Got a lot of reading done this month, making up for lost time, and thus I ended 2012 on a very productive note! Novellas, folks. It’s all about the novellas. If you can write a tight, compelling tale that holds my attention, I will tear through it with gusto! Blessed Isle, by Alex Beecroft (historical… Read More Booking It: December Reads
It’s the last day of December. You know what this means: obligatory year-end navel-gazing! This being me, I’m doing it with books, movies, TV shows and other pop culture happenings! Best Personal Pop Culture Thing: getting published in both fiction and nonfiction. Worst Personal Pop Culture Thing: the closure of Soap Opera Weekly. Biggest 2012… Read More 2012: Year in Pop Culture Review
I’m reading a series right now that I’m really enjoying — except for its portrayal of race, particularly through the lens of its first-person narration. It’s textbook depersonalizing, fetishistic, racefail — accurate for the time and the character’s head space, but not exactly sunshine and roses for the reader. And I’m torn: On the one… Read More Take Me Out To The Black: Spec Fic, Space and Racefail
Another month where I feel like I didn’t read nearly as much as I wanted to! But here’s what stuck with me: The Chocolate Kiss, by Laura Florand (out 12/24, mainstream fiction/contemporary romance) Ever After, by Kim Harrison (out 1/22/13, urban fantasy) Night Whispers, by Alisha Rai (sci-fi/post-apocalyptic romance, e-book) The Prince, by Tiffany Reisz… Read More By Book or By Crook: November Reads
Twenty-third in the long-running franchise of films based on Ian Fleming’s globetrotting superspy, this year’s Skyfall has been praised across all platforms as a great movie, a fun ride, a grand adventure but “not really James Bond.” It’s a strange, albeit incredibly specific, criticism…and one that I disagree with. I grew up watching Sean Connery,… Read More Bondage Games: Why Skyfall Plays Well With Others
For most of my life, I’ve “dreamed of becoming a published author.” It’s an old, clichéd, line that I’ve probably put in a bio somewhere. Sometime in the last two years, I forgot that I’ve become one. Break out the confetti! November 20, 2012, sees the release of not one but two works, one under… Read More Make a Pub Date With Me!
October had a somewhat better showing than September, as I caught up on a few hits from earlier in the year and added Sarah MacLean’s fun, Muppet Flail-inducing 2013 release. The Killing Moon, by N.K. Jemisin (fantasy) One Good Earl Deserves a Lover, by Sarah MacLean (out 1/29/13, historical romance) Monsoon Wedding Fever, by Shoma… Read More Book and Ladder: October Reads
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