December 2014

Blood Red by Mercedes Lackey For the past several years, Mercedes Lackey has been exploring the fictional possibilities of folkloric tales from throughout Europe. In her Elemental Masters series, each […]

Olympus Has Fallen Want to watch a film where people either think it’s entertaining fun or it’s about the most horrible thing they have ever watched? Then I say watch […]

Two days ago, December 7, 2014, marked the 73rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which ushered the United States into combat in World War II. As FDR famously […]

Full Measure by T. Jefferson Parker This book is unlike most of Parker’s fiction, in that it is not exactly a crime novel, although there are several crimes involved. It […]

Gothic spire with crows and clouds.

We’re actually getting two days full of rain here in Southern California, much needed for the environment to be sure, and an interesting change of atmosphere from the perpetually sunny […]