Posted in Book Reviews on May 10th, 2011 1 Comment »
Author: Ayn Rand Category: Fiction Part of me feels guilty wasting words in this review, the other part of me is compelled to do so as a favor to society. Obviously we know what side of me won and if you want the short and simple without having to spend your time reading the rest [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Feb 15th, 2011 No Comments »
Pride & Prejudice Author: Jane Austen Category: Fiction – Drama Not a bad read, considering this was not at all up my alley. Having seen the movie (Joe Wright’s) first, I certainly felt like the book dragged a bit. The movie adaptation, I must say, did a fantastic job cutting the fat out of this [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Jan 6th, 2011 No Comments »
Author: Stephen King Category: Fiction – Fantasy All of the prior books amount to this, the final, epic story that concludes the Dark Tower Series and as any ending to a grand story, there are going to be people that love it to death and others that do not. For the most part I am [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Nov 18th, 2010 No Comments »
Author: Stephen King Category: Fiction – Fantasy After the battle of Cally Bryn Surgis against the Wolves of Thunderclap, Roland’s ka-tet must regroup and lick their wounds, if only they were given time to do so. The prior story sets up a number of challenges that the tet is now faced with and which not [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Oct 28th, 2010 No Comments »
Author: Stephen King Category: Fiction – Fantasy Time is no longer what it used to be, the beams are failing and reality is shifting. These days in Mid-World (and Out-World as the story advances) are shifting and changing. When we come into this story, it is some time later after Roland’s ka-tet left the outskirts [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Oct 21st, 2010 No Comments »
Author: Stephen King Category Fiction – Fantasy The book with the least exciting name and the least promising premise (a prequel to the story we have followed so far) turned out to be nothing like I expected and might very well be my favorite book in the series. This might be due to the fact [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Oct 18th, 2010 No Comments »
Author: Stephen King Category: Fiction – Fantasy Roland Deschain–gunslinger from Gilead–has nearly collected the whole of his ka-tet. Eddie Dean and Odetta (now called Susannah) have fallen to his side and taken their place, emerging as eager gunslingers in training and in Mid-World, they begin their new lives, following their dinh (leader). And while they [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Oct 15th, 2010 No Comments »
Author: Stephen King Category: Fiction/Fantasy Picking up moments from where The Gunslinger left off, The Drawing of the Three hits the ground running and never looks back. For the first time the magnitude of the epic reveals itself in the growing cast of formidable characters that soon populate this novel. Here is Roland, worn and [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Oct 11th, 2010 No Comments »
I had mentioned that they were coming and finally, they are here, the reviews for all seven books of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series which I finished up this past weekend. For the sake of brevity, I will be releasing them one at a time, given that it is worth it to review the books [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Sep 20th, 2010 No Comments »
It had been a while since I posted book reviews. That is not exactly because I have not been reading, but rather because I have been reading the Dark Tower series. I should have a review out for that when I finish the seventh book (I have about 300 pages left). For now, here is [...]