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Dark, soulful tales that haunt long after the last page.
Bilbo’s Last Song by J.R.R. Tolkien My rating: 3 of 5 stars I typically skip over the songs when I read The Lord of the Rings. Maybe I shouldn’t admit that, but I do. I just don’t really care for them and they seldom move the plot along. And, while I think Tolkien was a…
Joe by Larry Brown My rating: 3 of 5 stars Wade Jones is one of the most disgusting characters ever created. In fact, nobody in this book was particularly likable. This book is basically about a bunch of broken people and the amount of booze they can drink. I’d bet not a page was turned…
Have you been to one of the Halloween superstores yet? Believe me, I have. They’re a great place to go, though I tend to only get a few pieces there each year. I prefer to put my costumes together myself to ensure I don’t encounter anyone else who is dressed just like me. That’s harder…
Me and the wife watched World War Z last weekend. I love a good zombie movie. So naturally most of the details of this one have already slipped my mind. No, it wasn’t good. Worse, it made me think about the state of our culture, as reflected in zombie movies, of course. In the old days,…
Beowulf by Burton Raffel My rating: 4 of 5 stars I love Beowulf. I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve read it over the years I’ve taught senior English. I like it so much, though, that I almost always read it myself rather than letting the kids butcher it. It gets four instead…
I went to a wedding today. It was my third wedding this year, the second that did not involve blood relation. It was also the second to involve my former students. Sitting there watching the bride as she zipped fingers across her eyebrows to push her hair aside just like she used to do in…
Last weekend I went to H&H Shooting Sports and bought myself a new pistol. I did some research beforehand, then looked over the top options at the store and went with my first choice, a Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm. Today I went back and spent some time on the range shooting the gun. I…
The Son by Philipp Meyer My rating: 4 of 5 stars Given time I may have to upgrade this one to a 5-star review. It was an amazing read and the only reason I’m going with four stars right now is because, in my mind, two of the narrators got more attention than they deserved.…
It’s been a long time since I posted anything here. Not much has happened that is newsworthy, really. The biggest thing is that Amara’s Prayer has finally been released. I got my contributor copies a few days ago. It looks amazing. I’m pretty nervous about the reception it’ll receive, it being my first full-length novel without…
Steven E. Wedel 