There are a lot of shiny new books out, and I feel like I’m already woefully behind! So, here’s a little sticky note telling me what I need to be reading this month… Waking the Witch, by Kelley Armstrong Three Nights With a Scoundrel, by Tessa Dare Tongues of Serpents, by Naomi Novik The Dead… Read More The TBR pile for August
I was reading The Forest of Hands and Teeth, by Carrie Ryan, while at dinner the other day, and someone asked me what it was about. “A zombie apocalypse,” I said, knowing that it was the shortest and easiest explanation. But having finished it, I know it’s not an accurate explanation. The story of a young… Read More The Forest of Hands and Teeth, By Carrie Ryan
I have finally taken the leap into reading eBooks. As I don’t have a Kindle or a Nook or any other cute monikered device, I simply download them to my trusty Mac and hunch over the screen for a few hours, letting my eyes narrow to slits and my behind grow numb! Luckily, my first… Read More Life After Joe, by Harper Fox
Eclipse, the latest cinematic installment of the Twilight saga, is out, and there are a lot of thought-provoking reviews cropping up. This one, from HitFix, had a lot of great things to say about the messages Stephenie Meyer’s books, and the films made from them, send to women. And it has spurred me to think… Read More Bella, Buttercup, bikinis and bad love.
So, I’ve finished my first full-length novel, and I’ve been puttering around with other short projects. It occurs to me that nowhere in my manuscript do I wax poetic about this person’s “peaches and cream” complexion or how that person has skin “like coffee with milk in it.” I just don’t think it’s relevant to… Read More Fleshing things out: skin color in genre fiction.
One definition of the word “insatiable” is “incapable of being satisfied.” It’s with great regret I report that’s exactly how I feel about Meg Cabot’s June 8 hardcover release. And it’s ironic, because Insatiable is almost over-full with details. You’d think a reader would gorge themselves rather than feel empty. Not so for me. The novel was sent to… Read More Insatiable, by Meg Cabot
Joanna Bourne’s highly anticipated third Spymaster novel, The Forbidden Rose, not only lives up to my expectations, it exceeds them. Bourne stepped outside the box with this series by making the latest installment a prequel instead of a linear sequel. Readers are taken back in time, to the Terror in France, to see how gruff… Read More The Forbidden Rose, by Joanna Bourne
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