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wlinden (25)in #fantasy • 8 years ago
Austin Grossman, CROOKED
Crooked by Austin Grossman My rating: 5 of 5 stars Nixon. The crook. Everybody Knows he was a disgrace to the leadership of the free world. Or was he?What if "Tricky Dick" was…
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wlinden (25)in #fantasy • 8 years ago
The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump
The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump by Harry Turtledove My rating: 4 of 5 stars Warning. Do not go near this book unless you are a glutton for pun-ishment. It is simply efreetful.…
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wlinden (25)in #history • 8 years ago
Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus and Modern Historians
Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus and Modern Historians by Jeffrey Burton Russell My rating: 5 of 5 stars A trenchant demonstration that what "Everybody Knows" is not just…
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wlinden (25)in #history • 8 years ago
Pius History: The Facts Behind the Pius Trilogy
Pius History: The Facts Behind the Pius Trilogy by Declan Finn My rating: 4 of 5 stars Finn follows up his Pius trilogy with discussion of matters too long for footnotes. The…
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wlinden (25)in #mystery • 8 years ago
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars by Anthony Boucher My rating: 5 of 5 stars Pure delight. An intricate plot, full of Characters. And what devotee of the Sacred Writings…
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wlinden (25)in #homosexuals • 8 years ago
Eve Tushnet, GAY AND CATHOLIC
Gay and Catholic: Accepting My Sexuality, Finding Community, Living My Faith by Eve Tushnet My rating: 5 of 5 stars Eve Tushnet is out, Catholic, and celibate, and doesn't give…
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wlinden (25)in #mystery • 8 years ago
Alan Beechey, THE PRIVATE PLOT
This Private Plot by Alan Beechey My rating: 4 of 5 stars At last, at last, the third case of Oliver Swithin and his friends and relations (or impedimenta) which publishers…
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wlinden (25)in #heraldry • 8 years ago
The Heraldry and Parts of the Blazon of Arms of Father Fusion
The Heraldry and Parts of the Blazon of Arms of Father Fusion by Dr. Robert Crickett My rating: 1 of 5 stars Ghastly concotion by someone who knows next to nothing about…
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wlinden (25)in #finance • 8 years ago
The Unbanking of America
The Unbanking of America: How the New Middle Class Survives by Lisa Servon My rating: 4 of 5 stars Fascinating account, with lots of first-hand experience, of how people are…
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wlinden (25)in #troy • 8 years ago
The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction
The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction by Eric H. Cline My rating: 3 of 5 stars Summary of the history of the Trojan Question, and our current state of knowledge regarding…
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wlinden (25)in #history • 8 years ago
The King's Revenge: Charles II and the Greatest Manhunt in British History
The King's Revenge: Charles II and the Greatest Manhunt in British History by Don Jordon My rating: 2 of 5 stars A serviceable summary of the matter of the Regicides. However…
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wlinden (25)in #fantasy • 8 years ago
Trials of a Teenage Werevulture
Trials of a Teenage Werevulture by Emily Martha Sorensen My rating: 4 of 5 stars So you think you had a tough time in school? Imagine living in a world populated by Wesen …
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wlinden (25)in #quotations • 8 years ago
Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations
Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations by Garson O'Toole My rating: 5 of 5 stars Selected from the archives of the Quote Investigator blog, a trenchant…
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wlinden (25)in #film • 8 years ago
Miss Liberty's Guide to Film and Video
Miss Liberty's Guide To Film And Video: Movies For The Libertarian Millennium by Jon Osborne My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is a delightful directory of films appealing to…
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wlinden (25)in #fiction • 8 years ago
Karolina Ramqvist, THE WHITE CITY
The White City by Karolina Ramqvist My rating: 2 of 5 stars Excruciatingly boring, but does feature some treatment of the harassment by the omnipotent "liberal" state. View all my reviews
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wlinden (25)in #bujold • 8 years ago
Captain Vorpatril's Allilance
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold My rating: 4 of 5 stars A bit of a letdown after the last two. With Miles and Mark on the sidelines, this is sort of an…
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wlinden (25)in #fiction • 8 years ago
Declan Finn, A Pius Man
A Pius Man by Declan Finn My rating: 3 of 5 stars How can you not like a book which starts a scene with "The Pope held the smoke grenades"? “The news coverage, depending on…
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wlinden (25)in #passover • 8 years ago
For This We Left Egypt?
For This We Left Egypt?: A Passover Haggadah for Jews and Those Who Love Them by Dave Barry My rating: 2 of 5 stars Oy gewalt! With Jews like these, who needs anti-semites? And…
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wlinden (25)in #history • 8 years ago
Stpehen Harding, THE LAST BATTLE
The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe by Stephen Harding My rating: 3 of 5 stars Devoted to a thorough…
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wlinden (25)in #fiction • 8 years ago
The Mouse That Saved the West
The Mouse That Saved the West by Leonard Wibberley My rating: 2 of 5 stars I found this inferior to the first two books, and it suffers from Author On Board with lots of…
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