From the monthly archives:

January 2007

Hey, Dark Tower geeks… (and, yes, I’m one)

January 31, 2007

Marvel Comics has released the list of shops that’ll be having midnight sales for the first installment of THE DARK TOWER comic book series.
Midnight’s usually waaaaay past my regular bedtime (okay, maybe not waaaaay past), but I have to get in line with the rest of you on Monday Tuesday night. I don’t want to [...]

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BLOOD MEMORY, by Greg Iles

January 31, 2007

3 This is the third book from Greg Iles I’ve read and I have to say he’s 3–for–3 in crafting awesome standalone thrillers.
However, if I had to complain about this book I’d knock it for its length: 764 pages. This doesn’t mean that an any point I found what I was reading to be unnecessary… [...]

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I’m so late to the game sometimes…

January 26, 2007

… but this is the best blog theme ever!

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Six on the brain #9

January 24, 2007

I’ve been thinking recently about this silly notion called “writer’s block.” I call it silly because I really don’t know what it is.
Don’t get me wrong: there have been times—extended periods, really—when I didn’t write a thing other than e-mails. I may have attributed that drought to writer’s block, but the simple truth of the [...]

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Monumentally stupid. But, please, play along.

January 23, 2007

I made the switch today from the rather nasty http://52novels.com URL for this blog to the decidedly easier–to–use http://52novels.com.
In the meantime, I’ve mirrored the former URL with the latter URL. Please be sure to update your bookmarks (HA!), subscriptions, and other links to the old new URL.
Yeah. It’s a pain in the ass. I know.

Sphere: [...]

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GOLDILOCKS, by Andrew Coburn

January 22, 2007

2 Thank you, Leisure Books, for reissuing this Edgar nominated thriller! This book had it all: the Mafia, corrupt cops, a wicked Viet Nam vet who terrorized a widow. Good stuff!
I was telling my mom about this book the other day and I commented how often I was surprised by the way Coburn interconnected the [...]

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