Monthly Archives: September 2008

Ladies and Gentleman, Mr and Mrs Corran Horn

X Wing, The Bacta War by Michael A. Stackpole; 1997; 349 pages; Bantam Books, New York, NY; 0-553-56804-3; 9/25-9/28 No longer an official part of the Rebel Alliance, Rogue Squadron fights a guerilla war against Ysanne Isard  who has taken control of Thyferra, the center of Bacta production for the galaxy.  Central to the story [...]

Davis Bunn makes it hard to do anything but read!

My Soul to Keep by Davis Bunn; 2007;395 pages; Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, MN; 978-0-7642-0435-7; 9/22-9/25 Davis Bunns’ books are so compelling and gripping that I have trouble putting them down to do those that I get paid to do or that need doing around the house.  I have to pick up a book by [...]

Thrilled, Chilled and Moved

Heartland by Davis Bunn; 2006; Westbow Press, Nashville, TN; 391pages; 978-1-5955-4203-8; 9/20-9/22 Cowboy JayJay Parsons unexpectedly arrives in Hollywood and becomes the star of a TV show that seems to be a dramatization of his life.  Here is a hero for today, knows he is not perfect but has a strong moral compass.  As he [...]

Ben Franklin would be at home in Rogue Squadron

X Wing, The Krytos Trap by Michael A. Stackpole; 1996; Bantam Books, New York, NY; 355 pages; 0-553-56-803-5; 9/18-9/20 Reading this I would have thought it was written in the last couple of years.  I heard echoes of Ben Franklins’ remark that those who are willing to sacrifice freedom to have security deserve neither. There [...]

The character is not the same as the man

Controversy Creates Cash by Eric Bischoff with Jeremy Roberts; 2006; 389 pages; Pocket Books; New York, NY; 978-1-4166-2729-9; 9/15-9/18 In Controversy Creates Cash you get the autobiography of two men,  Eric Bischoff on camera in the WCW and the WWE and Eric Bischoff, family man and creative guide of WCW.  Bischoff more or less falls [...]

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