Eric "The Mailman's" Book Blog

  When I read that Simu Liu was attached to a new television series based on Seven Wonders , I went straight to my local library and borrow...

  Here is the strength and weakens of tie-in books - they reward the dedicated reader while making somebody new to the series know they are ...

  Sometimes, after reading a big book like one of the Expanse tomes, I like to settle into something short and familiar. Nothing fits that ...

  Book 5. I have read, or listened to, books 2 through 4 but haven't reviewed them here. They were all very good.  Book 4 especially ran...

  Normally I don't review books I don't enjoy.  Because I usually don't finish them anyway. But I had a conversation with my dau...

  As mentioned in my last post, my good friend sent me a care package of books. I didn't mention to him that I had already read Artemis ...

  A good friend of mine sent me this book in the mail. And I am so glad he did. Andy Weir is a terrific voice in Science Fiction.  He makes ...

  This book won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award in 1980.  It was the first such award which lasted until 2004. I loved learning about the ...

  This was my first experience with Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.  It was given to me as a gift.  Since I am a letter carrier the...

  What a read! The post-apocalyptic story is one we are all familiar with.  Some catastrophe has fallen upon humanity, be it environmental, ...

  Yes.  THAT Nick Offerman. I was surprised by this book.  I was expecting an up front humour of the human condition. What I got instead was...

  The author is the editor of the New York Times Book Review. A lot of what is on the list is obvious, telephone booths, land lines, paper b...

  The Sequel to Fortress of Solitude .  John Sunlight has returned to conquer the world and defeat Doc! I was happy with this story.  It rel...

 Stuart McLean left this world far too soon.  In his wake he left this country better off.  Confirming for us that   love, understanding, an...

  As Climate Change Produces Grim Discoveries, Theories Abound on Remains Found in a Barrel From The New York Times, Sunday, May 22, 2022 Ok...

Back in 2006, a publisher called Nostalgia Ventures, Inc., created beautiful reproductions of the old pulp era adventures of Doc Savage. Doc...

This issue of the magazine focuses on travel, particularly on places returned to after a long absence.  This recollection centers on a child...

This is my kind of Science Fiction.  Humans live and work in space, on Mars, in the asteroid belt.  No big deal.  We figured out how to do t...

Come Full Circle by Darcy Rhyno - The account of the author sampling two trails form the The Island Walk, a 700-kilometre hiking trail that...

I subscribe to British Columbia Magazine .  I live in Alberta.  I wish we had a magazine like this. I also subscribe to their newsletter whe...

  I bought a couple cups of coffee from Coffee Bureau in downtown Edmonton.  The sleeves had something rather special - short stories. The ...

I am a space buff.  I was a kid during the Apollo missions.  I grew up with the promise of space travel and exploration. Chris Hadfield is a...

Kim Stanley Robinson is trying to help change the world. I had a difficult time with his Mars trilogy.  The depth of research made me feel h...

I do love a collection.  Be it essays, short stories, whatever.  I can dip into the book whenever I please. Put it down again and it will be...

  Just say no (to content): Nietzsche’s surprising “information diet” I was happy to stumble upon this book excerpt on the Ars Technica webs...

  How Elon Musk's Tesla Sparked an Electric Revolution to End the Age of Oil In the fast-paced world of technology, a book like this one...

Mac Megaton is a robot taxi driver just trying to earn his citizenship.   One day his neighbours are abducted, the circumstances are suspect...

One of my guilty pleasures is the movie of High Road to China staring Bess Armstrong and Tom Selleck. After reading North to the Orient I ...

This was the strangest most satisfying book I've ever had the pleasure to experience. It was narrated so very well by Anthony Heald .  H...

 I've been reading the book Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier .  In it he made a chilling...

I purchased this book from a lovely new book store, Daisy Chain Book Co . in The High Street on 102 Ave and 125 Street, here in Edmonton. It...

How refreshing this book was from the previous book review! It was beautifully written, honest and romantic.  In the 1930's flight was s...

  About a dozen years ago I went on a buying spree for old Men's Adventure paperbacks.  For the most part I bought them for their covers...

  Epic Stories of Charting a Mysterious Land Canadians like to think our history is boring and generally peaceful.  But the truth is much mo...

  Apologies for the lack of posts.  There has been a pandemic going on and I've been busy building my own personal blog at eric-hebert.c...

I grew up reading the Dirk Pitt adventures.  At the time, they were a great romp and I loved them.  As I kept reading these summer books, I ...

  From Surviving an Anaconda Attack to Finding Your Way Out of the Desert I loved this book.  The illustrations, the tips & tricks and t...

Once again, with charm, respect and genuine curiosity Palin travels into lands filled with mystery and legend, at least to this Canadian rea...

AHWOSG has been on my TBR for as long as I can remember. It was a wild ride through the mind of a young man going through a wild time in his...

An Unnatural History Hold on to your optimism because this book will damage much of the hope for the future you may have. What I enjoyed mos...

Oh my goodness.  What fun! This book was given to me by a friend at a time when I needed an easy distraction. The story, set in the...