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I finished reading Double Vision yesterday (see my earlier review), and author Randall Ingermanson continued to wow and raise the bar on craftsmanship in it’s genre, although my reading materials of late have shown I take honesty about as seriously as Dillon, who I found it easy to identify with, except for politics, and especially on bathing suits. I think some ladies will be surprised by Dillon’s reaction as he would have been dismayed to learn today’s young women have been trained by culture to intentionally flaunt their assets and literally dress to kill. On the science, if you can make it through the initialRead More →

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To tell you the truth, I wasn’t entirely sure what to make of this title; It Happens Every Spring( Tyndale Fiction, 2007). At first glance, a cynical person would be apt to view this first installment of the four seasons series as an awkward literary marriage between diverse genres attempted as a marketing ploy to sell more of Dr. Gary Chapman’s marriage books, or in particular The Four Seasons of Marriage, which this novel is based from and illustrative of. And a truly cynical person might assume that the goal was also to launch a career for Catherine Palmer. Indeed, if I were the typeRead More →

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Dillon Richards sure is in Double Vision, a new novel out from Randy Ingermanson, which is on a blog tour this week with the CSFF. I must admit, I’m still in the process of reading this one, but I didn’t want to leave everyone hanging. So allow me to comment on what I’ve read up through chapter seven, and add more later this week if I have additional comments after I finish it. Recently, I got wind at the Lost Genre Guild of a list of sci-fi cliches. Reading Double Vision reminded me of one particular alleged cliche and got me asking, “Why would aRead More →

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Get ready for swashbuckling adventure on the high seas of the Caribbean! This week, the CFBA is touring The Reliance: Legacy of the King’s Pirates #2 (Barbour Value Fiction) by Mary Lu Tyndall. I checked my dictionary, and interestingly enough, swashbuckler is actually what I’d consider a negative term, as it means, “a blustering, swaggering fighting man.” Exactly the sort of lifestyle pirate Captain Merrick left behind when he became a Christian, when we meet him in the Reliance, he has dedicated the rest of his sailing days to chasing down wicked pirates and bringing them to justice. Then an old foe, Kent Carlton, tricksRead More →