The Magicians: A Novel by Lev Grossman

I’m finally all caught up on my reviews and closing in on 60 total books read for 2011.  That’s down slightly from my last two years, though this is the first year since I started Ruled by Books that I didn’t undertake a specific reading challenge for the year.... Read More »

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10.0

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

I don’t know if my internal clock is just perfectly attuned to my favorite time of the year, or if some dark elder god decides to align my free time to its dark will, but I found myself digging into one of my favorite books at precisely the right... Read More »

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9.5

Author Interview with Russ Colchamiro

How time flies!  I cannot believe that I read and reviewed Finders Keepers by Russ Colchamiro all the way back in June.  I still find myself telling friends with a bent sense of humor about this book that had me laughing heartily.  It was a well written first novel that, I have... Read More »

Adventures of Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles by Edward A. Grainger

There are moments in my reading life when I really don’t know what makes me pick up a book and start reading it.  I’m not a fan of westerns, the old west, or much of what makes up stories about cowboys and indians.  If I search my memory, the... Read More »

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7.5

Shotgun Gravy (Atlanta Burns) by Chuck Wendig

Shotgun Gravy by Chuck Wendig – quite frankly – has the best damned title of any book, short story or novella I’ve read in 2011.  I saw Chuck tweet about the e-book release and purchased it before I even read the blurb about what the book was about.  The title... Read More »

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8.5
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