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Anxious!

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So with today being the last day my old publisher is in business, and my being nervous about making sure my books get transferred back to me and set up again for sale properly, you might say I’m a little anxious. How anxious? Well I’m glad you asked, hypothetical person! I’ve been venting a bit on Twitter…

Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian – Ch 3

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Alternate chapter title:

Alternate chapter title: “Only Godzilla Can Save Us Now”

I have no idea what’s about to happen, because I’m writing this entry before even looking at the chapter title! What chapter, you ask? Why, the third chapter in Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian, otherwise known as…um… *looks* Oh!

I Get a Sneak Peak at My Death

Well that sounds cheery, doesn’t it? [Read more…]

Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian – Ch 2

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Alternate chapter title: "SOmething"

Alternate chapter title: “Life Is Much Better Down Where It’s Wetter, Under the Siege”

Visions, squid, and aging gods, oh my! …Okay, so that set-up doesn’t really work very well. But there’s no time to fix it, because it’s time for the 2nd installment of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian, which you might better know as…

I Meet Some Fishy Relatives

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Book Review: Aberrant Vectors

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Aberrant Vectors by JM Guillen

My rating: ★★★★☆ (4 out of 5)

Aberrant Vectors continues the tradition of throwing J.M. Guillen’s Asset 108 into a nightmarish mess of other-reality dangers and forcing him and his cadre to sneak, fight, and think their way out of it. Guillen’s skill with description is at full strength here as he paints vivid images of the strange, the terrifying, and the weird. He takes us through the depths (and heights) of a skyscraper housing alien geometries, an alien world of mind-stripping symbiotes, and even the most horrible evil known to mankind. Yes, that’s right: telemarketers.

I enjoyed the characters, particularly two newcomers that I do hope to see again. While there are many long stretches where the protagonist is on his own, my favorite parts of the book allow him to interact with the others. As with other tales of Asset 108, there is a LOT of sci-fi action in Aberrant Vectors. I found myself wishing for a little more breathing room between the action, but that’s just my own personal taste. And Guillen does write some of the most unique action scenes I’ve ever read.

Bottom line: If you’re craving sci-fi action with incredible tech and reality-bending locales, grab this book.

…If you’re craving nachos, grab some nachos. This book will not turn into nachos. No book will turn into nachos. That is not how books work.

Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian – Ch 1

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Alternate chapter title: "I Get Cockblocked by a Pegasus"

Alternate chapter title: “I Get Cockblocked by a Pegasus”

Riordan’s wasting no time here, is he? The book opens with a bang, and I’m only going to partially apologize for that pun. All this and more in the first installment of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian, also called…

I Go Cruising with Explosives

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian – Predictions

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The Last Olympian title

Fancier graphic to come later…

Well, I’m dealing with the heap-load of unexpected tasks on my plate after my recent unfortunate news, but I’m at last ready to get back to Michael Reads Percy Jackson. It’s time for the final book in the series!

But before I get going on The Last Olympian, it’s time for a look back at how accurate my pre-Battle of the Labyrinth guesses were…

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My publisher is dissolving. So what’s next for me?

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Gone at the end of the month.

On Friday I received some disheartening news: Booktrope, my publisher for the past two years, will be going out of business on May 31st. The news hit me and the rest of my fellow Booktropian authors pretty hard. While there were recent signs of problems, I hadn’t expected things to take this particular turn. [Read more…]