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Book Review: While Roger Zelazny’s “The Merlin Cycle” of the Chronicles of Amber is an interesting read after the enjoyable first series, it’s not as good.

The Chronicles of Amber is an unusual fantasy story told in the first person. The protagonist Corwin is a well developed character who manages to tell a compelling tale.

Book Review of “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell. An interesting theory that we must trust our instincts far more than we do. The problem I feel is that people’s prejudices play too big a role for it to be reliable.

The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson is a mix of good and bad. But since it’s only three books long, you’re not committing yourself to anything very long term.

Wow! One week of continuous reading – that’s a huge book. I haven’t read a Stephen King novel in a long time, the last being “Insomnia” several years ago. I had forgotten his down to earth way of writing and his “everyman” kind of description of the people in his stories. Every Stephen King novel … Read more

Book review of “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens. While there are some good points in favor of this book, there are plenty of negatives.

I’ve never read a series like the “Malazan Book of the Fallen”. I doubt if I ever will again.Steven Erikson’s take on fantasy is breathtaking.