Category Archives: meh

Movie review: Magellan (2017) directed by Rob York

Posted on August 18, 2017 by

Product info: After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson (Brandon Ray Olive) is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources. My impressions: … Continue reading →

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The Age of Ra (Pantheon 01) by James Lovegrove

Posted on July 18, 2017 by

Summary (from Goodreads) The Ancient Egyptian gods have defeated all the other pantheons and claimed dominion over the earth, dividing it into warring factions. Lt. David Westwynter, a British soldier, stumbles into Freegypt, the only place to have remained independent … Continue reading →

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The King of Attolia (The Queen’s Thief 03) by Megan Whalen Turner

Posted on June 27, 2017 by

Synopsis (from Goodreads): By scheming and theft, the Thief of Eddis has become King of Attolia. Eugenides wanted the queen, not the crown, but he finds himself trapped in a web of his own making. Then he drags a naive … Continue reading →

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Knight’s Shadow (Greatcoats 02) by Sebastien de Castell

Posted on May 30, 2017 by

Synopsis (from Goodreads):  A few days after the horrifying murder of a duke and his family, Falcio val Mond, swordsman and First Cantor of the Greatcoats, begins a deadly pursuit to capture the killer. But Falcio soon discovers his own … Continue reading →

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Movie review: Beauty and the Beast (2017) directed by Bill Condon

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

Product info: Belle (Emma Watson), a bright, beautiful and independent young woman, is taken prisoner by a beast (Dan Stevens) in its castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the beast’s hideous … Continue reading →

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Promise of Blood (Powder Mages 01) by Brian McClellan

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

Synopsis (from Goodreads): The Age of Kings is dead . . . and I have killed it It’s a bloody business overthrowing a king… Field Marshal Tamas’ coup against his king sent corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brought bread … Continue reading →

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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Posted on April 4, 2017 by

Synopsis (from Goodreads): It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . . Set during World War II in … Continue reading →

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The Osiris Ritual (Newbury and Hobbes 02) by George Mann

Posted on March 17, 2017 by

Synopsis (from Goodreads): A steampunk mystery adventure featuring immortality, artifacts, and intrepid sleuths Sir Maurice Newbury and Miss Veronica Hobbes. Sir Maurice Newbury, Gentleman Investigator for the Crown, imagines life will be a little quieter after his dual successes solving … Continue reading →

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Cosmonaut Keep (Engines of Light 01) by Ken MacLeod

Posted on March 3, 2017 by

Synopsis (from Goodreads): Matt Cairns is a 21st-century outlaw Programmer who takes on the shady jobs no one else will touch. Against his better judgment, he accepts an assignment to crack the Marshall Titov, a top-secret orbital station operated by … Continue reading →

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Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton

Posted on February 28, 2017 by

Synopsis (from Goodreads): Deploying invulnerable twenty-fifth-century soldiers called Skins, Zantiu-Braun’s corporate starships loot entire planets. But as the Skins invade bucolic Thallspring, Z-B’s strategy is about to go awry, all because of: Sgt. Lawrence Newton, a dreamer whose twenty years … Continue reading →

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