Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Harry Potter News Flash

    Tracy, CA, 12:01 AM, Saturday July 21, 2007 Harry Potter released to the public. Braving a large crowd at Barnes & Noble Tracy intrepid Harry Potter fans are finally able to purchase the 7th and final book. Tonight all the secrets will be revealed as the epic journey of the boy wizard comes to an…

  • Mugglenet.com's Emerson on Geraldo

    The tension is mounting for the finale. Here is Emerson discussing with Geraldo what he thinks may happen in Book 7.

  • Mugglenet.com’s Emerson on Geraldo

    The tension is mounting for the finale. Here is Emerson discussing with Geraldo what he thinks may happen in Book 7.

  • Harry Potter Month

    Tonight we are going to go see “Order of the Phoenix”. Should be exciting, but, the big event is next Friday when we will all be at Barnes & Noble in Tracy. My daughter is helping out, and I’ll be taking pictures and reading. Read these reviews to refresh your memory: “Order of the Phoenix”…

  • Book Review: “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” by J.K Rowling

    Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5 Water Towers Book 6 (Half Blood Prince) starts off in the Prime Minister of England’s office as he is awaiting a call from the “wretched” President of a far distant land. But, that call is cancelled when the “Ministry of Magic” summoned an emergency meeting with the Prime Minister. Bad things…

  • Book Review: "Airframe" Book Review

    Book Review: "Airframe" Book Review

    “Airframe” by Michael Crichton Genre: Thriller   “So now day-to-day life is false, and the media image is true. Sometimes I look around my living room and the most real thing in the room is the television. It’s bright and vivid, and the rest of my life looks drab. So I turn the damn thing…

  • Book Review: "Rain Fall" by Barry Eisler

    Book Review: "Rain Fall" by Barry Eisler

      Genre: Thriller: Assassin (“Rain Fall” was re-named “A Clean Kill in Tokyo” Rating: 4 Water Towers John Rain is a killer. But unlike most for hire killers, he comes with a code of ethics: He will not kill women or children, he will only kill the principle (not some poor soldier just taking orders),…

  • Book Review: “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” by J.K Rowling

    Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5 Water Towers I am getting ready for July 13 (or is it July 11th?), 2007 (the 5th Harry Potter movie) and July 21, 2007 the 7th, and last, Harry Potter book by re-reading Book 5 (Order of the Phoenix) and Book 6 (Half-Blood Prince). Both are outstanding earning 5 water towers…

  • Fathers Day – I’ll take a REAL book

    Being YeOldeTechy…I like techy stuff. Not to the extreme, but a new gadget every now and then catches my eye and I have to check it out. There is one gadget I will NEVER check out and will never want….the electronic book. I have been seeing Sony ads touting their latest electronic book that can…

  • Book Review: “H is for Homicide” by Sue Grafton

    Book Review: “H is for Homicide” by Sue Grafton

    Genre: Mystery I love it when a novelist has the main character say “Honestly, I’m not making this stuff up”. Sue Grafton has a great sense of humor along with a great writing style. I feel very comfortable knowing that every few books I will read another of the Kinsey Millhone series (“S” is the…