• Book Review

    Conagher

    Hey, remember the Sam Elliott movie, Conagher? You should because it played on TNT about every other day in the early '90s! This is the book that inspired that film about a lone soul drifter looking for something. And that something happens to be a widow with a couple kids...

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    Acts of Contrition (Star Trek: Voyager)

    This book continues the adventures of the U.S.S. Voyager after it returns to the Delta Quadrant on a mission of exploration. And while Tom Paris returns to Earth with Seven of Nine, each to deal with personal matters, Admiral Janeway takes command of the Full Circle Fleet to open diplomatic…

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    The Client

    Not all books with a child as the main character are kids' books. Especially when the central kid witnesses a gruesome suicide right off the bat and then plays games with the FBI for fear that his own life is in danger from the Mafia. You know, John Grisham could…

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    Roadside Picnic

    This book is widely hailed as one of the greatest science fiction novels. So naturally I'm going to read it. Originally published in Russia, the novel takes place near what are referred to as Zones, which are mysterious areas of a mysterious origin, with a mysterious impact on anyone who…

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    The Nickel Boys

    This was another one of my reads for Black History Month 2024. I found somewhere, probably on Goodreads, a list of books by black authors that were meaningful to other black authors. When I came across this pick, the 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner, I read the description and something just…

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    Firewall (Star Trek: Picard)

    February 2024 sees the release of David Mack's newest Star Trek novel set in the Picard era - Firewall. I had the opportunity to talk with the author about the book on the Literary Treks podcast, so definitely check that out! For more of my standalone thoughts, keep on reading…