The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’m pretty sure I read this book already, but I enjoyed reading it again. I like how Connelly brings in the protagonist of his other series and creates tension in the reader to see when the lawyer will figure out the cop, how…
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Biofeedback, Technology, Blogging, and Fatigue
I'm getting an iPhone. Hopefully, this year; they’re a tad in demand. I made this decision after weeks of building problems and one particularly frustrating set of days. One big problem I have is that I can write on my iPod Touch within the white noise of the subway but cannot post my draft to…
When is a Rose Red?
I’ve been a bit lax in my blogging, so here’s this week’s knee-jerk philosophical question from my metaphysics course and my answer. Would you answer the same? Question: ‘Is a red rose red in the dark?’ : Do you think that things retain their colours in the dark, but we can’t see them? Or do…
Review: Blind Descent
Blind Descent by Nevada Barr My rating: 4 of 5 stars Anna Pigeon is always beaten up so much, one would think she’d be permanently concussed, bruised, and broken. But she’s made in the style of 1970s’ male TV action heroes: gets a lickin and keeps on bouncing back up, albeit limping. I like this…
Review: Until Proven Guilty
Until Proven Guilty by J.A. Jance My rating: 4 of 5 stars Borrowed the ebook from the library. Whizzed through it during my staycation, rolling my eyes for some part of it. You see, I thought he was a bit of a twit at first. But Jance is a skillful writer who knows how to…
Review: Death in the Age of Steam
Death in the Age of Steam by Bradshaw Mel My rating: 3 of 5 stars I acquired this awhile ago, maybe during Toronto’s Word on the Street when publishers have those last-minute fire sales before the festival ends. It’s been sitting on my bookshelf for ages, but the time came that I needed a break…
Back To Gamma-Only Life
“I don't want you coming back here in the 130s, ma’am,” my trainer half-joked about my ridiculous heart rate at the end of gamma training. Seriously speaking, I'm with her. Seeing one’s heart rate well into the 130s is not so hot. We decided to blame the heat — a sudden upswing into the 30s…
Review: Please Pass the Guilt
Please Pass the Guilt by Rex Stout My rating: 3 of 5 stars The rating should be a 4, but I was thinking more about the act of reading than reading the book itself. Let me explain. I had this conversation, not the first, with several members of my brain health care team who said…
Orangeberry Tour of TIME AND SPACE Wraps Up
“It’s hard to fight for home when you’re dumped into an alien future with a pack of three boys gunning for your death.“ Today, August 31st, is the last day of the 2013 Orangeberry Book Expo, in which I participated with my time travel novel. Time and Space is in row 7 of their Booths.…