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message 51: by Jim (new)

Jim Good review of 'Six-gun', Werner. I think I said somewhere that Savage reminded me of REH in a lot of ways. A point in your review was the way he used actual history as the basis for some of his stories. He also has a similar, powerful, lean prose. Thanks for turning me on to him.

If you ever get a chance, you might like Wilderness. My review explains better than I can right now.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...


message 52: by Werner (new)

Werner Thanks, Jim! And good review of Wilderness; I'd officially "liked" it a couple years ago, when you first posted it, but had forgotten all about it. I've just added the book to my "maybe-to-read" shelf.


message 53: by Werner (new)

Werner I've reviewed two books since my last post here, but I'm going to supply three links in this post. Earlier this year, I read and reviewed The Hunger Games; here's the link to that review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/297275418 . One of my recent reviews was of the second book in that series, Catching Fire: www.goodreads.com/review/show/507246160 .

The second recent review is here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/360430408 . That's a long one, of The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, which I started reading intermittently last summer, adding to the review in increments while each batch of stories read was still fresh in my mind. (That's my usual way of reading and reviewing story collections, though there are some exceptions to that.)


message 54: by Werner (new)

Werner This year, I haven't done very many "retrospective" reviews of books I've already read in the past; I've been finishing my current reading at a more rapid rate than usual, so reviewing those books has mostly kept me busy. But I took time to review one previously-read book tonight, The House of the Seven Gables, prompted by a recent review by a friend (and by the fact that Hawthorne is one of my favorite writers!) Here's the link: www.goodreads.com/review/show/15330796 .


message 55: by Werner (new)

Werner The latest book I've read is All Souls: A Gatehouse Thriller by my Goodreads friend Karin Kaufman (whose work I'll definitely be reading more of). Here's the link to that review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/659666041 .


message 56: by [deleted user] (new)

Hey Werner...Thx for liking my reviews...(I'll say it here instead of repeating myself over and over again) :)


message 57: by Werner (new)

Werner You're welcome, Pam! I've got an indeterminate amount of time to kill just now while I wait for a ride, so I thought I'd use it to explore our group's Action Adventure common thread. :-)


message 58: by Werner (new)

Werner My latest review is of a short e-story I read last night by Billy Wong, Bad Milk. It's part of his swords-and-sorcery fantasy Iron Flower series, featuring warrior heroine Rose (and was my first exposure to the series). Here's the link: www.goodreads.com/review/show/673650862 .


message 59: by Werner (new)

Werner For a long time, I haven't done much in the way of posting the reviews here that I'd already completed before joining this group. Back in the spring and early summer, what with having company, illness and travel, I got behind on my daily updates, and was concentrating on getting caught up there. Now that that's happened, I hope to share more of the backlog of reviews I've done since joining Goodreads in February of 2008. Here are some more reviews of 19th and early 20th-century classics that got five stars from me:

Tess of the d'Urbervilles
www.goodreads.com/review/show/15330557

The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
www.goodreads.com/review/show/15333046

Life in the Iron Mills and Other Stories
www.goodreads.com/review/show/481295806

My Antonia
www.goodreads.com/review/show/15317362

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
www.goodreads.com/review/show/15334015


message 60: by Werner (new)

Werner Here's the link to my recently updated review of the supernatural horror novel Water Witch by my Goodreads friend Deborah Leblanc, which I originally reviewed back in 2009: www.goodreads.com/review/show/60990203 .


message 61: by The Pirate Ghost (last edited Aug 22, 2013 05:09AM) (new)

The Pirate Ghost (Formerly known as the Curmudgeon) You've got some wonderful reviews on "the Classics" here. (I'm a big E.A. Poe Fan myself.)

