Do you bank online? Do you use social media? Do you have a smartphone? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are vulnerable to cyber attack. As much as we depend on technology in our lives, it's important to think about the implications of these choices we are making as individuals, and... Continue Reading →
October TBR…
Here's a list of my projected TBR for the month. It seems to be my usual fare. Some fantasy/ scifi, some lit, some nonfiction. AmReading Trail of Lightning: I started it the other night and only read a couple chapters... but have heard great things. ARCs I only have 2 ARCs to read this month.... Continue Reading →
Stealing Life by Antony Johnston
'Salarum! Salarum! Salarum! I WANT MY MONEY!' Nicco Salarum grew up in a brothel, lives in an abandoned slaughterhouse, and spends a good deal of this novel getting chased by golems. He doesn't have the best of luck. In debt to the biggest mob boss in town, he needs money fast. He gets an offer... Continue Reading →
Thin Air by Richard K. Morgan
The tech is hot, the corruption is rampant, and the grit doesn't wash off easy. Richard K. Morgan's Thin Air is a fast-paced scifi thriller set on the 4th planet from the sun. Hakan Veil has an issue with his physiology: his mech-infused body needs to sleep four out of twelve months of the year,... Continue Reading →
Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game by Rob Neyer
I write this review on the night my Oakland A’s clinch a berth in the 2018 playoffs. Yes, MY Oakland A’s. My father made that decision for me. He said it was easier to drive from Marin County across the Richmond - San Rafael bridge to Oakland than over the Golden Gate and through San... Continue Reading →