Book Review: Strangers Have the Best Candy by Margaret Meps Schulte

I picked this up as a book about a woman encouraging talking to strangers as a way of meeting unique characters and hear great stories appealed to me. The problem is that while we should all give strangers a chance, and you're bound to hear some good stories MMS is not the woman to recount …

Book Review: Gunthar and the Jaguar Queen by Steve Dilks

I checked this out because I'm keen to read a few more fantasy novels and this was cheap on the Kindle. It also looked to be a quick, easy read and in that respect it was an accurate assessment. To say Dilks owes a debt to Edgar Rice Burroughs (the Barsoom series particularly) and Robert …

Book Review: Lost in Kandahar by Alex Berenson

I picked this up on the cheap and was curious to read a story about the war in Afghanistan. Berenson spent time with US troops coming to the end of their tour. I knew going in this was going to be short, being a Kindle single but it was extremely brief and as such it …

Book Review: Ex-Communication by Peter Clines

This is the third part of Clines' superheroes vs zombies series (I've already reviewed parts one and two) and I am really loving the series. This third installment sees the besieged heroes under threat from the undead once more and also introduces fresh threats for them to deal with. Clines has established the world of …

Book Review: Free Country by George Mahood

Land's End to John O'Groats is a famous journey here in the UK as these are the two furthest points on the mainland. Travelling it is a cult trip done by charity fundraisers and people who fancy a challenge. George Mahood fancied a challenge so he and his friend Ben start at Land's End in …

Book Review: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin

It has been two years since I finished the fifth installment of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, series and since that day I've been eagerly awaiting the release of part six. It's been a painful wait and now the TV adaptation Game of Thrones has caught up with the books …

Book Review: The Death of WCW by R. D. Reynolds and Bryan Alvarez

The Monday Night Wars took place during my break from wrestling, but it was a historic and important time for professional wrestling. The two major companies WCW and WWF (now the WWE) went head to head. For a while WCW was in front, thanks in part to the fact it was bankrolled by Ted Turner …

Book Review: The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

I've never been much of an Agatha Christie fan, this is only the second of her books I've read (my thoughts on the first are here) and I must say I enjoyed this a whole lot. Set between the wars this follows friends Tommy and Tuppence, who decide to set up a company to look …

Book Review: Guns by Stephen King

Last month I got sucked into a Twitter spat about US gun laws, after their most recent mass shooting. From a British perspective it just boggles the mind that the same cycle repeats with nothing done about it. I was ten when the Dunblane shooting happened, and I remembered being stunned and scared, but reassured …

Book Review: Killer’s Choice by Ed McBain

I'm getting to be a bit of a fan of McBain and the men of the 87th precinct. This is the fifth installment and as usual follows the detectives as they attempt to solve a crime. The crime here is a young woman gunned down in a liquor store, but as they delve into her …