He had that logical Detecitve thing going before A.D. Doyle.


message 62: by Jim (new)

Jim You mean A.C. Doyle?


message 63: by The Pirate Ghost (new)

The Pirate Ghost (Formerly known as the Curmudgeon) Yeah, that guy...(Dyslexic, sorry).


message 64: by Werner (new)

Werner Thanks, Hugh! (Glad to meet another Poe fan. :-) )


message 65: by Werner (new)

Werner Here's the link to my review of the book I recently finished, The Last Stratiote by LeAnn Neal Reilly : www.goodreads.com/review/show/629648317 . Apologies for the fact that it's a pretty long one; I'm naturally long-winded anyway, and when I really engage with a particular book, I can often find a lot to write!


message 66: by Werner (new)

Werner I'm not nearly as well read in the classics as I'd like to be (and some that I've read I haven't reviewed yet); but I've read and reviewed several of the more macabre classics. :-) One of them is The Picture of Dorian Gray; here's my review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/18416032 .


message 67: by Werner (new)

Werner Though nowadays I read a lot more speculative than descriptive fiction, I came to the fantasy genre in particular only in my early 20s, and to the "swords-and-sorcery" variety a couple of decades after that. I came to like both a great deal, though! Here are my reviews of most of what I've read to date in the latter sub-genre:

The Essential Conan, selected stories from the pen of Robert E. Howard, who basically created swords-and-sorcery as we know it with his Conan character. www.goodreads.com/review/show/18368084

Jirel of Joiry, another trail-blazing genre classic from the 1930s pulp era. www.goodreads.com/review/show/18101053

Conan at the Demon's Gate, a very good modern pastiche featuring Howard's iconic character. www.goodreads.com/review/show/16092568

A Handful of Coppers: Collected Early Stories, Heroic Fantasy by Charles de Lint, who made his mark in urban fantasy, but contributed some great stories to the sword-and-sorcery tradition early in his career. www.goodreads.com/review/show/18351729

Sword and Sorceress, the opening volume of a long-running story collection series showcasing the distaff side of the genre. (In my review, I state that it's the only volume I've read, but I've since read several more.) www.goodreads.com/review/show/18589005

Chicks in Chainmail, another story collection in the spirit of the preceding one, but with more of a leavening of humor. www.goodreads.com/review/show/16090294


message 68: by Werner (new)

Werner Here's the link to my review of the short pulp fantasy e-story Best in the Elf-ing World, by Billy Wong: www.goodreads.com/review/show/653898163 . This one only got two stars from me, which surprised me because I generally really like Wong's work (at least the little I've read of it).


message 69: by [deleted user] (new)

Werner wrote: "Here's the link to my review of the short pulp fantasy e-story Best in the Elf-ing World, by Billy Wong: www.goodreads.com/review/show/653898163 . This one only got two stars from me, which surpri..."

I liked this review very much Werner.


message 70: by Werner (new)

Werner Thanks, Pam; glad you enjoyed it!


message 71: by Werner (new)

Werner Just now, I posted my review of the book I most recently finished, Heart in the Right Place by my Goodreads friend Carolyn Jourdan; here's the link: www.goodreads.com/review/show/54346839 . This is a memoir, and as such isn't my usual kind of read (I can count the memoirs I've read on my fingers with fingers to spare). But this one got five stars from me!


message 72: by Werner (new)

Werner Here's the link to my most recent review, posted last night: www.goodreads.com/review/show/711722338 . It's my review of C. S. Lewis' The Great Divorce, one of his shorter and less well known works, which I just finished rereading for a common read in another group.


message 73: by Werner (new)

Werner A recent blog post by one of my Goodreads friends on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's pioneering vampire novella Carmilla (which was one of Bram Stoker's literary influences) reminded me of my review. It's one of my earlier Goodreads reviews, having been posted back in 2008. Here's the link: www.goodreads.com/review/show/18368275 .


message 74: by Werner (new)

Werner Last night, I finally had time to review the short story collection I recently finished, The Pulptress by Tommy Hancock . It's good clean fun, in the pulp tradition, and I gave it five stars. Here's the link to my review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/471391111 .


message 75: by Werner (new)

Werner Yesterday, I finished, and reviewed, The Lady in the Loch by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. It's supernatural fiction with a Romantic school flavor, set in early 19th-century Scotland and featuring a young Walter Scott (before he was knighted) as protagonist. Here are the links to my review (www.goodreads.com/review/show/33319353 ) and to the book description: The Lady in the Loch by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough .


message 76: by Werner (last edited Apr 04, 2021 07:51PM) (new)

Werner Here are links to a few reviews I think I've posted on other threads in this group, but not on this one:

Doc Wilde and the Frogs of Doom by Tim Byrd www.goodreads.com/review/show/55464353 .

