Category Archives: Book Reviews

Here’s a nice thing about working in a used bookstore; you can pick up some unusual books for the holidays as well as the best sellers. We got a bit of both this year. Spouse got two gift cards; one … Continue reading →

Read? I haven’t even heard of some of these books: http://io9.com/dont-miss-decembers-most-essential-science-fiction-an-1478178859

I recommend everyone go here and read Alix’s essay and the comments.  Very interesting. I can’t believe arguments like Savage’s are still getting airtime. What year are we in?    

My friend JC introduced me to Jo Nesbo’s books. Nesbo is the most accessible of the Scandinavian mystery writers, and there are at least seven books featuring his detective Harry Hole (we would probably pronounce it “Holy”). Nebro introduced his … Continue reading →

In Empires of Light, the story of Thomas Alva Edison, George Westinghouse, Nikola Tesla and the “War of the Currents,” Jill Jonnes has written a book that is entertaining as well as highly informative. Jonnes did a prodigious amount of … Continue reading →

“At the highly visible headquarters for the Edison Electric Illumination Company, Edison quickly rigged up a steam engine generator and by mid-April (1881) had equipped its tall-ceilinged rooms with numerous “electroliers” (electric chandeliers) and other attractive light fixtures. Illuminated every … Continue reading →

With Never Go Back, Lee Child has officially become a guilty pleasure. This most recent Jack Reacher adventure is more wildly improbable than ever, and that’s saying something. Reacher plots have never been realistic; but they are (somehow) plausible, at … Continue reading →

I hadn’t read anything by Sara Gran until I picked up Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead out of the 50% off bin. Perhaps, like Claire DeWitt’s introduction to detection, it was meant to be. Claire DeWitt is … Continue reading →