{"id":5180,"date":"2016-08-29T09:35:42","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T13:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urbin.net\/blog\/?p=5180"},"modified":"2016-08-29T09:35:42","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T13:35:42","slug":"monday-book-pick-monster-hunter-memoirs-grunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbin.net\/blog\/monday-book-pick\/monday-book-pick-monster-hunter-memoirs-grunge\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Book Pick: Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge<\/b><\/a> by John Ringo and Larry Correia
\nAs my gentle readers know, I’m a big fan of John Ringo and Larry Correia. So when John Ringo decided there was a few Monster Hunter books in him that just had to come out, of course I was there. This is the first in a series of books detailing the life and hard times of one Oliver Chadwick Gardenier, a hot shot monster hunter during the 1980s and early 1990s. Returned to Earth by a fisher named Peter, who said “the boss” had a job for him. That job was hunting monsters. Interesting fellow Chad, genius with a gift for languages, who studied the ASVAB tests so he could make sure that he was made a Rifleman when he joined the Marines. Then there was Chad’s relationship with his parents, especially his mother. Let’s just say they didn’t get along well. One of the cool parts of the book was the “Pro Tips” Chad scatters around his memoirs. Here are some examples: “Pro-tip: If you\u2019re going to be cutting off a lot of heads, get a really good katana.” “I don\u2019t care how big and muscle bound you are, things like yoga and ballet are useful. That\u2019s the pro-tip.” Then there is what to wear when jogging in the dark in an area you know monsters live in. A fun read, like most of Ringo’s books, there is a fair amount of humor mixed with really, really good actions scenes.<\/p>\n

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