Juxtaposed Life

I took a break from my normal sci-fi / fantasy reading and read a couple of books I last opened in high school; The Great Gatsby and The Heart of Darkness. I feel a bit lowly almost dirty say this, but I really did not enjoy these books at all. Maybe I am too far…

I picked up The Orc King at the library and was very glad I did not spend money on it. Other than the peek in the future of the Forgotten Realms, this book is one of the worst I have read from Salvatore. It felt almost amateur to me. It was rushed where in some…

On my continual reading quest of the year I completed my ninth book, Fool’s Errand. It is the first in the third trilogy of books set in Robin Hob’s realm of the Elderling’s, and while it started off slow , the ending was well worth the time spent. Of course like each of the previous…

Three more books added to my 2008 completion list; Second foundation, Foundations Edge, and The Two Swords. Second Foundation wraps up the original Foundation trilogy of short story collections and, as with the other two, it impressed me. Engaging plot lines with a bit of mystery and twist that activated my imagination. Foundation’s Edge is…

So my reading quest continues as I completed three more books before the end of January; Contact Harvest, Foundation, and Foundation and Empire. While I enjoyed Contact Harvest with its attempt at exploring parts of the Haloverse that have not been touched upon much in the games, it seems to elementary when followed up by…

For my birthday my wife got me two books people had recommended to me; Old Man’s War and The Lies of Locke Lamora. First, I read Old Man’s War and it was fun light sci-fi romp. Easy to read with likable characters and a setting that did not take much thought to get into. Though…

For some reason I did not post my thoughts on the Pirates of the Burning Sea when I was playing to this blog, so forgive me as I post some now. Playing PotBS was a roller coaster for me. A slow pull up, then a thrilling decent with a quick loopy loop, and then a…

I suspect I am a victim of Game Attention Deficit Disorder, GADD for short. My problem is that lately I am finding myself jumping from game to game. I am unable to spend enough to time in on e to even come close to completing it before I am pulled into a different game. In…