Archive for November, 2009

Fiction For Men Manifesto!

This site is for those who like to read, those who want to read but aren’t sure what to read and for those who are just looking for something new to read. It will center around books a guy likes because well I’m a guy. Although the Twilight series of books some what inspired this site, I will tell you that you won’t find reviews about that series of books on here. You will however find books that center around things that guys like. Women, action, fast cars. That type of stuff.

And since I still have to work 8 to 5 (I’d love to have that 9 to 5 job or even better a 20 hour a week job) there will be other topics posted that don’t require the reading of a book. Those topics might include some personal insights, upcoming book releases and other random drivel I might find. If I’m really feeling it, I might even post a bit of my writing, but I’d probably have to down a few whiskey’s before doing that and totally forget about it afterwards.

So here’s to the books that men want to read and things that interest guys.

If there’s something you’d like to see covered by all means shoot me an e-mail and I’ll see what I can do to cover it.

Below Zero – C.J. Box

454 Casull454 Casull! That’s all you need to know about this book!! Well not really, but take a look at that beast! Can you imagine someone pulling that sucker out (not sure why someone like Nate would need a scope, but hey) and aiming it at your head? Kaboom!

This book, Below Zero, is the latest Joe Pickett novel by C.J. Box. It brings back some past characters that we’ve seen before and watched die. Or did they? I won’t ruin it for you, but that’s part of the premise of this story. Out of the blue, Sheridan Pickett (Joe’s oldest daughter), gets a text message from someone claiming to be April, who was in Winterkill and thought to be dead. But that’s not all. There’s a Chicago gangster going around killing people with his son. All for the sake of being more green. And of course there’s big Nate Romanowski who we haven’t seen a lot of in the more recent books because the law’s still after him. But he’s back in form in Below Zero.

On the man factor I give this 3 stars (out of 5). It’s fast paced and a quick read. However it’s gritty in some places, but I tend to like a bit of reality with my fiction. Most of the Joe Pickett novels stand by themselves, but in this case it would help to have read Winterkill before.