I Evoke Brow 34: Just remembering John “Beezer” Vanbiesbrouck makes me smile

A certain chemistry : a novel [WorldCat.org]
Miles apart from Mil Millington’s first book, Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About (not to be confused with his website, thingsmygirlfriendandIhavearguedabout.com), but at least as good. Where the first had a ludicrous plot that was safely ignored in favor of the phenomenally funny writing, A Certain Chemistry [...]

I Evoke Brow XXIX: As many reviews as Robert Johnson has tracks

The Ghost Brigades, John Scalzi
As alluded to in the last post, much better than the first book. This one is follows the Special Forces, which are of course more exciting than the GIs, but it’s also more introspective and developed. Still, I wish it had taken its time with some of the moral issues [...]