The Swords of Lankhmar (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #5) by Fritz Leiber www.goodreads.com/review/show/49093157 .


message 77: by Werner (new)

Werner The latest e-story in Billy Wong's Freya Blackstar story cycle is the prequel Gothic Genesis by Billy Wong , which serves as a sort of origin story for the series. I thought it marked a return by the author to something more like his usual form, and really liked it. My review is here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/653897802 .


message 78: by Werner (new)

Werner Here's the link to my review of a trilogy (in an omnibus volume), The Deed of Paksenarrion (The Deed of Paksenarrion, #1-3) by Elizabeth Moon , which I finished reading yesterday: www.goodreads.com/review/show/134882653 .


message 79: by Werner (new)

Werner This weekend, I posted a couple of more reviews, both of books that could be characterized as "urban fantasy" (though they're significantly different): the series opener of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) by Jim Butcher , and the second volume of Krisi Keley's Friar Tobe series, Vingede (The Friar Tobe Fairy Tale Files, #2) by Krisi Keley . Those reviews can be read at, respectively, www,goodreads.com/review/show/34121324 and www.goodreads.com/review/show/736075912 .


message 80: by Werner (new)

Werner Reading a friend's recent review of another Sarah Orne Jewett anthology reminded me of my review of her The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories by Sarah Orne Jewett . Here's the link to that review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/18682288 .


message 81: by Werner (new)

Werner The latest review that I've posted, which just went up last night, is of Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, #1) by Ilona Andrews , the first book in the Kate Daniels urban fantasy series. (The edition I read had a different cover, though.) Here's the link: www.goodreads.com/review/show/94987122 .


message 82: by Werner (new)

Werner Over the weekend, I posted a review of my high school British Literature textbook (which I actually liked reading, and which made a favorable impression on me), Adventures in English Literature. Here's the link to that review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/19418393 . That reminded me of my earlier review of British Literature for Christian Schools, the text I used when we were homeschooling our girls. That review is here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/17437441 .


message 83: by Werner (new)

Werner Here's the link to my review of Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, which I posted last night: www.goodreads.com/review/show/15332840 . There are still quite a few classics I've read that I haven't ever reviewed here, but this is one I've been laying off to do for some time!


message 84: by Werner (new)

Werner My former Goodreads friend Bird Brian (the originator of the "Hydra" campaign, who apparently was expelled from Goodreads recently) feels strongly about the trend in our time towards concentration of political and economic power in the hands of an oligarchy, and dedicated much of his participation on Goodreads to educating people about this issue. A couple of years ago, he offered a free copy of Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights, by Thom Hartmann, to any Goodreader who would promise to give it an honest review. I was one of several folks who took him up on this. While I don't agree with everything that Hartmann says, I think the basic message of his book is a vitally important one for anybody (which should be all of us!) who cares about the survival of democracy, human rights, and an economy that has any semblance of serving the needs of ordinary people; and my review reflects that. So, as a modest contribution to the kind of public education that BB worked so hard to promote in his time on this site, here's the link to that review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/158209251 .


message 85: by Werner (new)

Werner Cora Linn, thanks for tipping us off to The Screaming Staircase! My review is here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/734790391 .


message 86: by Werner (new)

Werner In a discussion in another group, I recently made mention of a book I read several years ago, The Genesis Question: Scientific Advances and the Accuracy of Genesis by Hugh Ross, and since I'd never reviewed it, I decided it might be worthwhile to do that. Here's the link to that review, which I posted this past weekend: www.goodreads.com/review/show/17438986 .


message 87: by Werner (new)

Werner I'm a sucker for well-done post-apocalyptic novels and stories. Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank (his real name was Harry Hart Frank, but "Pat" was his lifelong nickname) published in 1959, is a genre classic in that tradition; but though I'd read it some years ago, it's one of many books that I'd never reviewed here. Last evening, I decided it was time to remedy that; so here's the link to that review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/18227648 .


message 88: by Werner (new)

Werner Over the weekend, I posted a couple of new reviews. One is of a book I read somewhere around 13 years ago (I'm not sure of the exact date), Michael Swanwick's take on the Faust legend, Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick . That link is here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/16094426 . The review says it doesn't have any (very) "explicit sex" and not much violence, which is true; but it doesn't indicate that it nevertheless does have some content that's pretty disgusting, which I should probably have indicated more clearly. It's a very dark novel, and the darkness comes from the kinds of things some humans are willing to do to other humans.

