Imagine a story of a boy born with a deformed hand. The boy is a Prince yet he is cast aside by his family and treated with disdain by those around him. Few look past the deformity and see the true character beyond. This is how the new Half a Kind Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie begins. The first book in the series has yet to be released, however, Abercrombie has posted a 6 Chapter – 12,000 word extract on his …
Category: Books
It has been a long time since I’ve posted anything about books on this blog. At one time, I had to be pried away from my books. I would spend every spare minute I could find with my nose in a book. These days, I’m finding less and less time for reading. I find that a little sad and need to make an effort to read more. When it comes to reading, I’m a big fan of fantasy. I’ve read …
Sometime last year, I picked up a copy of Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun by Paul M. Barrett. My intention was to read through it and then put together a review for the Shooting The Breeze Podcast, much in the same way I reviewed SHOOT: Your Guide to Shooting and Competition by Julie Golob. While I did finish reading the book (and enjoyed it), I never did get around to actually reviewing it. By the time I sat down …
If you are into shooting, you are probably familiar with the name Julie Golob. She is a highly accomplished professional shooter with a number of titles. She has appeared on a number of televised shooting programs, which most recently include Top Shot, Top Guns, and Shooting USA. What you may not know about Julie Golob (or perhaps you do if you’ve been listening to my Shooting The Breeze Podcasts – Episode 34 | Episode 25 | Episode 19 | Episode …
Being a new parent, one of my concerns is that at some point in time my daughter will find herself unsupervised and in the presence of guns. You may be thinking to yourself, if you lock up your guns you’ll never have to worry about that scenario. In a perfect world, locking my guns up would be enough to keep my daughter safe. However, we do not live in a perfect world and children are very resourceful. All it takes …
Several months back I found myself with a good deal of time to kill. My grand plan was to run an errand about an hour from home and visit a Boarders bookstore in the area for new reading material. I wasn’t terribly impressed by their Fantasy selection, but one book caught my eye, Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie. Armed with my latest purchase, I drove to a local cigar shop and planned on enjoying a cigar while I immersed …
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