About specific books.
I have a whole bunch of books on the sidebar that are listed as TBR, that really aren’t TBR any longer, but just R. A few, I’ll talk about a little more later this week (Caressed by Ice, Riding the Storm, Soul Song, Your Mouth Drives Me Crazy) but there are others that I’ve read […]
I was lucky enough to read an ARC of Caressed by Ice — and I loved it. I’ll talk more about it soon, but first is this fun quiz Nalini created … and I’m not too disappointed by the results. *g* There’s a contest attached to it; go here for details. Which Psy-Changeling Hero Is […]
At my local Safeway, they are having a fundraiser for (the prevention of) muscular dystrophy by selling donated books at $1. I stop by the table every visit, of course, because I can’t help myself, and because new books come in all the time. Last time, I noticed that Robin McKinley’s THE HERO AND THE […]
And Charlene Teglia answers it very nicely: they’re in Wild Wild West. I’ve really got nothing to add to the review at Dear Author. These were all yum. Oh, and I love the cover, too. I’ve said this before, but I’ll do it again: novellas are lifesavers for me when I’m writing, or when I’m […]
I picked this one up when it first came out because I’m a sucker for a post-apocalyptic tale, but didn’t really get a chance to read it until just recently — and, all I can say is, wow. Blood Meridian was an uncomfortable read for me, just by the sheer violence and how visceral it […]
The first is His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik, which I’m sure almost everyone knows about and has already read, but, what the hell, I’ll mention it here anyway. The premise is: dragons are living and used for battle during the Napoleonic Wars. I really, really liked this book. I wanted to love it, and […]
Warning: this post contains spoilers for Lora Leigh’s Forbidden Pleasure and Joey W. Hill’s The Vampire Queen’s Servant, and it references sexual acts that are a) kinky, and therefore b) just plain wrong So I read these two books, and I gotta say — I don’t get it. Because I’m reading along, quite certain that […]
I have a confession to make: I suck at reviews and book commentary. I know if I like a book or not, but am no good at actually explaining why … which is probably a pretty bad problem for a woman who makes her living with words. And I read this book a month ago, […]
I have been dying for this book to arrive on my doorstep from Amazon. I’ve been lusting over it since I heard of the concept, my interest hit crazy heights after I saw the cover (I think I squeed). It isn’t here yet — but it releases today. And really, a girl like me, what […]
For the DEMON MOON ARC contest! Woot! Romantic Times gave it 4 1/2 stars! And DEMON ANGEL got 3 stars from the same reviewer — so double woot!! Because that means that even if you didn’t really like DEMON ANGEL (you know you’re out there!) DEMON MOON might still work for you. Anyway, just leave […]
Went to the Beaverton Borders for my first reader group — and it was awesome. I really wish I’d known about it before, but it wasn’t until Tammie at nightowlromance.com gave me a heads up that I found out about it. I met Marcy Dodge, who was RWA’s Bookseller of the Year a couple of […]
So I went to dinner at the in-laws, like I do every other night. And, like usual, we watched OPB. Only tonight, they had a program on called “Novel Reflections on the American Dream”, and the description is this: Many of our finest writers have dared to wrestle with the inequities that lie in the […]
Any book review that begins with Arthur Phillips reinvents the Gothic bodice-ripper in the sex-drenched Angelica, a dark and perverse tale that seamlessly mixes psychological disintegration, the dissolution of a marriage and the trappings of a classic ghost story. is going to make me take notice. The review makes it sound interesting … but also […]
So I just read Laura Lee Guhrke’s AND THEN HE KISSED HER (and thought it was very good, and so, so romantic at the end, happy sigh). And I love the setting. But this isn’t a review, because I’m not really good at those, but just a quick note that what I found myself thinking […]
Jaci Burton has an ARC if you talk about it on your blog. Shiloh’s having a contest, and you have until midnight to win. My sister finished LOVER REVEALED last night, after a three-day late-night glom, and almost beat me up when I teased her that the next wasn’t out until October. Hee. Her favorite […]