Category: Writing

author: Adam Winkler
name: Elaine
average rating: 0.0
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2013/01/01
date added: 2014/02/10
shelves: non-fiction
review:
At some point I had a lot to say about this, but I waited waaaaay too long to write my review. IIRC there’s plenty in here to annoy “both sides” and also to provoke some thought if you’re open to it.

author: Adam Winkler
name: Elaine
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2013/01/01
date added: 2014/02/10
shelves: non-fiction
review:
At some point I had a lot to say about this, but I waited waaaaay too long to write my review. IIRC there’s plenty in here to annoy “both sides” and also to provoke some thought if you’re open to it.

author: Stephen Hunt
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2011
rating: 0
read at: 2012/06/04
date added: 2014/02/10
shelves: fiction, sci-fi, ebook
review:
Don’t esp remember reading, just moving to “read” so it’s out of my way.

author: Stephen Hunt
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2011
rating: 0
read at: 2012/06/04
date added: 2014/02/10
shelves: fiction, sci-fi, ebook
review:
Don’t esp remember reading, just moving to “read” so it’s out of my way.

author: Stephen Hunt
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2011
rating: 0
read at: 2012/06/04
date added: 2014/02/10
shelves: fiction, sci-fi, ebook
review:
Don’t esp remember reading, just moving to “read” so it’s out of my way.

author: Saladin Ahmed
name: Elaine
average rating: 0.0
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2014/02/03
date added: 2014/02/10
shelves: fantasy, fiction
review:
Excellent entertaining fantasy. Five different narrative voices, and yet all of them were clear and distinct; great interesting characters all around. I especially appreciated that several of the main characters were older, and their age was handled with depth and sympathy. The magic was coherent, consistent, and interesting to read about. I hope he writes more in this setting.

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author: Saladin Ahmed
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2014/02/03
date added: 2014/02/10
shelves: fantasy, fiction
review:
Excellent entertaining fantasy. Five different narrative voices, and yet all of them were clear and distinct; great interesting characters all around. I especially appreciated that several of the main characters were older, and their age was handled with depth and sympathy. The magic was coherent, consistent, and interesting to read about. I hope he writes more in this setting.

[spoilers removed]

author: Saladin Ahmed
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2014/02/03
date added: 2014/02/10
shelves: fantasy, fiction
review:
Excellent entertaining fantasy. Five different narrative voices, and yet all of them were clear and distinct; great interesting characters all around. I especially appreciated that several of the main characters were older, and their age was handled with depth and sympathy. The magic was coherent, consistent, and interesting to read about. I hope he writes more in this setting.

[spoilers removed]

author: Hank Reinhardt
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2009
rating: 3
read at: 2010/01/02
date added: 2014/02/09
shelves: history, non-fiction, science, technology, d-and-d
review:
The author died before finishing, and it reads like it. Which is unfortunate, because there’s a lot of fascinating information and a great tone to the book. I include this on the d&d shelf because it gives me some color to use in describing characters and actions. Lots of lively bits of history, great photos and drawings, and strong opinions about swords (and other weapons, armor).

Best tidbit for me was the description of the secondary dagger used in (renaissance?) fencing, the main gauche, mostly because my character in our current game fights very much in that style. (Dagger, BTW: 14-16″ blade, nothing to sneeze at.)

Last chapter is weak & meandering philosophizing, unfortunately, and there’s at least one entire intended section missing, on Arab swords.

author: Hank Reinhardt
name: Elaine
average rating: 0.0
book published: 2009
rating: 3
read at: 2010/01/02
date added: 2014/02/09
shelves: history, non-fiction, science, technology, d-and-d
review:
The author died before finishing, and it reads like it. Which is unfortunate, because there’s a lot of fascinating information and a great tone to the book. I include this on the d&d shelf because it gives me some color to use in describing characters and actions. Lots of lively bits of history, great photos and drawings, and strong opinions about swords (and other weapons, armor).

Best tidbit for me was the description of the secondary dagger used in (renaissance?) fencing, the main gauche, mostly because my character in our current game fights very much in that style. (Dagger, BTW: 14-16″ blade, nothing to sneeze at.)

Last chapter is weak & meandering philosophizing, unfortunately, and there’s at least one entire intended section missing, on Arab swords.