Preamble

Well I've never been wonderful at introducing myself but I will do my best. I make my living shipping books to libraries all over the world but my passion is reading them and discussing them. I know my tastes do not fall along any established pattern which makes it hard for me to find book reviewers I can trust. The trouble with reviews is that stars and numbers can't explain the power of a narrative and user reviews on Amazon and Audible are posted by many people with a wide variety of tastes and expectations. The only way to judge a review is to get to know the reviewer, whether you are weighing the opinion of your friend or the guy who writes the side bars for your local paper. I am looking for more people to discuss books with, fantasy novels in particular but really anything odd will do. To that end, I am going to make my tastes known by posting a short essay every Monday. At least that is the plan for now, we'll see how it goes. I shall have to find time to read a book this week.