Well, I guess it was bound to happen at some point.  This book was not that great.  It dragged on.  But being as I was stuck in a car for 52...

A quick word about the picture ... the version I'm reading is nearly identical to the one shown, except instead of cannon, it has a squa...

Wow - as quickly as Jack's and Stephen's fortune turned sour in Reverse of the Medal, they just as quick turned out quite well in Le...

Excellent, excellent book!  Like a clock with so many turning wheels and cogs, this books turns on so many points - on a macro, as well as ...

I'm really cruising through these books now.  I'm finding them much easier to read and to understand.  At 366 pages, I was able to f...

I was able to knock this one out in 25 days - easy reading because it was such a good book!  The espionage is thick in this book. If anyon...

The Ionian Mission was an OK read.  It really was two books in one ... the first half being the blockade mission with Admiral Thornton and t...

As always, a clear summary is provided at Wikipedia - click here . This book sees the return to Europe of Jack and Stephen.  The chase acr...

This was my favorite book thus far in the series.  I've struggled a bit at times in some of the first books, but this was the first one ...

What an amazing book!  This book caught my eye while perusing Half Priced Books a while back and I've been itching to read it. The six...

Desolation Island was a very good read.  The actual island Captain Aubrey landed on after being shipwrecked is now called today the Kerguel...

As usual, I won't delve into the summary of the book.  Thanks to Wikipedia, there one can already read finely written summaries of these...

In the background of my normally scheduled reading, I've been indulging in the last of the Harry Potter series.  It all started as bedti...

I finally finished the 3rd book in the Aubrey-Maturin series.  I actually finished it a couple of weeks ago and am now just getting to the r...

As I said previously, I had bought the first seven books of this 21-book series - really to see if I'd like them or not.  I am exception...

The bug got in me a long time ago - maybe around 1986 when we visited California for Christmas one year.  It lay mostly dormant for over 20 ...

I was very excited to read The Father of Us All .  As expected, it was fairly easy reading and extremely educational.  Hanson's ease of ...

Ripples of Battle is another one of those books by VDH that can be read again and again because there are so many gems in it. In this boo...

This book seemingly has it all when it comes to Pirate lore.  It feels as though no stone was left unturned in revealing (if at least anecdo...

It's been a tough week with regard to exercise and eating, but it has ended on quite a high note. All week long I've been fighting t...