Saturday, December 31, 2011
Wishing you a year of Fruitful Labor in the Flesh.
What a year. I tried repeatedly to start this blogpost but when the words wanted to come the brain shut down, and when the brain wanted to work the words refused to come. So I'm going to just let the sparking brain spark and the tired body stay tired. Sound like a plan?
[Amazingly as I went to add a few bulletin points they evolved into this]
Friday, December 30, 2011
Pirate Hunter by Tom Morrisey
Pirate Hunter by Tom MorriseyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
A highly enjoyable swashbuckling tale--in the chapters it actually was a pirate's story.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Corridor by Robin Parrish
Corridor by Robin ParrishMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Corridor was imaginative, intriguing, and family friendly read. And at it's price, 2.99, a fantastic bargain.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Nightbringer by James Byron Huggins
Nightbringer by James Byron HugginsMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Nightbringer was phenomenal, gut wrenching, and pulse pounding.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
The Reckoning by James Byron Huggins
The Reckoning: A Novel by James Byron HugginsMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
An enjoyable novel by Mr. Huggins. The plot was very clear cut and very predictable, but in some ways, I'm not sure that worked against the novel. As it turned out my reading of the novel was driven almost singularly by the main character, Gage.
Keeper of the Grail by Michael P. Spradlin
Keeper of the Grail by Michael P. SpradlinMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
Keeper of the Grail was reasonably enjoyable and written with an easy, casual, and well done 1st person narrative.
Pros:
Knights of the Templar, crusades, and flashing swords make a great backdrop for any story.
Our protagonist was morally reputable and loyal.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Readers Dream Prizes...
A signed set(of those released thus far) of his epic fantasy tale, Legends of Karac Tor. And..... a brand new iPod Shuffle.
Here's me and the prizes earlier(yet still late) tonight!
Check out his author page on Facebook as well as his website!
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Update-Health
Hey there readers!
Most of you know to a certain extent that I've got some health issues. Varying by person I can reasonably most of you have a partial or whole awareness of this fact; if you don't this will make little sense.
My health is still a bit of a roller coaster. I'll have one day where I don't have any real bad moments and then the next four days will be one amalgamation of badness punctuated by relief. Currently I'm still reduced to reading when possible, some computer gaming, no writing and no editing :( :( and laying down off and on(depends on how long mom can keep me down!). Very little mass text processing as well. My brain just doesn't like trying to sort through strings of text.
My family is so accommodating without allowing complacency in these little mundane tasks in the day. They're superb.
No school or church, and no scheduled out of the house periods at this time. On good days, though, I get out of the house and walk around the block. Depending on the weather that means seriously bundling up cause I don't do cold too well at the moment.
While the body "languishes away" I'm still doing my best to keep my mind from turning to mush(even with a brain that only sometimes works V_^)
Due to this endeavor I've read several thought provoking books recently, one of which was Orthodoxy by G.K Chesterton. If you haven't read it I highly recommend it. Another was Life and Faith after the Digital Explosion it as well as very stimulating both academically with all the obscure yet useful statistics it presented, and deeply probing causing worthwhile self examination(and change!).
If you are interested, you can track my reading on Goodreads.com.
Best wishes,
Precentor
Most of you know to a certain extent that I've got some health issues. Varying by person I can reasonably most of you have a partial or whole awareness of this fact; if you don't this will make little sense.
My health is still a bit of a roller coaster. I'll have one day where I don't have any real bad moments and then the next four days will be one amalgamation of badness punctuated by relief. Currently I'm still reduced to reading when possible, some computer gaming, no writing and no editing :( :( and laying down off and on(depends on how long mom can keep me down!). Very little mass text processing as well. My brain just doesn't like trying to sort through strings of text.
My family is so accommodating without allowing complacency in these little mundane tasks in the day. They're superb.
No school or church, and no scheduled out of the house periods at this time. On good days, though, I get out of the house and walk around the block. Depending on the weather that means seriously bundling up cause I don't do cold too well at the moment.
While the body "languishes away" I'm still doing my best to keep my mind from turning to mush(even with a brain that only sometimes works V_^)
Due to this endeavor I've read several thought provoking books recently, one of which was Orthodoxy by G.K Chesterton. If you haven't read it I highly recommend it. Another was Life and Faith after the Digital Explosion it as well as very stimulating both academically with all the obscure yet useful statistics it presented, and deeply probing causing worthwhile self examination(and change!).
If you are interested, you can track my reading on Goodreads.com.
Best wishes,
Precentor
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Enraptured by Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy by G.K. ChestertonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Utter and inspiring brilliance. Sure to be one of my all time favorites and one I shall love to re-read. I can only wait with baited breath until heaven when I can speak with Gilbert Kieth Chesterton face to face.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
(why) You should applaud an e-reader.
This is just one more quiet, loud, egotistical, slightly tongue and cheek, flippant, forcefully humble voice in the ever going e-reading versus paper reading war; this voice is uniquely mine.
Depending on what circles you frequent, e-reading is stigmatized. That is a true statement. It's also ridiculous. It's unlikely that someone would directly insult or cast a slur on your reading just because you do it in E, but you still, almost without exception, feel that subtle “real reading is done in paper not E”. That unsaid statement
Depending on what circles you frequent, e-reading is stigmatized. That is a true statement. It's also ridiculous. It's unlikely that someone would directly insult or cast a slur on your reading just because you do it in E, but you still, almost without exception, feel that subtle “real reading is done in paper not E”. That unsaid statement
Monday, December 5, 2011
The Shadow and Night by Chris Walley
The Shadow And Night by Chris WalleyMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
Well I've been looking for Christian Science fiction for quite some time; what little I've found seems to center on Christianity being either non-existent or trying to make a comeback. Both worthy topics but slightly tiresome after a time.
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