The other review is of a mainstream story collection I just finished, written by my Canadian author friend Shane Joseph, Paradise Revisited by Shane Joseph . That link is here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/742667983 .


message 89: by Werner (new)

Werner Usually, I don't gear my reading to the holiday season; but earlier today, I posted a review of a Christmas-themed science fiction story collection that I read a couple of decades ago, Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories by Martin H. Greenberg . Here's the link to that review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/16089844 .


message 90: by Werner (new)

Werner Here's the link to the latest review I've posted, which went online last night: www.goodreads.com/review/show/94986959 . It's of Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1) by Patricia Briggs , the opening novel of Patricia Briggs' popular Mercy Thompson series.


message 91: by Werner (new)

Werner Jean M. Auel's best-selling Earth's Children series is one that my wife and I both like overall (though I wasn't very impressed with The Plains of Passage, and Barb was underwhelmed by the final book, The Land of Painted Caves, which I haven't read). So far, I've only reviewed the first two books, The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Valley of Horses. Here are the links to those reviews, if anyone's interested: www.goodreads.com/review/show/15569300 and www.goodreads.com/review/show/16855535 .


message 92: by Werner (new)

Werner Yesterday, I finished Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins , and posted my review last night: www.goodreads.com/review/show/662319525 .


message 93: by Werner (new)

Werner Here's the link to my newly-posted review of Iron Bloom (Legend of the Iron Flower, #1) by Billy Wong , the opening volume of Billy Wong's Legend of the Iron Flower series: www.goodreads.com/review/show/636090926 .


message 94: by Werner (new)

Werner It recently occurred to me that not all of my reviews that I've linked to so far in this group were ever posted on this thread. If we want this thread to be a comprehensive reference for my reviews, I probably should post those links here too, over the next few days (or however long it takes). Here are a few for starters:
My review of the Koran (also spelled Quran): www.goodreads.com/review/show/17438596

My review of The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan by Thomas Dixon Jr. : www.goodreads.com/review/show/21296563

And my review of A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1) by Edgar Rice Burroughs : www.goodreads.com/review/show/18226673


message 95: by Werner (new)

Werner Here a few links to reviews of mine that I previously posted over on the Mysteries thread. (The first three books reviewed are part of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes canon; the fourth is an excellent modern spin-off by Laurie R. King.)
A Study in Scarlet: www.goodreads.com/review/show/18098306

The Hound of the Baskervilles: www.goodreads.com/review/show/18085625

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: www.goodreads.com/review/show/18085889

The Beekeeper's Apprentice: www.goodreads.com/review/show/18085307


message 96: by Werner (new)

Werner Just now, I posted my review of Sword and Sorceress XIX by Marion Zimmer Bradley . Here's the link: www.goodreads.com/review/show/35758148 .


message 97: by Werner (new)

Werner Robert's recent posting of his reviews (which I liked) of the Twilight Saga novels inspired me to post the links to mine, for whatever they're worth:
Twilight, www.goodreads.com/review/show/26604952

New Moon, www.goodreads.com/review/show/69380976

Eclipse, www.goodreads.com/review/show/71932189

Breaking Dawn, www.goodreads.com/review/show/68463149


message 98: by Werner (new)

Werner Although I linked to these reviews previously over on the Nonfiction thread, I haven't posted them here before now:
The Tree of Culture by Ralph Linton. www.goodreads.com/review/show/147539620

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism by R. H. Tawney. www.goodreads.com/review/show/17749192

The Conservative Tradition in America by Allen Guttmann. www.goodreads.com/review/show/17596951


message 99: by Werner (new)

Werner Here's the link to the most recent Goodreads review I've posted (last night): www.goodreads.com/review/show/27502832 . It's of Mustang Wild Spirit of the West by Marguerite Henry , by an American author famous for her horse-related books, Marguerite Henry.


message 100: by Werner (new)

Werner This month, my Action Heroine Fans group has been reading On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) by David Weber as a common read. I finished it earlier this week, and finally had (or made!) time last night to post this review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/39117448 .


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