About the Book Underemployed by day. Undead by night. Underachieving film theory graduate and vampire Fortitude Scott may be waiting tables at a snooty restaurant run by a tyrannical chef who hates him, but the other parts of his life finally seem to be stabilizing. He’s learning how to rule the Scott family territory, hanging…
Continue ReadingAlright, folks… here’s the deal. I’ve been working part time at a place for a while. Twenty hours a week. It’s been extra income and a chance for this mama to get out of the house. It has also been a good opportunity for me to get used to functioning in society again after my…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book It is the dawn of a new age… The Industrial Revolution has begun, factories are springing up across the country, and new technologies are transforming in the cities. But the old ways do not die easy. “I was not a bard or a djeli or an historian or a scribe and I…
Continue ReadingAlright, time to try (again) to catch up on my backlog of books that need to be reviewed. Today I will do two short reviews of some Tor books that have been patiently waiting (for a few months) for some much needed love and attention. Both books are the second installments of fairly popular series….
Continue ReadingIt is December 30, and I doubt I will finish another book before 2014 so I figured I would bite the bullet and post my Best Books of 2013 list. These books are listed in no particular order. I ended up reading 177 books this year, which far surpassed my goal of 100 books. I’m…
Continue ReadingThis week the holidays have swept me up and I really haven’t had the time to sit down and write a review, which is aggravating since I am SO BEHIND on my reviews. I should get a few more up on Thursday and Friday, but still… Anyway, I was thinking. The holidays make me kind…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book How do you get to the Red Planet? Not via a benighted government program trapped in red tape and bound by budget constrictions, that’s for sure. No, what it will take is a helping of adventure, science, corporate powerplays, a generous dollop of seduction—both in and out of the boardroom—and money, money,…
Continue ReadingToday my author-love series continues with a post about why I think Robert Jackson Bennett is amazing, and why you should read his books (and love them). This series will take place every Monday (unless I forget or run out of people to talk about). —– Have you ever thought to yourself, “Self, I’d really…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book Maurice has just killed a dragon with a bread knife. And had his destiny foretold… and had his true love spirited away. That’s precisely the sort of stuff that’d bring out the latent heroism in anyone. Unfortunately, Maurice is pretty sure he hasn’t got any latent heroism. Meanwhile, a man wakes up…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book He used to be the best detective on the job. Until he became the hunted… Once a legendary police inspector, Nicolas Lenoir is now a disillusioned and broken man who spends his days going through the motions and his evenings drinking away the nightmares of his past. Ten years ago, Lenoir barely…
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