The Advanced Review Copy, or ARC as it is called in the trade, is a book that has been released in advanced of the public release for review purposes. Usually they are sent to well known and established reviewers who the publisher feels will give the book the best coverage before it is actually released [...]

And you thought your neighbours were murder. I found this book on an empty shelf (second hand I might add) last year while visiting a book warehouse near my college. It didn’t appeal to me at first, mainly as I had some authors and titles already in mind, but something about it appealed to me. [...]

Genre: Science Fantasy Basic Plot: When Lessa awakes with a feeling of dread early one morning, she had no idea that her life would change so drastically. With the dreaded Red Star getting closer to the planet, there were only a few who believed that the hungry Threads would fall onto Pern and devour all [...]

With the recent release of the film of the 2006 Cormac McCarthy novel, I find it appropriate to review the original source material. The novel is experimental in its manner and is set in the not too distant apocalyptic future. The world is severely damaged by pollution. The land is devoid of plant growth and [...]

I took some time this holiday season to actually sit down and read some fiction. These days, my normal fair is textbooks and non-fiction, but I long for the days when the text books are done and I can wander through the fiction books without guilt. The Club Dumas is the book upon which the [...]