Blogs Posts on "Book Reviews"
Forgotten Books: Dead at the Take-Off by Lester Dent by Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and the Wild West on Nov 20, 2009Lester Dent’s career has enjoyed a resurgence of late. I expect he’s smiling down - or up - from wherever he now resides. Nostalgia Ventures has put dozens of his Doc Savage novels back in print, with many more to come, and he’s finally getting...
Book Review & Giveaway! by Ending The Rat Race on Nov 20, 2009TGIF! With that being said, there's no better way to finish off the week before the weekend hits than a Book Review & Giveaway. This Giveaway is The Rat's first of many to come. Before getting into the details of the review, the following are the...
Simon P’s Reviews: Classic Football Debates Settled Once & For All by Danny Baker & Danny Kelly, and The Have I Got News For You Guide To Modern Britain by Bookgeeks on Nov 20, 2009The world, it could be argued, is divided into thems that read on the toilet and thems that don’t. To be fair a tendency for throne reading is largely dictated by chromosomes, because this is a battle of the sexes to rank with control of the th...
Erin’s Review: The Day of the Jack Russell, by Bateman by Bookgeeks on Nov 19, 2009The Bookseller With No Name is back. Since he put his own first name to rest, Bateman’s quirky, black comedy crime novels, featuring often unwilling protagonists who, much to their indignation, found themselves thrust into all manner of peculiar si...
Echoblowcation: Nota Bene #2009-41 by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 18, 2009A few things for you NB readers: 1. NB is now numbered by year-issue instead of marked by date; 2. NB will continue to be issued weekly, but not necessarily on Monday night/Tuesday morning; 3. I liked last week’s format (quoted line from source...
Book Review: “ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income” by Blogging Ministry on Nov 18, 2009By Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett (Indianapolis, Indiana: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2008, 220 pages) The ultimate book on how to build a blog and increase traffic. Both of the writers are successful bloggers who make a 6 figured income doing what the...
Ben’s Review: Why Not Socialism?, by GA Cohen by Bookgeeks on Nov 18, 2009Why Not Socialism, is the final, essay-length book from GA Cohen, an important Marxist philosopher who died earlier this year. Its size and design suggest that it is a book intended to be carried in a pocket, perhaps on a camping-trip such as the one...
Book Review: Hell's Belles by Paul Magrs by Book Chick City on Nov 17, 2009Title: Hell's BellesAuthor: Paul MagrsGenre: Supernatural MysteryPublisher: Headline ReviewPublication Date: 12 Nov 2009ARC: 439 pagesRating: 9/10Summary (ARC cover):Penny is running away from a life of domestic strife and into mysterious Whitby - wh...
Jennie’s Review: To Ride a Rathorn, by P.C. Hodgell by Bookgeeks on Nov 17, 2009Those lucky enough to have already found P.C. Hodgell’s books have followed Jame through fire, flood, earthquake, and collapse. They have watched as she struggled to find her place in her people, the Kencyrath, and felt every bruise as she fe...
Erin’s Review: The Wisdom of Dead Men, by Oisin McGann by Bookgeeks on Nov 16, 2009Set in an alternative Victorian Steampunk world, Oisin McGann’s The Wisdom of Dead Men is the second thrilling instalment in his Wildenstern family saga. The first Wildenstern novel, Ancient Appetites, introduced a world where Queen Victoria is sti...
