Reviews — useful reviews, professional reviews, good reviews — are most like critiques given after it’s too damn late to fix anything. They aren’t there to help the author do better, but to guide readers toward books they’d like and away from books they wouldn’t. For that, a good reviewer is worth her weight in … Continue reading »
So after everyone who wanted turned in their ten nominations, I only had two people nominate again, giving me a total of 20 more points to add to the polling list. BUT the whole point was to give you all a chance to vote once and be done, but to also give you a chance … Continue reading »
Apologies for posting this late, especially given that I could’ve written these up over the weekend, but hey, busy-ness abounded! At any rate, this week brings you the second installment to Rachel Caine’s Weather Warden series (the first book I loved to pieces), and a bit of a treat for Fringe fans: the first tie-in … Continue reading »
All right, this week, I finally get caught up on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice & Fire series (and boy, do I have a lot to say about that last installment!), and I pick up the sequel to Jeffrey Brown’s absolutely adorable Darth Vader & Son, but featuring Leia instead!
The other morning, I had a 6 am epiphany. Of course, being 6 am, it may not be so much an epiphany as it was an interesting thought. I’ve made the conscious decision to catch up on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice & Fire series. Right now, I’m working on A Dance With … Continue reading »
Let’s get a little bit back to normal. A little bit in that it seems the nonfiction bug keeps demanding attention, so today you get an urban fantasy review for Kat Richardson’s debut urban fantasy, Greywalker, and the Tina Fey’s autobiography (memoir?) Bossypants.
Happy May, and welcome another installment of Calico’s Dares 2013: Ladies First! This is where I select a book that I have already read (and loved) and dare YOU, my readers, to read it and share your thoughts. Here are some ground rules: 1) Read on your own time. Don’t feel obligated to finish this … Continue reading »
I’ve not been doing much around here short of weekly flash reviews and the Calico’s Dares announcements, so I wanted to take a moment to bring a few things to your attention, some of which has to deal with where to find me on the internets now that I’m not 100% doing the book blog … Continue reading »
So last week’s reviews might’ve been a bit weird, but this week’s set takes the cake. To ease the weird-factor of the second review, which is a nonfiction book that implies more about me than most of you would care to know, I’ve also provided the long-coming review for George R.R. Martin’s A Feast For … Continue reading »
Last week was a weird one, reading-wise. I bring you a Star Wars/Mount TBR read that would’ve been a DNF if it hadn’t been an SW book, as well as my reward for getting through it, Carrie Vaughn’s latest Kitty novel!
Expanding the number of books you can nominate has done wonders for the polling, so I have to say, I’m pleased with that change: 10 people made 76 nominations (not everyone chose to fill all ten slots), and you all have been nominating since… well, for a while now! I decided to announce your May … Continue reading »
Another busy week, which means my reading gets slower and slower. The only reason you get two reviews this week is because I snuck in a novella! So today, I bring you 1) Mount TBR selection AND your dare to me for April, and 2) a recent purchase written by one of my favorite YA … Continue reading »
