I must admit that I had no shortage of reservations before I began reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. My literary man crush with Neil Gaiman has been a touch tricky over the years, more often college love affair than adult romance. As with all tumultuous relationships I was […]
Redshirts by John Scalzi – Review
There’s a great country song written by Steve Goodman and made famous by David Allen Coe called ‘You Never Even Called Me By My Name”. The Coe version is best known for the satirical recitation and final verse appended to what up until that point had been a rather typical country song. Coe begins his […]
Prescription for Disaster: The funny side of falling apart – Review
My wife and I were huge fans of the TV show House. We watched every week for all eight seasons and if we did miss an episode we dutifully downloaded it from a torrent site (did I just incriminate myself?) and watched it on the computer as soon as possible. I was already dealing with […]
Fifty Shades of Holy Crap Did I Really Read That Garbage?
Grey, as it so happens, is created by combining black and white. This is a convenient bit of irony since I can say in black and white terms that Fifty Shades of Grey is the worst written, most idiotic book I’ve ever attempted to read. Calling this literature would be akin to calling Kraft Dinner […]
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus – Book Review
In recognition of good blogging practice, allow me to start by giving you a SPOILER ALERT. Though frankly (that’s almost a pun) I’m about to tell you all you really need to know about this book and thus few, if any of you, will actually read it. Besides, I’m confident it likely wasn’t on anyone’s […]