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January 1999: First Week (Happy New Year!)
For the first week of January, I'm reading The Path of Daggers (PoD) by Robert Jordan.

This is book eight of Jordan's long Wheel of Time fantasy epic. Review coming soon!

January 1999: Second Week
For the second week of January, I'm reading The Silent Blade (TSB) by R. A. Salvatore.

The latest installation of the Dark Elf series by Salvatore. This book brings back (once again) the rivalry between Drizzt and the master human assassin Entreri. The prose is what you'll expect from Salvatore: very descriptive and action packed during the fighting scenes. But like most long series, you get the sense that you've been here and done that. Who's the better fighter between Drizzt and Entreri have been settled a few books back, but it's replayed once again in TSB, and the outcome isn't really that much of a surprise for long time Salvatore readers. But nevertheless, TSB is about the continual character development Drizzt and all his friends (Cattbrie, Wulfgar, etc.)

January 1999: Third Week
For the third week of January, I'm reading Creating the Digital Future (CtDF) by Albert Yu.

The inside story of the history and corporate culture of Intel. Yu is the microprocessor manager at Intel. CtDF covers the past and present innovations in CPU design as seen through the eyes of Intel engineers and product managers. Since it is written by someone who's still working at Intel, there's really nothing controversy about it. If you're a casual computer user who wants to know more about Intel, then this is a good book to start.

January 1999: Fourth Week
For the last week of January, I'm reading Deadly Exposure (DE) by Leonard Goldberg.

DE started out pretty good. The plot in a nutshell is this: the military have discovered an iceberg with traces of a deadly toxin that they believe is from outer space, so they dispatched a group of scientists to investigate. But DE is not your average medical thriller; there's a whodunit plot thrown in for good measure. And it keep me guessing until the last few chapters. But the last portion of the DE goes way off base. It somehow turns into a supernatural horror and departs from the realms of science. Other than that, I'd recommend DE to anyone who enjoys medical thriller novels.


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