Michael Flynn

It was fine. I didn't know anything about it (or the fanbase) going in so I didn't have any notion of what was coming. There were definitely some cool bits, but the things that put me off will keep me from reading more. I finished it, which is something more than nothing.

I ended up not like Harry Dresden very much and that will be a roadblock from moving through the rest of these.

I didn't like this.

A good, quick read. I think my oldest daughter will be into it.

I got this for Emma based on a review on BoingBoing. She got into it right away and raced through it. It was killing her not to spoil it to me so I went behind her and knocked it out.

Great read. I'd recommend it for sure.

The prehistory of the Americas is a concept I find fascinating.

The idea that North and South America were bristling with cities and towns and people isn't the way it was taught in school when I was a kid and I get a kick out of un-learning that the facts I was taught.

It's tough subject matter to present in a gripping way. There are lots of ancient New England Indian names and my South American geography isn't what it used to be so there was defintiely a “reading a text book” vibe that was hard to shake.

Still, the broad strokes were compelling and since it was a subject I really wanted to read more about I enjoyed 1491 a lot.