Category: Reading
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Last Discworld book by late author Terry Pratchett on sale Sept. 1
“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.” Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015 UPDATE: Aug. 26, 2005: New Discworld book hits stores Sept. 1 Fans of the late Terry Pratchett will be happy to know his latest (and sadly last) Discworld book, The Shepherd’s Crown, will hit bookshelves Sept. 1. His assistant,…
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Book Review: The Accident makes mistake of being too wordy
I like short, snappy sentences and paragraphs. And lots of white space. Stories read faster. Your eye swiftly races through the action, reading from left to right, from top to bottom, the pages turning. James Patterson novels are a perfect example. Most of his books feature paragraphs of two or…
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The Martian is smart, often tedious, tale of survival
by G. Robert Frazier The Martian by Andy Weir isn’t lacking for quality reviews on the Internet, so it was a little surprising to find the book was available for a free read in exchange for an honest review on Blogging for Books. Already a New York Times Bestseller, the…
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Join the ranks: Nashville Film Fest looking for a few good readers
Since it’s Giving Tuesday, I thought I should share a unique way for you to give back: You can be a volunteer reader for the Nashville Film Festival’s Screenwriting Competition. This is my second year as a reader for the competition, wherein I get to read dozens of scripts and…
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Physical books are more fun to read than their digital cousins
As an author, I welcome the opportunity to reach a wider audience by publishing in multiple formats, including audio, print and online. But as a reader, I clearly prefer being able to hold a physical book in my hands. Of course, I am biased. I was born in the sixties…
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Review: Sleepy Hollow novel fills void until new season starts
Besides The Walking Dead, there’s one show I’m looking forward to more this season than any other: Fox’s Sleepy Hollow. The first season, in which Colonial soldier Ichabod Crane finds himself thrust into the present to do battle with the Headless Horseman and other no-goodniks, was both smartly written and…
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Review: Author makes good on promise in Peter Pan Must Die
At the end of chapter 2 of Peter Pan Must Die, the new Novel by John Verdon, one of the characters makes a bold statement as he tries to convince his friend, former NYPD Detective Dave Gurney, to take on one more investigation: “The Spalter case has everything — horror,…
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REVIEW: The Good Suicides more mediocre mystery than thriller
If the book cover for The Good Suicides hadn’t billed the novel as a thriller, it might have left a better impression with me. The book, the second to feature author Antonio Hill’s inspector Hector Salgado, features a snarling dog on the cover and the words A THRILLER in the bottom…
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Library holds adventures waiting to be discovered
I’m addicted to the written word. Always have been. But oddly enough, I haven’t checked out a book from my local library in at least a couple of decades. I don’t have to, you see. I’m very fortunate to have collected a lifetime of books to read (actually more than…
Story By G. Robert Frazier 