As 2010 wrapped up, I pulled Usher’s Passing, by Robert R. McCammon, off my bookshelf. I’ve probably read it a hundred times over the years, and I never stop being scared by it. At this point, I know every twist, every turn, every scene designed to make you shudder or jump…and, yet, I hide under my bedcovers,… Read More Ushering in the new year
I was a little wary of picking up a book at the airport, after my last less-than-satisfying impulse buy. Especially when the back cover copy of Rainwater cited that this was a story about a woman and “her special child.” A little corny, right? I actually winced. But Sandra Brown is one of those authors… Read More Rainwater, by Sandra Brown
You know what’s worse than a book or a TV show being downright terrible? A book or a TV show being boring. I came to this conclusion a few weeks ago, when I was desperately trying to stay awake during the critically acclaimed HBO series Boardwalk Empire. Boasting a stellar cast, a beautifully detailed period setting,… Read More That’s entertainment
Late Sunday night, I found myself at the San Jose airport with time to kill before a flight and a desperate need to while away those minutes. I broke down and bought a mass market paperback edition of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo — a book which, along with its sequels, has captured… Read More The Girl With The Really Long Blog Post
Trial By Desire, Courtney Milan’s second full-length novel, might just be one of my favorite books of the year. It’s so crisply written, with such effective characterization and wit and warmth, that every line means something. Milan doesn’t hyperbolize to excess or wax poetic about anything unnecessary. What the reader gets is a smooth, and… Read More Trial By Desire, by Courtney Milan
I think I’ve mentioned before that my “go-to” urban fantasy authors are two who were writing well before the market got oversaturated with Were-things and fairies and what-have-yous: Kelley Armstrong and Kim Harrison. They’re solid, consistent, and I’ve yet to be disappointed by one of their books. Heartbroken (thank you, Ms. Harrison), but not disappointed.… Read More Black Magic Sanction, by Kim Harrison
Jeannie Lin’s Butterfly Swords is a book that was generating major buzz even before it came out. One of Harlequin Historical’s October releases, Lin’s book is unique, in that it’s a historical romance set in Tang Dynasty-era China. The cover is absolutely beautiful, leaving no doubt as to the heroine’s ethnicity and the novel’s content.… Read More Butterfly Swords, by Jeannie Lin
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