I've got a folder on my Kindle called "To Be Reviewed". This is my attempt to clean it out a little bit.

* Handbook for Dragon Slayers by Merrie Haskell ( Read more... )

The story itself is engaging and likable. It's worth a solid 4 stars, 4.5 if Amazon let us do 1/2 stars. I'm particularly fond of the way that Vixen's daddy issues are handled, because so very many absentee-parent stories ignore the confusing mix of emotions in favor of a black-and-white option ( Read more... )

* The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell ( Read more... )

Note to self: do not choose a book by your favorite author for "I'm tired, I'll read for a little bit and then I'll go to sleep around 10:30 or 11" because it turns into "I'll just read one more chapter" until you finish the book at 1:30am.

I have a definite soft spot for retellings of familiar stories from alternate points of view or timelines. ( Read more... )

Goodreads sent me a lovely little email saying "Congratulations, you read seven books this year!" and I said "What the hell? I read way more than seven books this year ( Read more... )

I have a rule of thumb: When there is a movie based on a book out or planned, I don't read the book first. I did for a while, until I realized how often I was complaining that a certain character didn't look the way I pictured them or a favorite scene had been cut. When you like a scene in a book and it gets cut out of the movie, you feel like ( Read more... )

This book was in one of the "these eBooks are free, today only!" emails that I get, and I picked it up on a lark, not realizing that it was solidly Young Adult. I tend to avoid YA novels these days unless they're specifically recommended by people whose taste I trust-- there are so very many that are just 200 pages of angsty drama ( Read more... )

* SSH Mastery by Michael W. Lucas ( Read more... )

The downside of not posting about books RIGHT AWAY is that I can never remember what books I've read by the time I sit down to write about them.

* Murder at the God's Gate by Lynda S. Robinson ( Read more... )

* A Witch In Time by Madeline Alt ( Read more... )