I have a secret love for Steampunk. I love the clothes, I love the styles, I love the way its fans dress the part and get swept up in it. Don’t think I could get away with steampunk fashion at the office, but who knows? Still, I knew as soon as I saw the description of Copperhead b by Tina… Read more
Okay, with everything I have going on in November, I know that I am insane to take on the challenge, but I’m determined to see it through. I will write 50,000 words in November, even with work and travel and a million other things that I need to do! I have a great story idea – one that has been… Read more
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. You know the rules: grab your current read, open to a random page and share a two sentence teaser with us (no spoilers!). Be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to our TBR list! This week, my teaser is from The Forgetting River:… Read more
Now, this is one that I was very excited to get! My cousin, Ann, actually squealed when she saw it. I had a poster of Robert Plant on my wall as a teenager — you know the one — and I memorized Every. Detail. of that crotch shot. You did, too – admit it. Anyway, this is getting fast-tracked to the… Read more
“These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out its own voice… and just as the touch of a button on our set will fill the room with music, so by taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice of a… Read more
Today, I’ve got a special Q&A with Raymond Khoury, author of Rasputin’s Shadow. It’s a thriller with historical leanings, tying together the past and the future with twists and turns and plenty of intrigue. I knew this guest post was coming up, so I was especially tickled to strike up a conversation in the airport the other day with a young… Read more
This title was completely unfamiliar to me, but Nanette is a big fan of his blog and was really excited to read it. — Lisa One of the great things about reviewing is finding hidden gems—great books that aren’t bestsellers, but probably should be. Song of the Sea God is one of those books. The beginning just reaches out and grabs… Read more
Happy Wednesday — it’s been a long time since I had some words to share with you! You know how this works – share a few words from your current book that you had to look up, then head over to Bermuda Onion’s Weblog to learn some new ones. This week, my words are from Jungleland: A Mysterious Lost City, a… Read more
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. You know the rules: grab your current read, open to a random page and share a two sentence teaser with us (no spoilers!). Be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to our TBR list! This week, my teaser is from Rasputin’s Shadow by Raymond… Read more
I have loved Dexter since I first read Darkly Dreaming Dexter. What an interesting hero for a novel! I loved watching the way Dexter struggled with his darker nature, struggled to honor his stepfather, and with the pain of his childhood. In all that, he still managed to have some fun, Dexter style. The newest novel is Dexter’s Final Cut by Jeff… Read more