There certainly are a lot of lone-wolf good guy/ gal, PI, do-gooder, antihero, vigilante types out there in the thriller world. Dark pasts, inner demons, trying to find closure for all the pain, trying to right all the wrongs... They're our guilty pleasures, the ones we root for, the ones who expose the secret government... Continue Reading →
When Zombies Invade by D.E. Daly
May I have your attention please! The next station is Zephyr Terminal in Bridgeside. This is a safety announcement: Zombies spotted by 11-year-olds, Justin, Chloe, and Malik. The train now standing at the platform is not in public service. Please do not board this train. It is full of ZOMBIES! Stand well back from the platform... Continue Reading →
The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq by C.J. Chivers
I have taught at the same high school for the past eighteen years, and every year approximately 5 or 6 students enter the military after graduation. Many of those over one hundred young men and women have been sent to Afghanistan and Iraq to fight. I often think about what they go through on a day-to-day... Continue Reading →
Celebrating My 100th Blog Post
I want to thank everyone who has supported me in my new hobby of book reviewing. To my family, for giving me the time to read and write, and the people who have read, followed, and retweeted. To NetGalley, the wonderful authors and publishers who have provided me with the reading material. Thank you! I've... Continue Reading →
The Robots of Gotham by Todd McAulty
The year is 2083 and humankind's neural synapses are slow... much, much slower than the processing speed that computers and robots can accomplish. Good faith and independent thought have allowed them to become citizens and even be voted to head nations, but there have been takeovers. And fascist regimes led by robots with intelligences past our... Continue Reading →