I first met Griffin in Griffin Rising, the story of a young angel in training, fighting his way through very human issues and emotions. In that book, his character stole the show. I liked him a lot, and he continued to haunt me even after I stopped reading the book. Which was why I eagerly […]
Category Archives: Book Reviews
If I’m reading it, I’ll write about it here — scifi, fantasy, romance, mystery, non-fiction, or whatever my book club makes me read.
Book Review: Canyons of Night
Get ready for it: This is book number 12 in the Arcane Society Series, number 3 in the Looking Glass Trilogy, and Harmony number 8. Got all that? Good, because judging from the way this book ended, I think it may also be the first book in another subseries. 🙂 This is Jayne Castle, aka […]
Choose Your Own Adventure: The Haunted House
Geared for younger children, The Haunted House contains a very simple premise: Your dog chases a cat into a spooky old house. Now, what do you do? This book gives children the opportunity to make their own choices, and create their own story. If you ever chose your own adventure as a kid, you’re familiar […]
Choose Your Own Adventure
Last week, when I reviewed Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?, I mentioned my love of “Choose Your Own Adventure” books, but I had no idea that the old series was back, this time published through a new company called Chooseco. A representative of the company contacted me after seeing my (fairly negative) review of […]
The Art of Rereading
I have been caught up in a frenzy of re-reading lately, which I confess is why my book review section has been a little thin. When I looked back over my last few reviews I cringed to see so many negative or lukewarm reviews. It made me feel like a horribly picky or pessimistic person […]
Book Review: Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?
I loved the Choose Your Own Adventure series of books as a kid. I devised a system of numbered bookmarks that I inserted every time I had to make a choice, to make sure I ended up reading through every path. (Although the first time through I always tried to make the “right” choices.) Can […]
Can I Change My Mind?
Yesterday, I picked up a book I read before. I didn’t realize until partway through that I had read it before, and when I did, I went to goodreads to see what I originally thought. One star. Unfinished. I lambasted the thing. And the thing is, I can’t disagree with anything I said in that […]
Book Review: Warrior’s Woman
I normally include cover art with my reviews, but I find that as embarrassed as I am that I even read this book, I would manage to be more embarrassed still were I to share the cover art. I read this book on audio (through the library for the blind), so I didn’t see the […]
Book Review: Queen City Jazz
It took me a long time to figure out what I thought about this book. Even after finishing it, I can’t be quite sure what I just read. It was all very surreal and dreamlike, and main character Verity seemed more like a reporter than an actor. In the end, I’d say this book was […]
Book Review: Dancing with Werewolves
Delilah Street is an orphan, supposedly named after the street on which she was abandoned. She lives in a world where magic is “out” and weather witches don’t just alter the weather — they report it. Delilah is a reporter at a station where “Dead Ted” — a vampire — anchors the news. Delilah’s life […]