books reviews

Book Review: A Dark Matter by Peter Straub

A Dark Matter by Peter Straub is my favorite of his most recent three or four (how’s that for a vague rave review?). I first encountered Straub in the grand old bookmobile in Spring Creek, Nevada. I was in fourth grade. I grabbed copies of Ghost Story, Floating Dragon, and Shadowlands. They were a bit [...]

October 13, 2011 READ MORE →

A Few Things I Love About The Far Side

I knew I loved The Far Side comics, but I had no idea how brilliantly the art, words, and inimitable mood of Larson’s work mesh together until I heard someone try to describe a one of the comics to me without the piece in front of me. In fairness, he also had two brain shunts [...]

January 13, 2011 READ MORE →

World War Z by Max Brooks – Book Review

There is so much undead literature out there–movies, too–that I wonder if we haven’t reached some sort of zombie saturation point. Even the Playstation 3 western Red Dead Redemption is about to get a zombie update on downloadable content. From Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to Breathers to The Forest of Hands and Teeth, I [...]

October 18, 2010 READ MORE →

The Bachman Books Review

Stephen King used to write under the pen name (pseudonym if you’re feeling fancy) Richard Bachman. The Bachman books is a collection of four shortish novels that he wrote as Richard, and they are pretty much fantastic. Two in particular. What I’ll do in this book review is give you a brief synopsis of the [...]

October 12, 2010 READ MORE →

Book Review: Under the Dome by Stephen King

Guest post by Cameron Plommer Let me first start of by saying I don’t read a lot of fiction.  Hardly any really.  I’m more of a nonfiction guy.  I read a lot a business books and stick with authors like Seth Godin, Malcom Gladwell, Tim Ferriss, David Allen and Jason Fried.  With that said, it’s [...]

September 30, 2010 READ MORE →

61 Hours Book Review

Like many of the Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child, 61 Hours start with Reacher coming to a stop, this time because he is on a bus full of senior citizens when it crashes in South Dakota during what sounds like an extremely miserable winter. He is quickly plunged (reluctantly) into a situation that only [...]

August 19, 2010 READ MORE →

Book Review: The Little Prince

Note from Josh: I’ve tried to review The Little Prince several times here on the blog, but I never get it right. Some people love the book, some hate it. I love it, but luckily, I’ve gotten someone else to finally do a review of it. Guest Post by Dayana Jardim A pilot who crashed [...]

May 8, 2010 READ MORE →

A Belated Review of “The War of Art.” Yeah, Let’s Talk About Resistance.

Note from Josh: This is a guest post from Jenny McCoy from Workin’ On A Ramp. Jenny interviewed one of my favorite authors, Steven Pressfield. Steven wrote the incredible Gates of Fire, Tides of War, and The War of Art, among many others. Jenny wanted to run this piece on my blog instead of her [...]

March 4, 2010 READ MORE →

Five Wonderful Books About A Horrible Future

Who doesn’t like to gaze into the future and dream about how wonderful things will soon be? Not these authors.  They are/were more interested in trying to figure out just how bad things could get.  And they each created at least one very specific vision of what that might mean. 1. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt [...]

October 2, 2009 READ MORE →

Book Review: When Devil Fish Come Out To Play, Adventures Of An Abalone Diver

One of the nicest surprises about writing World’s Strongest Librarian has been the eclectic range of people who show up and read it.  Cal Smith sent me an email one day after reading one of my book reviews.  Cal is the author of When Devil Fish Come Out To Play, Adventures Of An Abalone Diver. [...]

June 25, 2009 READ MORE →