Mitch Wyle's Web Log

Normalerweise genieße ich Geschichten, die den Leser in einen Schnappschuss aus dem Leben eintauchen lassen. Und ich bin neugierig auf das 1...

The story is well-translated from the original french and I enjoyed it.  Having read Abbas Amanat's history of Iran , I knew the 19th c...

Fantastic!  I am so happy Stephenson is writing another immersive historical fiction series again.  Polostan is the best I have read this ye...

Having read the Pillars of Earth in 1989, and following along in the 1990s as the sequels came out, I was happy to discover another book in ...

An "impulse borrow" from the library the last time I was there, this book reads like a James Bond film script set in 1953.  The au...

The characters, settings, and writing craft are fantastic but I am disappointed by the plot, character arcs, and story.  3/5 Stars.

I thought I had read all of Le Carré's books, including the posthumously published Silverview . I could not remember this one when I saw...

Fascinating look at the rise and fall of the Dixie Mafia with thrilling legal drama and great storytelling. 5/5 Stars.

I am a big fan of Dr. Oren's history books so when I saw this one in the library I grabbed it.  The story is interesting and good; the m...