Blog, Page 6

A (very) short story that briefly explores life on an interstellar arc ship. A few cool ideas, a couple characters that just start to develop, and then it’s over.

Veronica Speedwell is a very fun character, and she’s the highlight in an otherwise fairly standard mystery tale set in 19th century London.

My mom passed away on July 16, 2025. This is the eulogy I gave for her at the funeral on July 18, 2025. You can find her legacy page here.

An interesting read about a dystopian future. On the plus side, the book has a strong central mystery that drives the plot forward, and keeps you reading, and alo...

The story starts a bit slow and predictable, but then throws in a terrific twist, and gives you a whole new perspective on everything. But then it adds another tw...

I was a huge fan of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, and this book, which has a similar time loop premise, but came out ~15 years earlier, is perhaps even...

Another solid entry in the Victor the Assassin series. This one could’ve been 5 stars if it made better use of a new character, who is intriguing, but after a lot...

Although these are “Crime Stories by the Author of Jack Reacher,” they don’t feature Reacher. But that’s not really the biggest problem. The biggest problem is th...

I found the final book in this series to be a little disappointing. It falls into the classic trap of fantasy stories where, in each book, the stakes get higher a...

Another solid entry in the Bosch series. This one was 5 stars for me for the first 80% of the book, but the last 20% seemed a bit convoluted, including an abrupt,...