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I'm a husband, father, author, cyclist, sailor, travel addict, and Silicon Valley software engineer. I've written 4 books and actively review books on this blog. Comments on this blog are aggressively moderated against link-spam and rude or meaningless comments.

Friday, August 23, 2013

Review: Ghost Story

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Ghost Story is book 13 of the Dresden Files. It is a direct sequel from Changes , and if you haven't read that book you'll not get ...

Re-Read: Ender's Game

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This is my third time reading Ender's Game , and I've read the previous incarnation of the novel (which began as a short story in 19...
Friday, August 16, 2013

Review: Changes

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Changes is book #12 in the Dresden files. In many ways, the series reminds me of a RPG game. As the characters get more and more powerful, ...
Sunday, August 11, 2013

Review: Turn Coat

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Turn Coat is book 11 of the Dresden Files. The series finally comes full circle, as Dresden now has to bail out the very person who was his...
Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Review: Small Favor

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Small Favor is book 10 of the Dresden files. It is so far the best book yet. It's action packed, exciting, and is the equivalent of a s...
Saturday, August 03, 2013

Review: Neptune's Brood

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Neptune's Brood is set in the same world as Saturn's Children , but is not a direct sequel in style, tone, or humor. This is a feat...
Thursday, August 01, 2013

Review: White Knight

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White Knight is book 9 of the Dresden files. What impresses me about this book is that Jim Butcher seems to actually be tying up loose ends...
Monday, July 29, 2013

Review: Proven Guilty

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Proven Guilty is book #8 in the Dresden files, and we see Jim Butcher finally starting to tie all the previous books together.  This is a g...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

Review: Modernist Cuisine at Home

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Modernist Cuisine at Home is a cookbook. As such, it shouldn't be read end-to-end, but should be reviewed for the recipes it contains. ...
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Review: Dead Beat

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Dead Beat is book 7 of the Dresden files. The theme villains for this novel are the necromancers, so we finally get to see zombies in actio...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Review: Strikefleet Omega

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The first time I saw Air Traffic Control, I immediately got addicted. This is one of those genre of games which are ideal for a tablet or ph...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Review: Weeride Kangaroo Childseat

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It is clearly not a hidden agenda with me that I want my child to enjoy cycling, preferably from as early an age as possible. One of my fell...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

My Books Are Discounted on Amazon

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Those of you who visit my books' website know that I don't believe in discounting. But Amazon believes otherwise, and for now, prin...
Monday, July 15, 2013

Review: Contagious

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Contagious is a viral marketing handbook. Written by a professor of marketing at the Wharton business school, it promises to tell you how t...
Friday, July 12, 2013

Review: Nickel Plated

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Nickel Plated comes from the Amazon Encore Imprint of books. Judging by the quality (and price) of the book, traditional dead tree publishe...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

Review: The First 20 Minutes

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The First 20 Minutes is a book about exercise physiology. It's been a number of very good years for exercise physiology since more and ...
Tuesday, July 09, 2013

Review: Ghost Spin

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I was all set to buy Ghost Spin , after enjoying Moriarty's previous books Spin State and Spin Control , but the Amazon reviews put me ...
Thursday, July 04, 2013

Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane

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Garrett was kind enough to get me an autographed copy of The Ocean At The End Of The Lane , so I could skip the queue at the library and get...
Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Review: Lance Armstrong's War

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I picked up Lance Armstrong's War from the library on a whim, since it's Tour de France season, and I figured it would be amusing t...
Monday, July 01, 2013

Negotiation Consultancy Back In Operation

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While I was working for Quark Games, I stopped accepting clients for my private services . (There would have been something wrong with worki...
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