11-02-2026
[Andersson's] Sense Of Freedom Is As Pale As [His] Skin. Otherwise As Solid As Flan. This is one of those books that is well documented at roughly 26% of the overall text and raises a lot of solid points about its general premise with a largely global-ish look, examining different aspects of security as it plays out in Sweden, African Spain, Ch
[Continue Reading]11-02-2026
More Anglo-Centric Than Truly 'Global' Yet Manages To Raise Interesting Points That Seem Unintended. First off, if you're looking for a truly global look at all things alcohol as it relates to human consumption thereof wherever there have ever been humans... this doesn't really reach that level. Much at all. While there is *some* discussion of parts of the Mid
[Continue Reading]11-02-2026
More Interesting As Travelogue And Memoir Than History. This is one of those more Food Network type shows where the real action is in the personality traveling an
[Continue Reading]11-01-2026
Anecdotal Over Evidentiary With Sub-Par Bibliography And At Least One Fact So Wrong As To Be Hyperbole. Where to begin with this one. I had such high hopes for it, yet it turned out to be just another left of center (at best) diatribe largely rehashing exactly the same "facts" and commentary as so many other books... several of which have done either this entire narrative or at least certain parts of it far more thoroughly and convincingly.
The bibliography clocking in at just 10%, particularly given some of t
[Continue Reading]10-28-2026
Asimov Sent The New God Of Science Fiction To Piss The World Off. Ok, so Robinson isn't subtle with the themes of this book. At all. Not to the level of preachiness, but you know *very* well the questions Robinson was wrestling in his own mind as you read this book... and in classic Robinson fashion, you don't *really* know where he ultimately ends up personally, because as always the story comes first. Definitely something for me to ask him about w
[Continue Reading]10-28-2026
Asimov Sent The New God Of Science Fiction To Piss The World Off. Ok, so Robinson isn't subtle with the themes of this book. At all. Not to the level of preachiness, but you know *very* well the questions Robinson was wrestling in his own mind as you read this book... and in classic Robinson fashion, you don't *really* know where he ultimately ends up personally, because as always the story comes first. Definitely something for me to ask him about w
[Continue Reading]10-27-2026
Take a look at these screens I just grabbed from Amazon moments ago. Let’s see if you notice the same thing I did…

10-24-2026
For this blog tour, we're looking at a tale that deviates from the standards of prior books in its world a bit - and is better for it. For this blog tour, we're looking at Losing Alice by B.R. Spangler.
First, the review I posted to the book sites (B
[Continue Reading]10-24-2026
Solid And Comprehensive Reference. If you're even remotely considering using GLP-1s, this is the best, most complete reference guide I've yet found. It covers damn near every facet of what you need to kno
[Continue Reading]10-23-2026
Jurassic Park Is More Real Than This Supposedly Nonfiction Book. And Less Bigoted. In all honesty, this book seems like Black started with the premise that
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