I am a book blogger and the owner of Bookworm Blues - a popular speculative fiction book review website. I have been a compulsive reader all my life. Early on found my reading niche in the fantastic genre of Speculative Fiction. I blame my active imagination for the hobbies that threaten to consume my life. A freelance writer and photographer, world traveler and recent college graduate, I'm also a new mother, cancer fighter & survivor. In my ideal world, I'd do nothing but drink lots of tea and read from a never ending pile of speculative fiction books. Respected as a reviewer, I receive book ARCs from all of the major and most minor publishers in science fiction and fantasy. But given my love of stories, I've always wanted to be a part of the creative process, and editing is my first step in that direction.

The Escapement – K.J. Parker

Read my review for the first two books in the Engineer Trilogy: Devices and Desires and Evil for Evil.  I’ve heard the term “I like it so much it hurts” before but I’ve always thought it was a rather stupid turn of phrase. How can you like something so much it hurts? Ridiculous. However, I may…

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The Black Prism – Brent Weeks

About the Book Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. Yet Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live: Five years to achieve five…

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In the Shadow of Swords – Val Gunn

About this Book When legendary killer Ciris Sarn ends a life in an empty city plaza with a single dagger thrust, little does he know that an insidious game has been triggered by the brutal slaying. Turning predator into prey, this part fantasy, part espionage novel races along as it follows the now hunted Sarn across…

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Altered Carbon – Richard K. Morgan

About the Book In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person’s consciousness can now be stored in a cortical stack…

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City of Ruin – Mark Charan Newton

Read my review of Nights of VilljamurAuthors official website (Warning: this is a little longer than my typical review length because I can’t seem to get myself to stop talking about this book. It’s the authors fault for writing something I enjoy so much.) Not too long ago I finished Nights of Villjamur, went to…

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And today, for something different…

I saw this post on Floor to Ceiling Books and kind of sat on it for a few days. Then, I realized that maybe I should embarrass myself a bit and admit to all my half-done projects. I’m doing this in the hopes of two different results:  1. Comments, opinions or insights as to series I absolutely…

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The Desert Spear – Peter V. Brett

I have a feeling that I might have things thrown at me for this review. I didn’t hate the book, but I also can’t sing its praises like many reviewers seem to be doing. All I ask is please give me a head start before you start lobbing debris in my direction. The Desert Spear…

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River of Gods – Ian McDonald

About the Book As Mother India approaches her centenary, nine people are going about their business—a gangster, a cop, his wife, a politician, a stand-up comic, a set designer, a journalist, a scientist, and a dropout. And so is Aj—the waif, the mind reader, the prophet—when she one day finds a man who wants to…

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Dragon Keeper/Haven – Robin Hobb

I write this review with a heavy heart. I have put off writing this review for a few days now because I just didn’t know what to say or how to say it. I’m a huge Hobb fan. The Farseer trilogy remains firmly wedged on my bookshelf, keeping company with George R. R. Martin and…

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Nights of Villjamur – Mark Charan Newton

I’m always kind of hesitant to read a book that the entire speculative world has already read and raved about. I get nervous because, what if the book just doesn’t live up to the hype? What if I read it and end up being the only person alive who hated it? So I avoided Nights of…

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