Charlie's Bookshelf

I bought The Spirit Ring by Lois McMaster Bujold on a whim.  It was on sale, in a genre I generally enjoy (Sci-fi/fantasy), and looked inter...

Warning: While this post contains only minor spoilers for The Confusion, it does have more major spoilers for Quicksilver , the previous boo...

Richard Road, by Lud Gutmann, is a very interesting book.  I have the good fortune to know the author personally but I will try not to let i...

I recently finished reading Those in Peril by Wilbur Smith.  He is a prolific author and has written over 30 novels.  The only other book b...

I am a big fan of Neal Stephenson.  I am well on my way to having read everything that he has ever written.  My most recent read in his bib...

The characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson have endured in the public mind for over a century, most recently appearing in ...

I love to read.  Both of my parents read to me from an extremely early age and I have a true passion for books and stories.  In my fifth-of-...