- Oct 20, 2017
- 3 min
Book Review: The Last Kingdom, by Bernard Cornwell
I’m always fascinated when an author I like switches point of view. And Bernard Cornwell does it admirably in The Last Kingdom, the first...
- Mar 25, 2017
- 2 min
Book Review: The Revenant, by Michael Punke
Michael Punke’s The Revenant is brutal, gripping, and perhaps too historically accurate for its own good. The story starts with a...
- Dec 30, 2016
- 2 min
Book Review: The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco
On the surface, Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose looks like Sherlock Holmes in a 14th-century Italian abbey. There’s a murder mystery;...
- Dec 4, 2016
- 2 min
Book Review: And I Darken, by Kiersten White
And I Darken is the perfect title for Kiersten White’s novel about Vlad the Impaler’s origins. The plot (eventually) focuses on...