Brian’s Comments (group member since Aug 23, 2014)

Brian’s comments from the The Scrolls of Everealm group.

Just finished "Ashlynn's Dreams". Ugh. Not fun. Before I get back to snacking on review requests I think I need some solid food. This morning I pulled a book off my shelf that I've been looking at and wondering about for five years. Time to take it down and read it.

Tragedy and Hope, by Carroll Quigley

This is a 1311 page macro history of the world from basically 1850 to 1950. Four hours and only 48 pages in and already it's fascinating, but slow-going. This is going to take awhile, but it's also going to be one hell of a ride!

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Addendum (9/23/14): I've had to put this aside. I'm going to be reviewing a book for a friend, then I have a dozen research books to work my way through. Life threw me a curve, as usual.

Right now I'm reading a YA SF book called, "Ashlynn's Dreams". It is a book I was asked to review by the author. This review is one of about a dozen that have been requested through the Amazon.com review system that I have on backlog. I've let myself get a bit backed up and new requests come in at a steady rate of 2-3 every week.

Hopefully when I get my book published at least a few of these authors will remember me and return the favor!

I went ahead and added one more to the list. I hope some others come along with books they've loved!

At the bottom of The Scrolls of Everealm home you will find a link for "Add books|More books..." If you click on "Add books" it will open a dialog box where you can search for and add the title/cover art of your favorite fantasy book. If everyone added one favorite book (at least for now) it would allow for an attractive widget that can be added to your blog or webpage to advertise the group and bring in more fans.

I've already added the widget my blog, so you can see what it looks like live by going to:

http://bkmiller428.blogspot.com

and scrolling about halfway down the page (on the right hand side).

I am currently struggling through a book called, "The Plain of Dead Cities". It is not something I would normally read, but the author sent me a very intriguing review request, so I agreed to accept a reviewer's copy and write a review.

I suspect he's not going to like my review.

When I moved from Tokyo to Ohio in 2008 U.S. Customs lost over half of my library, so I bought a Kindle. Now I mostly buy the Kindle editions, except for references which are much easier to navigate in book form.

I am working on a collection of semi-complete short stories ranging from historical fiction to modern realism. I hope to have it on Kindle early in 2015.