Category: Books

  • The Colour of Magic: The Wonderous Humor of the Discworld

    One of my best friends has been recommending this series to me for almost as long as we’ve been friends. Yet I always found myself distracted by other books. Even still, they persisted. So, here I am. Having finished the first book in the Discworld series. Surprise! My buddy was right. This book was amazing.…

  • Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Breath of Fresh Air

    When you see an author’s name on the shelf of a book store, that alone is typically a hint as to what you’re in for. Pick up a book by George R.R. Martin and you can expect a mature story with deep characters. Grab a Douglas Adams novel and you can expect bizarre and hilarious…

  • Metro 2033: Life in the Dark

    You know something? I’m worried I’m getting predictable. Too many fantasy books or mystery stories; it’s like eating the same two meals over and over for years. Sure, it has nutritional value – or intellectual value, in this case – but god damn, man, there’s a reason they call variety the spice of life! So…

  • Anansi Boys: Songs and Stories and Spiders

    How long has it been since we’ve covered a Gaiman novel? Feels like it’s been a while. It’s been very refreshing to come back to his work; I’ve needed something truly weird and fun recently. Anansi Boys is a great case of everything I love about Neil Gaiman’s work. It takes a world grounded in…

  • Travel By Bullet: Crypto Crime!

    Here we are again with the Dispatcher series. What weird pseudo-murder mystery do we have in store for us this time? Oh… it’s about… crypto currency. Fun. When the world is struck by the global pandemic, Tony Valdez must give up his opportunity to work with the police force and return to his work as…