I write this review, has always been that he puts more (and more believable) action into Indiana Jones-type archeolog
[Continue Reading]03-11-2026
Interesting, Short, And Dark. This is one of those novellas that you can read in a couple of hours - I did. And yet there is also *so much* within this particular one. For those who try to claim that sub-100 page tales can't really do much... this one proves you wrong. ;)
Now, I picked it up because of some controversy on Twitter wherein a couple of judges for some random "contest" got all up in arms and claimed they couldn't handle the "zealous" religious talk or praying or even mechs in this tale. An
[Continue Reading]03-10-2026
Interesting Scifi Alt History With An Atypical Subject. I've read a couple of truly phenomenal alt-history/ time travel books over the years where someone in the present (or in this case, future) is sent back in time to one specific era or event to try to save someone or stop someone else who is trying to harm that person. Specifically, books like Randall Ingermanson's City of God trilog
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