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My 2021 Reading By The Numbers

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

Some stats about my reading in 2021 (that may be of interest only to me): Total Books Read: 84 Hardcover: 42 Kindle: 32 Paperback: 6 Audio: 3 Nonfiction: 45 Fic...

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2016: My Year In Books

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Let's take a quick look back at 2016 as it pertains to books. My year in books as it were. For this post I just want to take a high level look. In a separate...

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The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home (Fairyland #5) by Catherynne M. Valente

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

An absolute gem! I adore this series. And I honestly think I like listening to it better than reading it. Valente's imagination combined with her voice and pers...

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Review: Jack in the Green by Charles de Lint

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

while this retelling of Robin Hood has its moments, it came off very one dimensional; as flat and obvious. Everything feels like a caricature; even if the setti...

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The Dark Hills Divide (The Land of Elyon #1) by Patrick Carman

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

There is some interesting aspects of the plot and the world building but for me the story was too passive and lacked tension and suspense. For some reason the ...

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The slow death of a blog

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Kevin Holtsberry / 5 Comments

I also don't know if this is just a phase that will pass or if this is truly the slow death of this blog. But at some point you have to ask yourself is this re...

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