Tag: fiction
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2026-07-27—American Paladin
Everyone says, “Well, you should be harmless, virtuous, you shouldn’t do anyone any harm, you should sheath your competitive instinct. You shouldn’t try to win. You don’t want to be too aggressive. You don’t want to be too assertive.”No. Wrong. You should be a monster, an absolute monster, and then you should learn how to…
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2026-07-13—Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
What do you get when you combine The Importance of Being Earnest with The Lord of the Rings? Ostensibly, you get Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Overview of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell What is It? In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from…
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2026-06-08—Piranesi
In getting ready to write this review, I did some quick research on Piranesi‘s author and discovered, to my astonishment, that, unless you count a compilation of short stories, Susanna Clarke has only two full-length novels to her name. Given that Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was both fantastic and her debut, and that, as…
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2026-05-26—Red State Mars
Tough-as-nails pioneer families and a great sci-fi war story wrapped up in a huge epic of Mars’s fight for freedom. Loved it. Larry Correia Imagine my surprise when Ark Press sent me over a survey asking if I had any interest in ARC copies of their upcoming novels. Free books, most likely in one of…
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2026-04-13—The Islands of the Blessed
I’d guess that you have some purpose to fulfill and that is why you were saved. But don’t get a swelled head over it. A cabbage has a purpose when someone needs a soup. The Islands of the Blessed, pg 245 And so we begin April with an ending—the ending to The Sea of Trolls…
Boo Ludlow 