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Dark, soulful tales that haunt long after the last page.
I’m hoping to see and meet a lot of new people this summer as I attend a couple of conventions and speak at several libraries. The first stop is three days at SoonerCon beginning this Friday. Here my SoonerCon schedule: Friday 3PM Legacy of the Silver Scream: The Horror Film, Then and Now Friday 4PM…
A couple of weeks ago I was in a local thrift store and, to my surprise, found a copy of the 3F Publications edition of Shara on a shelf of books. If I trust my former publisher, there were only about 200 copies of this edition printed, so it was kind of a shock to…
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling My rating: 3 of 5 stars I might have given this a four-star review if I hadn’t seen the movie first. I guess it was a case where the movie followed the book too closely, as there were no surprises here after seeing the film.…
You are young, and want the moon to drink from as a cup of gold. Reaching and straining to catch the moon, you may catch a firefly. But if you grow up you will realise that you cannot have the moon, and would not want it if you could. And you will catch no fireflies.…
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll My rating: 3 of 5 stars I think Lewis Carroll must have been eating some of those magic mushrooms himself. A very strange book that had wonderful characters doing nothing at all. View all my reviews
Here’s a link to the video of an interview I did with KSBI TV on May 18. I sound like I just rode my horse from the crick runnin’ through the back 40. KSBI TV Oklahoma Live interview
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins My rating: 4 of 5 stars A fine, dark conclusion to The Hunger Games trilogy, full of political intrigue, back-biting, sacrifice and sadness. I won’t summarize the plot, as that’s been done over and over. Suffice it to say that there’s no cop-out, no punches pulled, and you’ll be emotionally wrung…
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins My rating: 4 of 5 stars Overall a fantastic continuation of The Hunger Games. The method used to get Katniss and Peeta back into the arena was plausible enough, and we meet some interesting new characters. I thoroughly enjoyed it to the point I had a hard time putting it…
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder My rating: 3 of 5 stars The biggest problem with this book was the lack of copy editing. There were a lot of punctuation errors, but more irritating was the fact the wooden staff used in martial arts is spelled “bo”, not “bow” like on a birthday gift. That…
I became hooked on audio books a few years ago because there just isn’t enough time in the day to read everything I want to read. There is, however, a lot of time spent doing pretty mindless, mechanical tasks, like mowing the lawn, washing dishes, driving, etc. That’s when I first signed up with Audible.com.…
Steven E. Wedel 