About Jesse

The Master and Overlord or better known as the hubby who keeps LE running. He rarely reviews, but he's the one who keeps everything running smoothly from the IT perspective.

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Zombie Haiku by R. Mecum

27 September 2009 Jesse 6

Normally when Jackie has an impulse buy at Barnes and Noble, I roll my eyes and scold her for spending money when she has a shelf of unread books. Unfortunately for me, this time she picked one that immediately captured my attention – Ryan Mecum’s Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for […]

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Slaughterhouse 5 by K. Vonnegut

16 May 2009 Jesse 0

The name Slaughterhouse 5 brings to mind scenes from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, or one of a hundred other horror movies my wife wouldn’t watch on principle. When I picked this book up, I was vaguely familiar with Vonnegut’s name, but hadn’t actually read any of his works. Slaughterhouse 5 […]

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Ender’s Game by O.S. Card

13 December 2008 Jesse 1

So I’ve had pretty mediocre luck with the past few books I’ve read – it’s been quite a while since I’d found one that I couldn’t put down. With all my hobbies (guitar, writing, software development, art, etc), it’s hard to find time to make it through a book. The […]

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NaNoWriMo – 25,000 words down

5 November 2008 Jesse 7

Two weeks before November, my manager told me I had to schedule the rest of my time off for the year – they needed to know to schedule projects around it. When I sat down to calculate which days to take off, I found I had a lot of time […]

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Varjak Paw by SF Said

20 October 2008 Jesse 1

Every night, I try to read to Ian for a few minutes before he goes to bed.  It’s hard finding a book that I find interesting, yet will keep his attention. One thing I’ve found is the language has to be simple enough that I won’t stumble on it while […]

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Preparing for NaNoWriMo: Improving my Abilities.

19 October 2008 Jesse 4

So Jackie tells me that several authors have stumbled across her site, and I’d like to take a moment to abuse my position of minor power and ask for their thoughts. While you may read sites like Literary Escapism, you probably do it in the context of an author following […]

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How I Prepare for NaNoWriMo…

16 October 2008 Jesse 6

For many in the book blogosphere, the idea of NaNoWriMo isn’t a new one.  For the second year in a row, Jesse is planning on participating and he’s here today to share with us how he prepares for this month long endeavor. ——————————————– So, NaNo. A quick rundown is in […]

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The Last Plague by G. Page

14 September 2008 Jesse 0

Writing a good review is quite often an easy, fun task. If a book moves you, it’s painless to gush about how deep the characters are, or how the author did a great job researching a given subject. Sometimes however, you don’t connect with a book, and are left holding […]

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Dies The Fire by SM Stirling

3 July 2008 Jesse 0

So, Jackie asked me to do a few reviews for her site – the first one is Dies The Fire by S.M. Stirling. The premise is pretty decent – what would happen if the laws of nature changed and technology just stopped working? Gunpowder burned like sawdust, electronics just stopped […]