Category Archives: Authors
More of What I Read Last Year
One dud, but overall the first half of last Sept was a pretty good reading month for me. As always, reviews were originally posted on Goodreads – additional comments in italics below. ************ Loose Ends by Tara Janzen (romantic suspense) My … Continue reading
Filed under Josh Lanyon, Linda Howard, Reviews, Stephanie Perkins, Tara Janzen
Links of Interest
I nearly missed a typo and the post title was almost Kinks of Interest – which may have attracted more attention admittedly. LINKS to items that have caught my attention recently: ************ Courtney Milan put up a post about royalties … Continue reading
Filed under Web news, John Scalzi, Mary Jo Putney, Meljean Brook, Kristin Cashore
Books for May
It doesn’t feel like May, does it? Partly because it has been the gloomiest April ever, weather-wise, and I swear it still feels as though it’s winter. Maybe it’ll stop raining in time for the Olympics. But new releases always … Continue reading
A Short Reading Month
Picking up where we left off, here are books I read in August last year. And I only read four during the ENTIRE month. Huh. It also looks to have been a bit of a romance month. As always, … Continue reading
Filed under Elizabeth Mansfield, Julia Quinn, Kaje Harper, Reviews
Link Love
I know, I’ve been AWOL here recently. I’ve quite a few links to share (some probably woefully out-of-date) – here’s what’s caught my attention over the past week or so: The annual Brenda Novak auction is on – and Phyl … Continue reading
Slightly Longer Thoughts
The rest of the books I read during July 2011 – this time, I actually liked all of them. Non-Goodreads comments in italics… ************ One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming (mystery) My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was totally … Continue reading
Filed under Jacqueline Carey, Jim Butcher, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kalayna Price, Reviews
Very Short Thoughts
These July 2011 reads are a bit of a downer. It was partly self-inflicted though. Reviews cross-posted from Goodreads as always, additional comments in italics. ************ Hit List by Laurell K. Hamilton (paranormal romance) My rating: 1 of 5 stars Ummm… … Continue reading
Filed under Charlaine Harris, Janet Evanovich, Joan Wolf, Laurell K Hamilton, Reviews
Awards and Other Links
The 2012 Hugo award nominees were announced last week - I feel as though I haven’t really read enough SFF last year to be able to comment knowledgeably (same with the RITAs, I admit). The most interesting aspect (to me) is … Continue reading
Filed under Kelley Armstrong, Lois McMaster Bujold, Mary Jo Putney, Seanan McGuire, Web news
Unexpectedly Good Reads (Pun Not Intended)
More books I read during June – some good ones in here. As usual, reviews originally posted on Goodreads, but now with some additional comments added. I feel like I should come up with a name for these posts. ************ … Continue reading
Books for April
For some reason, I thought there were more new releases in April that I wanted – anyway, here are the four I’m getting: * Sharon Shinn‘s THE SHAPE OF DESIRE (urban fantasy): I was madly excited when I found out … Continue reading
Filed under Coming soon, Holly Black, Kelly Hunter, Sharon Shinn, Sherwood Smith
