en-US Sat, 03 May 2025 11:08:11 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg ReadStatus9382448492 Sat, 03 May 2025 11:08:11 -0700 /review/show/7539742622 Andrew started reading Castle Shade by Laurie R. King
]]> Review7526473248 Sat, 03 May 2025 11:07:58 -0700 /review/show/7526473248 Andrew gave 3 stars to The Keep (Adversary Cycle, #1) by F. Paul Wilson
bookshelves: alternate-history, fantasy, horror
]]> Review7526465652 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:16:37 -0700 /review/show/7526465652 Andrew gave 3 stars to Riviera Gold (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #16) by Laurie R. King
these books are enjoyable enough hence I keep returning to them yet there's always something holding me back from enjoying them wholly.
I do think with this one it's the case Holmes just seems a little bit dim witted..the great detective maybe allowed semi retirement to addle the senses but there's a few times in this book where Russell leads Holmes which is where maybe I struggle.
I sort of wish these books had maybe a composite original fictional detective as the Holmes of Conan Doyle is barely here.
the story itself?..its OK..somewhat long given the eventual outcome seemed pretty obvious but it didn't bore and I will read on. ]]> ReadStatus9363398363 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:05:28 -0700 /review/show/7526473248 Andrew started reading The Keep by F. Paul Wilson
]]> Review7526465652 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:02:36 -0700 /review/show/7526465652 Andrew gave 3 stars to Riviera Gold (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #16) by Laurie R. King
these books are enjoyable enough hence I keep returning to them yet there's always something holding me back from enjoying them wholly.
I do think with this one it's the case Holmes just seems a little bit dim witted..the great detective maybe allowed semi retirement to addle the senses but there's a few times in this book where Russell leads Holmes which is where maybe I struggle.
I sort of wish these books had maybe a composite original fictional detective as the Holmes of Conan Doyle is barely here.
the story itself?..its OK..somewhat long given the eventual outcome seemed pretty obvious but it didn't bore and I will read on. ]]> Review7506026837 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:01:27 -0700 /review/show/7506026837 Andrew gave 4 stars to Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1) by Frederik Pohl
bookshelves: sci-fi
]]> Review7487453026 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 05:27:47 -0700 /review/show/7487453026 Andrew gave 4 stars to Hands of Stone: The Life and Legend of Roberto Duran (Hardcover) by Christian Giudice
bookshelves: biog-autobiog, sport
To be honest I knew very little of Roberto Duran...I was aware of his name from a Zodiac Mindwarp lyric and had a idea he was a boxer...my unawareness was odd as he boxed for decades including eras when I had more interest in boxing..however in truth ..at that point maybe he wasn't at his best.
This book however follows a long career of ups and downs, twists and turns..Duran the man seemed interesting too though the book is less invested in this...his seeming generosity seems to have dented his spending power.
Anyhow good stuff and shows how a good biography transcends your knowledge of the subject. ]]> ReadStatus9334109034 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 05:27:39 -0700 /review/show/7506026837 Andrew started reading Gateway by Frederik Pohl
]]> Review7487453026 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 05:23:33 -0700 /review/show/7487453026 Andrew gave 4 stars to Hands of Stone: The Life and Legend of Roberto Duran (Hardcover) by Christian Giudice
bookshelves: biog-autobiog, sport
To be honest I knew very little of Roberto Duran...I was aware of his name from a Zodiac Mindwarp lyric and had a idea he was a boxer...my unawareness was odd as he boxed for decades including eras when I had more interest in boxing..however in truth ..at that point maybe he wasn't at his best.
This book however follows a long career of ups and downs, twists and turns..Duran the man seemed interesting too though the book is less invested in this...his seeming generosity seems to have dented his spending power.
Anyhow good stuff and shows how a good biography transcends your knowledge of the subject. ]]> Review7479695383 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 04:34:33 -0700 /review/show/7479695383 Andrew gave 3 stars to The Haunting of Torre Abbey: A Novel of Sherlock Holmes (Hardcover) by Carole Buggé
bookshelves: crime
Another Holmes pastiche ?..yep...I have found a few already this year that will make up a pile to be read before the years out.
This one is set in the classic period I guess the Holmes and Watson Baker street years not the retired beekeeper ones or the married years that make up some of the forthcoming years reads.
this is a light tale in many ways the mysteries of hauntings within a family house...is it spooks...or something more human?
well...I'm not telling but what I will say is though no Holmes I pieced up parts of this case quite easily early on so the latter revelations?...generally but confirmation...
Not a bad shortish tale mind you which engaged enough and didn't outstay its welcome.
As to how it fits with others of this type I've read?...about midway really far from tragically bad but neither does it scale new heights...a case of ..it is what it is. ]]>