This post comes to you via Erika Breathes Books and Breaking the Spine. "Waiting on Wednesday" is a weekly meme where you post upcoming titles you're eagerly anticipating.I'm disturbingly behind in my book blogging; I blame that on all the traveling I've been doing lately, so please forgive me. Something else to blame on my … Continue reading Waiting on Wednesday: Guilty Pleasures
Category: Genre: fiction
Book Review: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plagueby Geraldine Brooks9780142001431, Penguin, $15Beautiful, heartbreaking, well-researched, richly envisioned, this book is a must-read for all lovers of historical fiction. Geraldine Brooks imagines what it must have been like for the people of the village of Eyam, in England, who, in 1666, voluntarily isolated themselves from the rest … Continue reading Book Review: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Book Review: First Contact, Or, It’s Later Than You Think by Evan Mandery
First Contact, Or, It's Later Than You Think (Parrot Sketch Excluded)by Evan Mandery9780061749773, Harper, $13.99First Contact combines Kurt Vonnegut and Douglas Adams into sci-fi literary fiction that will have you chuckling almost til the very end. The one problem with it is that the author couldn't keep his own two cents out of it, so … Continue reading Book Review: First Contact, Or, It’s Later Than You Think by Evan Mandery
Book Review: The Clothes They Stood Up In by Alan Bennett
The Clothes They Stood Up Inby Alan BennettOut-of-print hardcover: 9780375503061Paperback: The Clothes They Stood Up In and the Lady in the Van, 9780812969658, Random House, $14Why, you might ask, did I give you the out-of-print hardcover edition ISBN? Because it's such a great size - at about 8 inches tall and 5.5 inches wide, this … Continue reading Book Review: The Clothes They Stood Up In by Alan Bennett
Book Review: Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
Full Moon Risingby Keri Arthur9780553588453, Bantam Dell (Random House), $7.99Sizzling! Riley Jenson and Rhoan Jenson are both agents in an organization created to police the supernatural races. Most people don’t know about the organization. Within the organization, most people don’t know Riley & Rhoan are both half-werewolf, half-vampire. And almost noone knows they’re twin brother … Continue reading Book Review: Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
Book Review: Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland
Any Given Doomsdayby Lori Handeland9780312949198, St. Martin’s Paperbacks (Macmillan), $6.99This is the first book in a supernatural fantasy series. Elizabeth Phoenix used to be part of the Milwaukee Police Department until one of her “hunches” got her partner killed. The police force and Liz herself want nothing more to do with the fact that she … Continue reading Book Review: Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland
Book Review: Orchid by Jayne Ann Krentz/Jayne Castle
Orchidby Jayne Ann Krentz writing as Jayne Castle9780671569020, Pocket Books (Simon & Schuster), $7.99I first discovered this series in either junior high or high school. I think it was out of print already, and I picked up a few books at a local library for about a quarter each. I rediscovered this series about 2 … Continue reading Book Review: Orchid by Jayne Ann Krentz/Jayne Castle
Book Review: Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin
Once Bitten, Twice Shyby Jennifer Rardin9780316043540, Orbit Books (Hachette), $7.99This is the first book in a supernatural/urban fantasy series. Meet Jaz Parks. That’s Jasmine Parks, CIA operative, one of the most lethal killers on the planet. She’s just been teamed up with Vayl, a top CIA assassin, and did I mention vampire? Jaz doesn’t have … Continue reading Book Review: Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin
Book Review: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Naamah's Kiss by Jacqueline Carey Hardcover: 9780446198035, $26.99, Grand Central Publishing (Hachette)Paperback: 9780446198042, $7.99, Grand Central Publishing (Hachette)Naamah's Kiss is the first book in the third trilogy in the fantasy world created by Jacqueline Carey. The first trilogy followed the as yet unsurpassed story involving Phedre and Joscelin, Terre d'Ange, Kushiel's blessing/curse, and the fate of the … Continue reading Book Review: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Book Review: Soulless by Gail Carriger
Soullessby Gail Carriger 9780316056632, $7.99, Orbit (Hachette)The subtitle says it all, really: A Novel of Vampires, Werewolves, and Parasols. I thought, No, not really, this can't possibly be as witty and engaging as I want it to be. But then I began reading, and to my great surprise and eternal delight, it was! Alexia Tarabotti … Continue reading Book Review: Soulless by Gail Carriger
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