A Man With An Agenda

I'm an indie bookseller in Vermont, sometime public servant, and voracious reader. I love antiques, cats, D&D, and vintage Ken. Though my job requires me to dabble across the board genre-wise, my heart belongs to the Victorians and epic fantasy.

I write something about every book I read, but only publish reviews close to the release date of the book. If you see something on my shelves and there's no review, feel free to ask me about it!

The Mysterious Benedict Society

7:00 pm 5 November 2016

Eeeeeh. I can see why the series has become so popular with children, but then children do like to be talked down to and like their characters broadly defined by one or two - one or two only - characteristics and have villains with vague, improbable plans that are easily foiled. In other words, 'The Mysterious Benedict Society' has a bad case of 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'. Eeeeh.

Not a fan.

The Mysterious Benedict Society

Next: 'The Perilous Journey'

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Cryptonomicon

Neal Stephenson

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Teenagers from the Future: Essays on the Legion of Super-Heroes

Lanny Rose, Martín A. Pérez, Greg Gildersleeve, Matthew Elmslie, Sara K. Ellis, Richard Bensam, Christopher Barbee, Jeff Barbanell, Timothy Callahan, Scipio Garling, Paul Lytle, Jae Bryson, James Kakalios, Barry Lyga, Kevin Colden, Alan Williams, Julian Darius, Chris Si

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