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The Charlemagne Pursuit: A Novel by Steve Berry

rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is the 3rd of Steve Berry’s books that I’ve read and it continues the same trend that I’ve found with his books, especially the Cotton Malone series. That is to say where Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon novels give you a taste of historical conspiracies, yet leave you wondering at the end if what is hypothesized is true, Steve Berry hits you over the head with it and leaves you dazed and sometimes confused.

That said, it’s still a decent read. It wasn’t the most enjoyable of his books that I’ve read, but it still kept me involved (for the most part) in the storyline. If you’re a fan of Dan Brown, you’ll likely enjoy Steve Berry.

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The Books of the South: Tales of the Black Company by Glen Cook

rating: 4 of 5 stars
Glen Cook does a great job with the continuing stories of the Black Company. The only thing that seems odd about this Omnibus is the 3rd book “The Silver Spike”. While a decent book on its own, it seems fairly out of place with the other 2 books (the first two books follow Croaker and the Lady into the South, while the third book follows Darling, Silent, Razor and the others than didn’t leave with Croaker).

All 3 books are enjoyable, and typical non-stop Glen Cook action the entire way. A great read for any Fantasy Fan.

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Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was a great read. I’d easily consider it one of the best Sci-Fi books that I’ve read. It became a little morally preachy near the end, but the majority of the book was an enthralling read.



I’d definitely recommend this book to any sci-fi fan.


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Read an article this morning about the ad war between the top end automobile companies, have to love how Bentley had the last word.

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Jennifer and I attended the second annual Compu-SOLVE Staff Golf Tournament on Saturday. It turned out to be a lot of fun and we both had a good time (despite our poor golf skills).

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Been reading up on WordPress for the last few weeks, and finally had a chance to switch to it last night.  It’s a simple system and seems much easier to manage than the others that I’ve tried out.  I think I may stick with this one

A new year has dawned, and with it I thought I should give this site a new look.

So I’m trying out a new piece of software to drive this site, and hopefully it works out okay.

Feel free to let me know what you think.

There’s more to come soon.