Captain’s Log – a Muster of Mini-Reviews of the Final Sci-Fi Books of the Year!

Ahoy there me mateys!  Today I bring ye a muster of mini-reviews.  What be a muster? Well the Oxford English Dictionary defines it as: assemble (troops) especially for inspection or for battle; collect or assemble (a number or amount); or a group of peacocks. I be running out of time to finish reviewing all of …

Second Reflections – a Muster of Mini-Reviews dealing with time travel, a gothic classic, teenage ghost hunters, space battles, and seeing the dead!

Ahoy there me mateys!  Today I bring ye a muster of mini-reviews.  What be a muster? Well the Oxford English Dictionary defines it as: assemble (troops) especially for inspection or for battle; collect or assemble (a number or amount); or a group of peacocks. Here I take a second look at previously enjoyed novels from …

The Captain’s Log – the speed of dark (Elizabeth Moon)

Ahoy there me mateys!  After reading the vatta's war and the vatta's peace series, I wanted to check out one of her standalone novels.  Apparently this one won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2003.  I can certainly see why.  This novel was heart-warming, thought-provoking, and superb. Set in our close future, genetic testing …

The Captain’s Log – cold welcome & into the fire (Elizabeth Moon)

Ahoy there me mateys!  This here be a combined review of the Vatta's Peace duology. While I try to post no spoilers, if ye haven’t read the Vatta's War series and ye keep reading this log then ye have been forewarned and continue at yer own peril . . . Ye think I would have …

The Captain’s Log – command decision & victory conditions (Elizabeth Moon)

Ahoy there me mateys!  This here be a combined review of the fourth and fifth books of the Vatta's War series. While I try to post no spoilers, if ye haven’t read books one through three and ye keep reading this log then ye have been forewarned and continue at yer own peril . . …

The Captain’s Log – marque and reprisal & engaging the enemy (Elizabeth Moon)

Ahoy there me mateys!  This here be a combined review of the second and third books of the Vatta's War series. While I try to post no spoilers, if ye haven’t read the first book and ye keep reading this log then ye have been forewarned and continue at yer own peril . . . …

The Captain’s Log – trading in danger (Elizabeth Moon)

Ahoy there me mateys!  I have been wanting to read a book by this author forever and was going to start with the novel, cold welcome.  I heard about the book from the review by Sarah @ brainfluff and immediately added it to the list.  Where it sat.  It sat there long enough for Sarah …