I hope everyone had a great weekend and Memorial Day. Most people celebrate by going to picnics or lounging by the pool. What did I do you may ask on an 85 degree day? I baked cupcakes. That’s write I said cupcakes. Hot oven and all. I did do the picnic thing on Sunday, but…
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Author Profile: Deborah Harkness
As a follow-up to my book review about A Discovery of Witches, I wanted to focus on Deborah Harkness. I wanted to find out how a History professor dives into a Historical/Paranormal Romance book and becomes very successful on her first try. Deborah Harkness grew up outside Philadelphia, Pa. She has lived in New England,…
Review: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Today’s review is about a book that could easily become a modern classic, A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. This has easily become one of my favorite books and I have re-read it at least 3 times. I plan to re-read it yet again right before the next installment in the series comes out…
You Know Your Popular When Your Being Spoofed
The old adage is that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. I have often noticed this is true when it comes to Movies and Television shows. Well, I have started to see that videos of parodies of popular books are popping up all over youtube. This was brought to my attention most recently…
Review: Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay
I just recently finished a surprisingly good book, Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay. I say surprisingly because I never really know what I am going to get when I am reading Young Adult fiction. Sometimes like that with the Hunger Games and Twilight they are well written and mature. Other times they can read very…
Elisabeth Naughton’s Royal Realism
I am going to give a quick shout out to one of my favorite authors, Elisabeth Naughton. She just posted her first contribution in the Love Rocks column. Click on the link below to see the article in full. http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Love-Rocks/Royal-Realism/ba-p/7909
The Ties that Bind
I was reminded today about the book 5 People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. This book was thrust back into the front of my mind when I was reading a twitter thread #IfIDiedTomorrow. The whole purpose of that thread was to put out there what you want remembered about yourself. I began thinking…
Author Profile: Katherine Howe
I decided to do this week’s author profile on Katherine Howe since I just finished her new book The House of Velvet and Glass. I was intrigued by Ms. Howe after reading both of her books. Ms. Howe was born in Houston, Texas. She is very academically accomplished. She has degrees in Art History and…
Review: Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake #1)
I finally broke down and read the first book in the Anita Blake series. I feel like I am the last person standing who hasn’t read these books. I had heard a lot of good things about this series, but I am reading so many different series’ right now it is a challenge to fit…
Review: Touch the Dark by Karen Chance (Cassandra Palmer #1)
Karen Chance’s Touch the Dark is the first in her Cassandra Palmer Series. I thought this was an okay start for the series. In Touch the Dark we meet Cassie Palmer. She is a clairvoyant that was raised by a vampire in a vampire court. When we meet her she has just received her own…