About three months ago, following KatieBabs recommendation, I picked up Lord of the Fading Lands and Lady of Light and Shadows by CL Wilson and found myself falling in love with her books. These are the first two books…
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I AM IRON MAAAAAAAAAN!
I’ve got my tickets, got a few friends, and I am all hyped up and ready to go. I’ll be back on Monday with a detailed report of the first film adaptation for billionaire Tony Stark and his sweet…
(Not called “Book of the Month” because…well, we like doing joint reviews and can’t have more than one “Book of the Month” or the title loses significance, right? Right?) Title: Awesome Lavratt Author: Ann Wilkes Genre: Science Fiction Stand…
Title: The Golden Compass Novel by Philip Pullman Movie directed by Chris Weizt; screenplay by Chris Weizt; starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, and Dakota Blue Richards This past Tuesday, the film adaptation of Philip Pullman’s classic The Golden Compass…
Title: Magic Bites and Magic Burns Author: Ilona Andrews Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: First and second novels in the Kate Daniels series Summary: (From amazon.com) MAGIC BITESMercenary Kate Daniels cleans up urban problems of a paranormal…
Title: If You Dare Author: Kresley Cole Review number: 41 Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: First in the McCarrick Brothers series but can be read as stand alone. Summary: Can he exact revenge? High in the Pyrenees, a…
Title: Visions of Heat Author: Nalini Singh Review Number: 40 Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone/Series: Book 2 of Psy/Changeling series Summary: Used to cold silence, Faith NightStar is suddenly being tormented by dark visions of blood and murder. A…
Reading SciFi Chick’s recent list “13 Unfortunate X-Men Costumes”, got me to thinking. While some superheroes have blundered into some lamentable costume phases, how about those poor heroes that are just totally miscast or misrepresented in movie adaptations? Considering…
For this week’s ponderings: What’s your favorite ’80s teen/Brat Pack movie? Pretty In Pink – Duckie, BLAINE, and Andie strut their stuff in this Hughes classic Some Kind of Wonderful – Your tomboyish drum playing best friend? Or the…
Title: Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer Series, book 1) Author: Karen Chance Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Stand alone or series: First in the Cassandra Palmer series Summary: (from Amazon.com) Like any sensible girl, Cassie tries to avoid vampires. But…
This Episode’s unearthing: a 2001 Bollywood movie, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham or It’s All About Loving Your Parents I love Bollywood movies. I am not, by any means, a great connoisseur, but I have watched…
Title: Heroes Adrift Author: Moira J. Moore Genre: Fantasy Stand alone or series: Third book in the Hero series Summary: (from amazon.com)The Empress wants to locate the descendants of her exiled sister. No magically-bonded Pair is more ill-suited for…
Title: A Fistful of Charms Author: Kim Harrison Genre: Urban Fantasy, Horror Stand alone or series: Fourth novel in The Hollows (Rachel Morgan) series Summary: (From amazon.com)The evil night things that prowl Cincinnati despise witch and bounty hunter Rachel…
Title: Slave to Sensation Author: Nalini Singh Review number: 38 Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone/ Series: Book 1 of the Psy/Changeling series. Summary: In a world that denies emotions, where the ruling Psy punish any sign of desire, Sascha…
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Movie Review: The Darjeeling Limited
I am a huge fan of Wes Anderson movies – they are all a reflection of a personal vision: he usually directs, writers, produces and is involved with the photography, design and soundtrack. I love the feeling of his…
This week’s ponderings: What is your favorite ’80s horror flick? The Howling – Probably one of (if not THE) greatest werewolf movie ever Prince of Darkness – John Carpenter’s answer to particle physics and theology; TACHYONS! Re-Animator – Franken-zombies!…
Title: Undead and Unwed Author: MaryJanice Davidson Review number: 37 Genre: Paranormal Comedy (Para-Comedy?) /Vampires Stand Alone/Series: Book 1 of Queen Betsy books. Summary: Betsy Taylor turns 30, gets laid off, is killed by an SUV and wakes up…
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The Office
While we fully supported them, the Writers Strike was probably one of the worst things ever to happen to Ana and I. As we are confessed LOST dorks, our greedy selves were devastated by the sudden hiatus to our…
Title: And Then He Kissed Her Author: Laura Lee Guhrke Review number: 36 Genre: Historical romance Stand Alone/series: Book 1 of Girl-Bachelor series but it can be read as a Stand Alone Summary: Supremely sensible Emmaline Dove wishes to…
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One Word Meme
*ninjas in* Tagged by partner in smuggling crime, Ana ONE Word Answers (as Ana said, there is no way I can do this in one word answers only) You are feeling: stuffy To your left: biiiig window (I can…
Title: The Scent of Shadows (Sign of the Zodiac, Book 1) Author: Vicki Pettersson Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: First novel in the Sign of the Zodiac series (currently 2 books) Summary: (From amazon.com)When she was sixteen,…
Title: Naked in Death and Glory in Death Author: J.D. Robb Review number: 35 Genre: Crime/Romance Stand alone/Series: Books 1 and 2 of In Death series (27 books so far) Summary: Naked in Death: Breaking every rule, Lt. Eve…
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One word Meme
I was tagged by Jill D. for this one word meme. ONE Word Answers (there is no way I can do this in one word answers only) You are feeling: sleepyTo your left: wallOn your mind: X-filesLast meal included:…
Time for another Chat, this time with the talented, up-and-coming author Maria V. Snyder. After recently reading and reviewing her newest release, Fire Study (book 3 of the Study series), I contacted Maria with fangirlish hopes of getting her…
Review number: 34 Review: OK, right. At some deeper level of consciousness I would agree with most of Thea’s points (the “Frag” thing was particularly eye-popping) but I ended up not caring about the bad and the ugly because…