I’m not really all that excited about graphic novels. The right story can make one great, and I’ve read a few that I enjoy, but I would much rather sit down with a good comic book instead, preferably Superman or other members of the Justice League, although I have been known to read a few…
Category: The Randleman Review
Book Review – Playing Saint by Zachary Bartels
I have to admit, I wasn’t too interested in reading Playing Saint. Zachary Bartels is a new author, and this is his first book as far as I know. I’m usually skeptical of such books, simply because the author doesn’t have any track record, and first books are often a bit… well, cheesy. I was…
Book Review – A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre
One of my favorite authors of all time is Tom Clancy. The author of The Hunt For Red October, Patriot Games, The Sum Of All Fears and many more, Clancy can weave a web of intrigue in a novel that will keep you turning pages long into the night. His novels center around the CIA…
Book Review – Pilgrim’s Wilderness by Tom Kizzia
Never have I been both so fascinated and disturbed by a book as I was by Pilgrim’s Wilderness, by Tom Kizzia. I’ve categorized it as a biography in my library, but it is less the story of a life than it is the story of a crime. Pilgrim’s Wilderness is the story of Robert Hale,…
Book Review – MindWar by Andrew Klavan
Sometimes I just need to read a simple fictional story. Sometimes I just need to allow my mind to relax and get lost in another world, becoming the characters, experiencing the reality that the author weaves as a tapestry in my mind. And that’s exactly what happened with MindWar by Andrew Klavan. Set in America,…
Book Review – Biblical Portraits Of Creation
I love the first few chapters of Genesis, which give the history of Creation, and the Fall, and several other key worldview events. I grab and read anything I can find that deals with creation and forming a biblical worldview based on the authority and reliability of Genesis and the Bible. When I saw Biblical…