By Bob Cherny on May 13, 2012
Amber finds a genie named Jasper standing in front of her fireplace having just extricated himself from the samovar on her mantle. Think about that for a second. The book is full of stuff like that. Things go downhill from there in a hurry. Many of the world’s best comedians say that comedy is the hardest art form. Lauren Sweet has made it look easy. The book is funny throughout. She makes some of the jokes pay multiple times without their seeming tired. I laughed on almost every page. Some of the jokes work on multiple levels and pay on all of them.
Posted in Relationships/Women's Lit, Robert H. Cherny, Science Fiction/Fantasy | Tagged aladdin's samavar, genie adventure, genie fiction, lauren sweet |
By Bob Cherny on May 9, 2012
THE 5 MOONS OF TIIANA is a kick-butt story and rollicking adventure.
Captain Rez Cantor is a diplomacy officer in the Imperial Army, and personal attaché to Princess Leanna, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the Emperor, and sole heir to the Melelan throne.
Posted in Robert H. Cherny, Science Fiction/Fantasy | Tagged 5 moons of tiiana, paul t. harry |
By Bob Cherny on May 5, 2012
This is a light, loving reminiscence of a career working within one of the most public of public companies in the world. It is the chronicle of a man who touched millions of lives and whose influence is easy to understate standing as he did in the shadows of people who saw themselves as larger than life.
Posted in Biography/Memoir, Robert H. Cherny | Tagged disney, disney book, disney memoir, in service to the mouse, jack lindquist, melinda j. combs, mickey mouse, walt disney |
By Bob Cherny on May 1, 2012
What happens to special agents after they “retire” from doing “black ops” for a living? Cordell Logan runs a flight school with marginal success. What happens when his ex-wife shows up in his dilapidated office and asks for help finding her husband’s killer? Is it further complicated by the fact that the recently departed is a former comrade in arms who stole her from him? Of course it does.
Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Robert H. Cherny | Tagged airplane fiction, airplane mystery, david freed, flat spin, flight fiction, mystery, retired black ops, suspense |
By Bob Cherny on April 23, 2012
It has been a long time since I had children of the age of this book’s targeted reader. So, I am not sure I am completely qualified to review it, but if this book had been available to me when I was reading to my children, I would have read this to them.
Posted in Robert H. Cherny, Young Adult/Juvenile | Tagged animal story, children's book, children's fantasy, Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, The Pet Washer |
By Bob Cherny on February 9, 2012
The first chapter, the last chapter and a couple of chapters in the middle are brilliant. The remainder of the book careens between “Catcher in the Rye” and “Animal House” both in style in a level of sophistication. The contrast between the highs and the lows is so sharp as to be painful.
Posted in Literary, Robert H. Cherny | Tagged computer fiction, computer romance, contemporary romance, david wallace fleming, growing up wired, online fiction, tech romance, technical fiction |
By Bob Cherny on January 19, 2012
This was pitched as a humorous take on a science fiction story and while parts of it are very funny and have a nice bite to them, the story goes on way too long. I had a lot of trouble finishing the book and put it down several times.
Posted in Robert H. Cherny, Science Fiction/Fantasy | Tagged bob cherny, jenn thorson, sci fi fantasy fiction, there goes the galaxy |
By Bob Cherny on November 16, 2011
Eleanor Roosevelt’s impact on current American culture is easy to underestimate. This book puts her back in her rightful place in her historical era as well as pointing out the initiatives she started that continue to this day. In spite of the power of her words and the strength of the coalitions she assembled, the battles she fought continue to be fought.
Posted in Biography/Memoir, Robert H. Cherny | Tagged Ann Atkins, eleanor roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt's Life of Soul Searching and Self-Discovery, flash history, flash history press |
