9.25.2007
Grave Peril
by Jim Butcher, 378pgs, paperback
Overall Grade: A
Series: The Dresden Files
Sequel to 'Fool Moon'.
Book 3 of the Dresden Files. This has some seriously funny bits. Plus the introduction of Michael, Harry's morally-upstanding uber-Catholic Knight of the Cross buddy. This dynamic duo starts out battling ghosts that are leaking over from the otherside, which leads them into what or who exactly is stirring up the ghosties to begin with. Oh, and they run into Harry's fairy godmother along the way... several times...:insert evil cackling:
Definitely a good installment of the series.
Overall Grade: A
Series: The Dresden Files
Sequel to 'Fool Moon'.
Book 3 of the Dresden Files. This has some seriously funny bits. Plus the introduction of Michael, Harry's morally-upstanding uber-Catholic Knight of the Cross buddy. This dynamic duo starts out battling ghosts that are leaking over from the otherside, which leads them into what or who exactly is stirring up the ghosties to begin with. Oh, and they run into Harry's fairy godmother along the way... several times...
Definitely a good installment of the series.
Labels: genre: fantasy, genre: fiction, genre: mystery, media: book, series: Dresden Files
9.15.2007
Star Trek: New Frontier: After the Fall
by Peter David, 369 pgs, paperback
Overall Grade: B
Series: Star Trek New Frontier
Quite a good continuation of the New Frontier series. I always come back to this series in spurts, so I have several now to catch up on. David, in any case, is unabashedly moving the characters and plot along - this book is set 4 years after the previous one. Just enough time to set the characters so they can be riled up and thrown in against a new antagonist...
Labels: genre: fiction, genre: scifi, media: book, series: Star Trek, series: Star Trek New Frontier
The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman, 275 pgs, hardcover
Overall Grade: B+
Very interesting book - over a series of chapters it looks at different aspects of our planet under the premise that humans have for whatever reason have suddenly vanished from the Earth. How long would it take for our homes and cities to turn to ruin and disappear? How and what kinds of flora and fauna would reclaim the land? What would happen to our biggest constructions like the Great Wall of China and the Panama Canal? What would geochemically happen to our planet still left to deal with our byproducts and centuries of pollutants?
Some chapters I found enthralling. Some not so much, especially after reading other books about mass extinctions and global warming. And because it covers so many topics Weisman some times struggles to be informed on everything. Still recommended though.
Overall Grade: B+
Very interesting book - over a series of chapters it looks at different aspects of our planet under the premise that humans have for whatever reason have suddenly vanished from the Earth. How long would it take for our homes and cities to turn to ruin and disappear? How and what kinds of flora and fauna would reclaim the land? What would happen to our biggest constructions like the Great Wall of China and the Panama Canal? What would geochemically happen to our planet still left to deal with our byproducts and centuries of pollutants?
Some chapters I found enthralling. Some not so much, especially after reading other books about mass extinctions and global warming. And because it covers so many topics Weisman some times struggles to be informed on everything. Still recommended though.
Labels: genre: non-fiction, genre: science, media: book
