There are definitely times when I really enjoy reading books that are different. I recently read a blog post about reading books outside of your comfort zone. It has a couple good lists of books that you should check out,…
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Tagged with: Book, book review, books, comfort zone, controversial books, future, Literature, Reading, Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers
Posted in Book review, Excellent, Intrigues
Posted in Book review, Excellent, Intrigues
Review: C.J. Archer’s Witchblade Chronicles
Over this past week and a half, I’ve enjoyed two books from author C.J. Archer and her series, The Witchblade Chronicles. Those who follow this blog know that I enjoy romances usually as a way to pick me up at the end of…
Tagged with: Archer, book review, books, Goodreads, historical romance, London, Romance novel
Posted in Book review, Good
Posted in Book review, Good
Reputation is everything
This weekend I received an interesting direct message on Twitter from a writer whose book I had previously reviewed. “My book’s changed to the extent that UR review’s no longer accurate [link to review]. Consider yourself lucky I haven’t reviewed…
Tagged with: Author, book review, books, E-book, ereader, malicious, reputation, Review, rude, twitter
Posted in Writing tips
Posted in Writing tips
Keep reading! That is my goal.
Happy New Year to you all! I thought it would be fitting to start this new year out with a list of books that I read last year, along with the ones I plan to read this year. If there’s…
Tagged with: 2013, books, Déjà Dead, Gail Carson Levine, inheritance by christopher paolini, Juliet Marillier, Kathy Reichs, Kelley Armstrong, Kylie Brant, reading challenge, Seth Grahame-Smith
Posted in On My Bookshelf
Posted in On My Bookshelf
Author Maria V Snyder blog tour and giveaways
Maria V. Snyder is an author I have read since I was in high school. She’s published a number of books, but my favorites are still her Study series (Poison Study, Magic Study and Fire Study). Turns out, Snyder is doing a blog tour…
Tagged with: books, bookshelf, Fantasy, Fire Study, Magic Study, Maria V Snyder, Poison Study, Scent of Magic
Posted in On My Bookshelf
Posted in On My Bookshelf
#NaNoWriMo winner!
Yes, I am a NaNoWriMo winner! I wrote 51, 246 words in November (National Novel Writing Month). Let me tell you, it wasn’t easy. There were days when I really didn’t want to write, but I needed to do this. The…
Tagged with: books, Fiction, Holidays, National Novel Writing Month, novel writing, November, Thanksgiving, writing
Posted in New stuff
Posted in New stuff
What’s on my bookshelf from my grandfather?
I apologize to those of you who follow my blog for not posting as regularly last month. I took a break from posting because, two weeks ago, my grandfather passed away. He would have been 79 on November 29. It’s…
Tagged with: books, English, Fiction, Grandparent, Hunt for Red October, Literature, Memorials, National Geographic, Social Sciences, Sum of All Fears, thriller novels, Tom Clancy, tom clancy novel, writing
Posted in On My Bookshelf
Posted in On My Bookshelf
