Author: Mike Pihlman

Book Review: “Pendragon The Quillan Games” by D.J. MacHale

Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5 Water Towers Buy it! Hobey-Ho! Imagine living in a territory where you can play arcade games all day long. These arcades are huge, with flashing lights, loud music, and challenging games. There are huge flat panel displays on the tops of every building showing super exciting competitions that you can…

June 28, 2008
Book Review: “Pendragon The Rivers of Zadaa” by D.J. MacHale

Genre: Fantasy Buy it! Hobey-Ho! Bobby, Loor (the Traveler from Zadaa and a Batu warrior), Saangi (Loor’s acolyte) and Alder (the Traveler from Denduron) match wits with Saint Dane to try to save Loor’s home territory of Zadaa. Zadaa has been hit hard by a drought. The Rokador, who live underground and control the rivers…

June 23, 2008
Book Review: “Pendragon Black Water” by D.J. MacHale

Genre: Fantasy Buy it! Hobey-Ho! “It’s not good to eat junk food for dinner. It’s not good for your health”. Mark and Courtney gave each other a sideways look. “I can think of a lot of things bad for your health.” Courtney said. “Burgers aren’t high on the list”. “Pendragon Black Water” marks…

June 21, 2008
Book Review: “Shadow of Power” by Steve Martini

Genre: Legal Thriller Background Steve Martini is my favorite author next to Perri O’Shaughnessy. And I know for a fact that one of the O’Shaughnessy sisters absolutely agrees with me (because she told me so when we met in 2004). At the end of “Shadow of Power” Steve admits to “difficult times”, and we, his…

June 15, 2008
Book Review: “The Appeal” by John Grisham

Genre: Legal Thriller Rating: 4 Water Towers After years of litigation, the small, nearly bankrupt, law firm of Payton & Payton (Mary Grace and Wes) has just won a $41 million lawsuit against New York based Krane Chemical. This is proof that the illegal dumping of chemicals at the Krane plant in Bowmore, Mississippi…

June 2, 2008
Book Review: “Savage Run” by C.J. Box

Genre: Mystery “But this is how they do it. They go after the weakest first. When the mother stays back, the wolves open a hole in her belly and pull out the entrails. Then they wait until she doesn’t have the strength to protect herself, then they’ll move in and tear her throat out.”…

May 25, 2008
Book Review: “Codex” by Lev Grossman

Genre: Fiction Rating: 3.5 Water Towers I love books about books. “Codex” is an intriguing story combining old and rare books with modern computer games. This appears to be the only book that Lev Grossman has written, if so, I whole heartily encourage him to write more, as “Codex” is a very good book. Edward…

May 21, 2008
Book Review: “Pendragon The Reality Bug” by D.J. MacHale

Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5 Water Towers Buy it! Hobey-Ho! “People don’t communicate with real people anymore, they’re too busy living inside their own heads and creating characters to act in their own personal dramas. Nothing is happening. Nothing is moving forward. Nothing is real. Veelox is dead.” Prophecy about our own future?Possibly.Description of what happens…

May 10, 2008
Book Review: “Damage Control” by J. A. Jance

May 4, 2008
Book Review: “No One Heard Her Scream” by Jordan Dane

Genre: Mystery / Romance Rating: 3.5 Water Towers “No One Heard Her Scream” is a First Look early reader edition from HarperCollins.It was delivered to stores this month. Mixing romance with mystery, Jordan Dane introduces characters that jump off the page and land, vividly, in your imagination.The heroine, Rebecca Montgomery, is a troubled police…

April 22, 2008