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REVIEW: The Host

Stephenie Meyer The Host Back Bay Books Science Fiction april 26, 2010, kindle edition Blurb via Goodreads: Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Earth has been invaded by a species that takes over...

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Books With Balls: Touch of the Demon

Diana Rowland Touch of the Demon (Kara Gillian #5) DAW Urban Fantasy December 31, 2012 Blurb via Goodreads: She’s used to summoning supernatural creatures from the demon realm to our world, but now...

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REVIEW: Old Man’s War

John Scalzi Old Man’s War (Old Man’s War #1) TOR Books science fiction April 1, 2010 (Kindle Edition) Blurb via Goodreads: John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife’s...

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Rampaging Armadillos

Behold – what I’m doing when I should be reading! I mean working! (….Or blogging. Or laundry.) Guess I’ll get back to that now. (Interestingly enough, this was actually inspired by my day job.) (via...

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REVIEW: Ever After

Kim Harrison Ever After (Rachel Morgan #11) Harper Voyager Urban Fantasy January 22, 2013 (Kindle Edition) Blurb via Goodreads (which has spoilers for previous books): The ever-after, the demonic...

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ARC REVIEW: Midnight Blue-Light Special

Seanan mcguire Midnight-blue light special(Incryptid #2) daw Urban Fantasy march 5, 2013 I wasn’t going to offer up excuses as to why this review is so late but since I got food poisoning the weekend...

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REVIEW: Seraphina

Rachel Hartman seraphina (seraphina #1) random house for young readers young adult Fantasy july 10, 2012 blurb via Goodreads: Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans...

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REVIEW: Leviathan Wakes

James S.A. Corey Leviathan Wakes (Expanse #1) orbit science fiction june 15, 2011 (Kindle Edition) Blurb via Goodreads: Welcome to the future. Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon,...

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Actually, Readers Do Care

I need to catch up on some reviews around here, do a little blog maintenance, shuffle some covers out for others, that kind of thing. I’m on this really strange scifi kick right now – strange because...

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REVIEW: Throne of the Crescent Moon

Saladin Ahmed Throne of the Crescent Moon (Crescent Moon Kingdoms #1) Daw fantasy February 7, 2012 (Kindle Edition) Blurb via Amazon.com: From Saladin Ahmed, finalist for the Nebula and Campbell...

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REVIEW: Cold Steel

Kate Elliott Cold Steel (Spiritwalker #3) Orbit Fantasy/steampunk/icepunk june 25, 2013 Blurb via Goodreads: Trouble, treachery, and magic just won’t stop plaguing Cat Barahal. The Master of the Wild...

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Well-Meant Lies & Recent Reading

First, let me reintroduce myself to my blog. Hello, you! It’s me. The one who pays for you to exist but can rarely be seen streaking around your back end lately. And on that note, it’s a good thing I...

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REVIEW: Magic Rises

Ilona Andrews Magic rises (kate daniels #6) ace urban fantasy july 30, 2013 Blurb via Goodreads: Atlanta is a city plagued by magical problems. Kate Daniels will fight to solve them—no matter the...

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Thoughts on Caliban’s War & Abaddon’s Gate

A while back I started a much-hyped scifi series by James S. A. Corey, an author duo, and somewhat enjoyed the first book. I happened to like the second book, Caliban’s War, much better, but never got...

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How to Have a Great Weekend: Read a Sarah Mayberry

Know how you read some authors who have “arrived”? This means that whenever you think on what book sounds good to you, you think, “I think I want to read a Nora Roberts, or maybe a Stephen King. Maybe...

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Cover Spotlight: The Undead Pool

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!   <—– That’s me, in a ridiculous fangirl puddle of ridiculous fangirl happiness. Releases February 25, 2014. Harrison has the first chapter here. Yes, that’s...

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So Long Goodreads, Hello BookLikes

I’m not going to rehash the whole sordid Goodreads debacle. Most if not all of you are already aware of their clear new direction moving away from a reader-friendly site. I haven’t deleted my account...

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Sans All the Rape

I was having a discussion on twitter with some book reading peeps, and I was intrigued by a scifi book so many were discussing at that time. It felt imminent that I’d be buying and reading it, too. The...

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REVIEW: Chimes At Midnight

Seanan McGuire Chimes at midnight (October Daye #7) DAW Urban fantasy September 3, 2013 Blurb via Amazon: Things are starting to look up for October “Toby” Daye. She’s training her squire, doing her...

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REVIEW: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Holly black the coldest girl in coldtown Little, Brown Books for Young Readers fantasy/YA horror September 3, 2013 Blurb via Amazon: Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist....

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