Let the Right One In: A Novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist My review rating: 4 of 5 stars Like many Americans, I saw the movie version of Let the Right One In before reading the book, and enjoyed it quite a bit. This led me to pursue the book and, as is almost always the [...]
Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. My review rating: 4 of 5 stars Hubert Selbey Jr.’s Requiem for a Dream is a hard book to read … not due so much to its sensitive subject matter, which is frankly riveting, as to Selby’s unconventional, stream-of-consciousness prose. The guy barely believes in basic punctuation [...]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling My review rating: 3 of 5 stars One has to remind one’s self, while reading the Harry Potter series, that they’re meant for children in the 10 – 14 range, give or take, and not for a married guy in his early thirties who’s simultaneously [...]
GUD: Greatest Uncommon Denominator (magazine) Issue 3 by Debbie Moorhouse My review rating: 4 of 5 stars As with each issue so far, GUD issue 3 contains an eclectic combination of short fiction, poetry and artwork, most of it in the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror genres. Once again, the overall quality of work is strong. [...]
His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik My review rating: 3 of 5 stars His Majesty’s Dragon is a tender story about the beautiful, homosexual, inter-species love between the protagonist and his gigantic black dragon. Ok, so that’s not really what it’s about, but seriously … the homoerotic undertones in what is otherwise a fun, if [...]
I’ll have a few more trip blogs coming in over the next couple of days, but I also read two books while on vacation. Here’s my review of the first of them: The Children of Men by P.D. James My review rating: 4 of 5 stars Though it’s been sitting on my bookshelf for years [...]
Sorry I couldn’t get to the computer yesterday, but no worries — I’ve made all of the rest of Voices available in the Writing section, starting at Page 83. It’s good to finally have it all up. I’m still happy with this story … it’s not going to win me any Pulitzers, but it’s fun [...]
For some reason I’ve got the song “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” stuck in my head today, a fact which is making my lovely wife mildly perplexed (and will probably make her mildly annoyed after I bust out singing the chorus for like the twentieth time). On that exciting, autobiographical note, here now are the [...]
I’ve unleashed all eleven pages of Voices Chapter 7 in the Writing section, starting with Page 64. Our fearless band of adventurers have put their plan into action, but things don’t go quite the way they were expecting. Excitement, terror, and explosions await in the latest pages! Half of Chapter 8 coming tomorrow, the other [...]
Did you think I was lying? I wasn’t! It’s Voices Week here at cDebris and we’re rocking in the New Year like Dick Clark, only with words instead of music. Also fewer celebrity guests. Ok, so it’s really not much like Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year … but you get the idea. I’ve managed to [...]
