Jeff

A decent story with an easy to follow plot and some standard characters. Biggest disappointments were the distractions caused by improper word usage (“chalk full of” instead of “chock full of” was a huge one) and grammatical and punctuation errors. These kinds of inattention to detail make it unlikely I will be reading the planned sequel.

Another excellent harry Dresden story by Jim Butcher.

Enjoyable read. Reminds me of Malcolm Gladwell's style of using several data points to weave interesting stories into a surprising result.

Good read, interesting characters, exciting plot and a story that moves along an dkeeps you interested.

I could not get through more than 20 pages of this book. Too many spelling and grammatical errors.

Liked this story of Odd much more than the previous one I read. I found it interesting that the very first book of Koontz's that I read years ago was “Lightning' which involved time travel and that this story of Odd also involved time travel.

I'm warming up to Discworld with this second book, however still going to take a break from the series for a few weeks before I try the next book.

For about 25 years I've had several friends of mine tell me how much they love the Discworld series and how I must read the books. I am now the “weirdo” among them (and perhaps to you, as well) who did not find the first book in the series to be so great that I must coax all my friends to read it.

I've read other books by Pratchett, but this one threw me off, in it's content (an unbelievably huge cast of characters for a 214 page story) and style of writing (more of a collection of scenes barely connected, for the most part). I'm still going to read the next book in the series to try and give it a fair chance, but if my interest isn't increased by the end of that book, I'll probably give up. I truly hope they get better.

Good story. Without giving it away, I was pleased with the ending, even if it was fairly standard.

This was a good story. Unfortunately the numerous spelling and grammatical errors detracted from full reading enjoyment.

I love time travel stories. I love science fiction stories. I love the history of science fiction authors. Levesque combines them all in a great story set in the 1940's with characters right out of the pulp fiction books and magazines of the same period. If you like a fast-paced time travel story with twists and turns and a satisfying end, “Take Back Tomorrow” is a book you should read.

Before reading this book I'd never heard of Kenny Weissberg, had no idea who he was or what he had done or why I would want to read a book about his life thus far.

But an offer for a free Kindle version of his book came my way and since I have a small interest in music, I thought I would give it a shot. I'm so glad I did.

Weissberg has led an interesting life and almost all of it has centered around music and the music industry. From his youth as a fan, to a DJ to a performer himself and then as a concert promoter, music has been an integral part of his personal and professional life.

I still don't know Weissberg, but I know quite a bit about his life, its ups and downs, successes and failures, and I'm glad to have made his acquaintance in this fashion. As an extra bonus, I now have some new music and musicians to explore thanks to his sharing of some of his favorites.

Enjoyable story. I was a little put off at first by the author's style and some occasional grammatical errors and typos, but was able to move past those and find a good little story with interesting characters and plot.

I loved this book! I'm so glad my daughter loaned it to me to read.

I was in my mid-20's in the 80's, so while not technically a child of that decade, I was pretty familiar with all of the music, movie and pop culture references throughout the story. Reading this brought back some fond memories.

The story had a good plot; I'd even call it a fun plot, that meshed well with the gaming subject matter. The characters were interesting and the dialogue was realistic. I've never been a gamer, but I know enough from friends who are and characters in other books, movies and TV shows to find myself able to follow along easily enough.

Highly recommended if you enjoy futuristic fantasy adventure science fiction mixed with a bit of magic!

I can't keep reading this. I've tried several times but it is just too YA for my tastes.

I've been a huge fan of Gladwell's writing since reading his first book, The Tipping Point, in 2000. I am always astounded by the way he thinks, the thought processes he employs to bring his point into focus. It never fails to impress me how he can take disparate events or situations and show their commonality, then turn them to show how they make his argument true.

In this book Gladwell uses his usual process to show that there are many times when we think a perceived weakness is an incredible strength and a debilitating event can be the catalyst of something incredible.

This is an excellent story with an interesting plot and a variety of well-rounded characters. If you have the chance to read this book don't pass it by.

A very engaging story involving cryogenics and the ghostly existence of those who have been preserved until the time they are re-awakened in their thawed out bodies.

I am grateful to have won/received this ARC edition of “The Time Traveler's Almanac” from Tor.com two weeks ago.

This anthology consists of 69 time travel stories, broken down into 4 categories: Experiments; Reactionaries and Revolutionaries; Mazes and Traps, and Communiques over a space of 960 pages. I'm a fast reader, yet it still took me 2 weeks of using all my spare time to read in order to finish this large collection.

And what a collection! Stories by masters we are all familiar with such as Asimov, Turtledove, Wells, Martin (before Game of Thrones), Bradbury, Silverberg, and Adams, as well as those that may not be as familiar such as Chu, Kutner, Moore, and others.

If you are a fan of time travel stories, this is a collection you will enjoy.

Held my interest enough to make me want to finish the story, but not enough to entice me to read the remainder of the series.

This is the first work of James Swallow's that I've read and I enjoyed it very much. It was nice to see the back story of Valeris' reasons for her betrayal in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and to know what happened to her after her acts of treason against Starfleet and the Federation. Weaving in Section 31 was also a nice touch.

If you like Star Trek and its worlds, you should enjoy this book.

Overall a good Star Trek novel that is true to the characters and the Star Trek universe. I felt the resolution of the problem and the ending were a bit rushed, but on the whole an enjoyable read and visit with some of my favorite fictional characters.

I generally like Koontz's writing and storytelling ability and have since I first read him more than 25 years ago, but this story reminds me why I haven't read anything of his in a while.

Over the years, with increasing occurrence and harsher wording, he has indulged more and more in presenting his own brand of faith or belief and political leanings as the only right way while constantly denigrating any other view with sarcasm and as something to be mocked. The balance in his storytelling keeps tipping more and more in that direction and it seems to permeate more of the story with each one he writes. I come away from the experience feeling like I've been lectured to by a paternal presence who insists I listen to his viewpoint.

This is not an argument against diversity of opinion and presentation, but is exactly the opposite. Presenting divergent views in a reasoned and balanced manner is what is missing. I wholeheartedly believe that most fiction writers present, especially their main character, with their own core beliefs. That is natural. But the best writers can temper that and present other characters in the story with opposing views in a sane and equitable manner.

If it weren't for that constant and underlying harping by the author through his narrative and character exposition, this would be a much more enjoyable reading experience because the story is good and the characters, especially Odd, have an interesting basis.

Got a little more than halfway through and finally had to give up on this one. It just wasn't worth it anymore.

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