Let me start by saying this is a first rate novel. At times, I found myself lost within its pages, feeling the story’s suspense and tension in my very bones. It is better than A Feast For Crows and probably on par with A Clash Of Kings. But it is easily George R.R. Martin’s most…
Last week, frequent commentator and guest reviewer Bill Brockman alerted me to an article about BBC making Bernard Cornwell’s The Last Kingdom into a TV series. The Last Kingdom is one of my all-time favorite historical novels, so this is wonderful news! You can read the full article in The Independent, titled “BBC’s new Game of Thrones slayer…
It’s been a rough week for writing, which makes it even rougher for blogging. So this week, I’m going with a little humor, thanks to the talented folks at Horrible Histories. The parts with the monk crack me up!
Imagine the courage of those who risked all for the sake of independence and freedom. It led to a war and lives were lost, but the Declaration of Independence well states the cause for which they fought 238 years ago: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that…
This week it’s my pleasure again to feature a guest review from historical fiction aficionado Bill Brockman, a frequent contributor to the blog (you can read more about him here). In April, he reviewed Blood Eye by Giles Kristian, Book 1 of the Raven Trilogy. This time, Bill takes on Book 2 of the trilogy, Sons of…
I saved this review until after the finale of season 4 of HBO’s Game of Thrones because there is no way to discuss A Feast for Crows without spoiling the most shocking part of the final episode. So, if you haven’t seen Season 4 of Game of Thrones or haven’t read A Storm of Swords,…
Since I’ve read most of the books, none of the jaw-dropping scenes in Season 4 of HBO’s Game of Thrones, such as Joffrey’s murder and Oberyn’s skull crushing defeat, came as big surprises. But what has surprised me is when the show’s producers have strayed from the novels. So before this Sunday’s season finale, I…
No time to blog this week. Yet with pirates all the rage these days, I’m re-posting one of my favorite bits from the talented folks at Horrible Histories – enjoy!
Pirates must be all the rage these days. Barely two months after the finale of Black Sails on Starz, which was a worthy prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island (with another season on the way), NBC is offering a new pirate drama based on the notorious captain Black Beard. It’s titled Crossbones and premiers tomorrow at 10 PM. The series…
Summer is coming! With Memorial Day weekend almost upon us, my daughter will soon be out of school and summer vacations are fast approaching, so this is the perfect time to make a summer reading list – and the perfect time to offer a summer reading list sale for Enoch’s Device! But first my…
This week has been crazy busy with my daughter’s softball team advancing to the semi-finals in her league’s playoffs, so there’s been little time to focus on the blog. Fortunately, I realized I never published excerpts from my last author interview about Enoch’s Device, which I gave to author Catherine Peace at Indie Books R…