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 NOS4A2… Read more
WordPress and I are not getting along lately. I have had several posts just disappear into the ether. Others, like this one, are scheduled to post and just never appear. My apologies to the good folks at Tor/Forge for missing the review date. Virus Thirteen by Joshua Alan Parry presents a scary vision of the future. Amazing medical advances have… Read more
Here’s what’s coming up on the site this week: Monday: My weekly preview, plus a delayed review of Virus Thirteen Tuesday: Teaser Tuesday – a great teaser from a book I just finished: NOS4A2 Wednesday: Hopefully, I’ll have some new words for you by Wednesday. Thursday: Check in on Thursday for my review of The Best of Punk Magazine. I would call it a… Read more
Considering I just finished reading NOS4A2 at about 2:00 this morning, this is a perfect quote for today: “By now, it is probably very late at night, and you have stayed up to read this book when you should have gone to sleep. If this is the case, then I commend you for falling into my trap. It is a writer’s… Read more
One of the most interesting things about sci-fi and fantasy novels is the idea of world building – creating a whole new universe for your characters. You need names and places and rules, rules for your characters to live by and you have to be able to stick to them. So much power! And so much responsibility. Today, I’ve got… Read more
Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Alyce at At Home with Books. To participate, post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes… Read more
If it’s Friday, there must be a guest post! Today, I’ve got Elizabeth Corrigan, author of Oracle of Philadelphia: Carrie works at a diner in South Philadelphia, dispensing advice to humans and angels wise enough to seek her counsel. But there are some problems that even the best advice can’t solve. Her latest supplicant, Sebastian, is unique among those who have sought… Read more
I was caught up in the book from the very first chapter. Terrier Rand comes from a family of thieves – burglars, second-story men, con artists and grifters. (All named after breeds of dog, for reasons that are never fully explained.) His brother, Collie, is on death row after a killing spree that included an elderly couple and a nine-year-old… Read more
Two new books this week to talk about. First is one I am very excited about – the next Christopher Meeks novel, Blood Drama, coming out in June. I have reviewed a couple of Meeks’ novels before – months and seasons and Love at Absolute Zero – so I am looking forward to reading this one: Everyone has a bad day.… Read more
This is a little delayed – got the guest post at the last minute and it ended up stuck in my spam filter. I hate when that happens! However, we’ve got it today, a little piece about inspiration. Good timing, because I was walking today in a place that really inspires me! Inspiration by David Seaburn I think that writing… Read more