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July 3, 2016
THE ROSIE PROJECT, by Graeme Simsion [2013]
R. Tim Morris’ Rating: 4/10 I’ve been trying to really nail down what it was exactly that bothered me about this book. And I think I finally got it: The Rosie Project is pretty boring. Sorry if this offends the many, many, many (God, so many!) of you who fell in love with it. But […]
WE WERE LIARS, byby E. Lockhart [2014]
R. Tim Morris’ Review: 5/10 ** spoiler alert ** I blew through this one knowing full-well that there was some sort of super secret twisty ending to it all. And E. Lockhart does an admirable job at building her mystery, I’m just not certain she did a capable job at keeping the mystery a mystery. […]
THE HORNED MAN, by James Lasdun [2003]
R. Tim Morris’ Rating: 8/10 Such a peculiar book. James Lasdun’s writing is wonderful; so much so that sometimes I find myself lost in the prose not knowing what exactly it was I had just read. The Horned Man is not for those who want answers or resolution. By the time the final page is […]
SECRET WARS, by Jonathan Hickman [2015]
R. Tim Morris’ Rating: 3/10 I guess I don’t really have much else to say but, “What the hell was the point of this?” What was the point of getting me SO excited for an event if it wasn’t going to have any impact on anything? Other than culminating in one more *yawn* event and […]
ARE YOU SEEING ME? by Darren Groth [2014]
R. Tim Morris’ Rating: 7/10 Fun book by local-by-way-of-Australia Author Darren Groth. I’ve had the pleasure of talking to Darren about my own writing so it was good to finally crack this one open. Of the two main characters (twin siblings Justine and Perry) I found myself drawn to Justine more, which is unusual since […]
May 12, 2016
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know: The Falling (Chapter One.2)
Continued from HERE. “I don’t think I’m in love with Gene anymore,” Kate answered. Intuitively, both Jesse and Tommy reached their hands over and placed them on the tips of Kate’s fingers, which were still anchored to the tabletop. “I’d like to believe that I was in love at some point. But to be honest, […]
February 5, 2016
& Sons, by David Gilbert [2013]
R. Tim Morris’ Rating: 8/10 Just a really good work of contemporary literary fiction. The characters all had rich histories and the author did a tremendous job at interweaving excerpts from A.N.Dyer’s collection of fictional novels. Yes, as other reviewers have commented, it is pretentious at times, but this is the nature of a work […]
December 4, 2015
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know: The Falling (Chapter One.1)
So let’s get into this. The Falling: Chapter One. You can read it HERE, or head on over to GoodReads and download the entire book for FREE. PART I: The Letter First off, you’ll notice I’ve not only divided the book into chapters but into parts as well. There are five parts to The Falling, […]
November 18, 2015
WIND/PINBALL by Haruki Murakami [2015]
R. Tim Morris’ Rating: 6/10 Two of Haruki Murakami’s first and previously unpublished stories, each one only around 100 pages. I was going to write my review of the first story (“Hear the Wind Sing“), but then I thought, “Nah. I’ll read the second one and then review them both! Gosh golly, I’m brilliant.” Of […]
November 15, 2015
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know Series: The Falling (Novel Concept)
Hi all, Today I’ll be starting a new ongoing series that I’m entitling Tell Me Something I Don’t Know. Here, I’ll be writing about where my ideas come from, specifically focusing on my second novel, This Never Happened. You might think of it like it were a DVD commentary track, as I’ll be (hopefully) going […]
