Title: The Land of the Painted Caves – Book 6 in the Earth’s Children series (official website) Author: Jean M. Auel Genre: Historical fiction, romance The gist: A fairly utopian look at prehistoric ice-age cave-dwelling societies wrapped up in a romance and sprinkled with unusually accurate anthropology and archaeology facts. Initial attraction: I’m pretty [...]
Title: The Curse Workers Trilogy: White Cat, Red Glove, and Black Heart Author: Holly Black Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult, Mystery, Noir The gist: If that British Show Hustle had magic but also illegal jazz hands. Initial attraction: Holly Black, urban fantasy, crime families that sell illegal magic, con-artists, and mysteries – there is [...]
So, Book Expo America. It is one of my favorite times of year but it also gets weirder to write about it every year. I mostly just want to SQUEEE over all of the awesome friends I saw, the fantastic authors I met, and the amazing books I got. I got into New York on [...]
While you wait for a real post let me just leave this recipe for GAZPACHO!!! here for you. It’s a great and easy summer recipe that I’ve been positively stuffing my face with since returning from the book expo because I have just wanted to eat ALL OF THE VEGETABLES. Also, it doesn’t involve any [...]
Have you heard of the Tough Mudder yet? It’s referred to as “probably the toughest event on the planet” which is fair enough considering the obstacle courses scattered through out this 12+ mile race. “What kind of obstacles could be that bad?” you may find yourself asking. The answer would be running through fire, getting [...]
Audiobooks are these awesome things that save me when I need my hands and eyes to be doing something that isn’t holding a book or reading the pages. I’ve been listening to a lot of audiobooks lately, or rather quite a few of the same ones over and over. It’s not that I don’t want [...]
Title: Darkfever (Fever Series, Book 1) Author: Karen Marie Moning Genre: Urban fantasy The gist: Darkfever is like if Buffy the Vampire Slayer was actually Mac the Fairy Slayer and went on a quest to Ireland to avenge her sister’s murder. Initial attraction: Potentially BAMFy character, fairies, and the opening lines are “My philosophy is [...]
Some brief and probably spoilery thoughts on Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1. Because I went to the midnight opening and because it’s Twilight you really can’t expect me to have particularly deep or coherent thoughts, but here they are anyway. – Every movie should start with Taylor Lautner running around shirtless, this is a strong [...]
You might have noticed that Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim came out on Friday. It is basically a miracle I have gotten anything at all done since then and even that is only through sheer indomitable force of will and unconscionably large amounts of caffeine. Because you know what? Totally most awesomest game of awesome and [...]
The gist: Remember Matthew Shepard? Shine is like that but Southerny-er and wrapped around a mystery. Title: Shine Author: Lauren Myracle Genre: Young adult, realistic fiction Initial attraction: First Lauren Myracle pwnd that annoying chick from Wall Street Journal and then got burned by the National Book Awards which propelled my interest in the book [...]
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