Author Archives: Nate Bjork

I’m getting worse and worse at getting these done in time. Four books in September. Theodore Wheeler, Kings of Broken Things. **** A novelization of the Omaha race riots of 1919. Very interesting book – Wheeler comes at this event from … Continue reading →

I’m getting really bad and doing these in time. I’m already two books into September and I still haven’t done my report for August. Here we go. I’m going to be more brief than usual because I suspect I don’t … Continue reading →

Dang, I waited a whole eleven days to post this. Apologies to the three of you who check this. David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon. ***** In the 1920s the Osage Indians were the richest group per capita in the … Continue reading →

Some good ones this month. Luke Harrington, Ophelia, Alive. ***** A brilliant, mindbending psychological thriller. This book is billed as a ghost story, but it’s not – at least not in the sense that you think it is. I started reading … Continue reading →

A couple days late this month! John Scalzi, Old Man’s War. ****  It’s been a while since I’ve read some good science fiction. I like it when authors actually pay attention to what happens when we travel through space. Even though it … Continue reading →

Hey guys, here’s what I read in April. It’s been a long day and I kind of forgot to do this until the last minute, so my summaries may not read like fine literature. Art Edwards, Badge. **** I am a … Continue reading →

Here’s another month of books I read. Eight of them this month. Don’t expect me to keep up this pace. Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology. **** This is a pretty good telling of some of the Norse myths. I mean, it’s … Continue reading →

Neil Gaiman, Trigger Warning. *** Fans of Neil Gaiman will enjoy this collection of short stories and poems. Neil Gaiman, like his wife Amanda Palmer, is a talented writer who is just no good at poetry (he is talented at writing … Continue reading →

These are the books I read this month. Ratings are out of a possible 5 stars. Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle. *** I’ve been enjoying this show on Amazon Prime and I like Dick’s other stuff so I … Continue reading →