Books, beer and barbarians

by Jim Butcher Started: Dec. 28, 2024 Finished: Jan. 1, 2025 Notes: I've read next to no speculative fiction this past year, and definit...

by Ed McBain Started: Dec 26 Finished: Dec. 28 Notes: I'm in need of what I think of as "popcorn" fiction, so I'm returnin...

by Khaled Hosseini Started: Dec. 16 Finished: Dec. 26 Notes: I'm need of some fiction, so I thought I'd check out this novel. To tel...

by Joel F. Harrington Started: Dec. 7 Finished: Dec. 15 Notes: As the year is winding to a close and I've been reading a fair number of ...

by Enos Slaughter with Kevin Reid Started: Dec. 1 Finished: Dec. 7 Notes: I've been on something of a biography kick this year, so I th...

by Cormac McCarthy Started: Nov. 19 Finished: Dec. 1 Notes: I've been in the mood to read Westerns of late, and since this is a Western ...

by Pete Dexter Started: Nov. 6 Finished: Nov. 19 Notes: To be clear, no, this novel has nothing to do with the television show of the same n...

by Louis L'Amour Started: Oct. 27 Finished: Nov. 6 Notes: I was traveling recently, and while I brought a book with me for reading, I di...

by Louis L'Amour Started: Oct. 23 Finished: Oct. 26 Notes: Having just finished a non-fiction book about Spaghetti Westerns , I find mys...

by Alex Cox Started: Oct. 4 Finished: Oct. 23 Notes: Written by a film director, this book is apparently an extensive look into the Spaghett...

by Wizards of the Coast Started: Oct. 1 Finished: Oct. 4 Notes: This is the latest edition of the Player's Handbook for D&D. The pub...

by Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman Started: Sept. 10 Finished: Oct. 1 Notes: For years I've had an idea for a short story which would ...

by Mireille Hadas-Lebel Started: August 29 Finished: Sept. 10 Notes: Earlier this year I was reading biographies, and I've got the bug a...

published by Zondervan Started: August 25 Finished: August 29 Notes: I was traveling recently and didn't have with me the novel I had be...

by China Mieville Started: August 20 Finished: August 27 Notes: I've heard good things about this speculative author for some years now ...

by Ransom Riggs Started: August 9 Finished: August 20 Notes: As weird as it might sound, certain books seem to call out to me. I run into th...

published by Zondervan Started: August 8 Finished: August 8 Notes: One of the shortest books in the Bible, I thought I'd read it since I...

published by Zondervan Started: August 8 Finished: August 8 Notes: Having just finished the first two of John's letters, I thought I...

published by Zondervan Started: August 8 Finished: August 8 Notes: I just read the first of John's letters, so I thought I'd go ahea...

published by Zondervan Started: August 7 Finished: August 8 Notes: I'm nearing the end of the Bible now, but I'm looking forward to ...