I have been keeping on eye on this breed of genre for a bit now. I don't subscribe to any newsletters or forums that discuss romance fiction so I may be way behind in blogging about this new trend but "steampunk romance" has seemingly been digging its claws into the mainstream since last year. As far as I am concerned, anything that moves away from ( Read more... )

First off, this is my Rosalie Hale costume that I wore for the Midnight Masquerade.


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Rez internet is giving me some unnecessary stress. The internet was down all last night and part of today. In any case, that isn't what I want to bitch about today. :/

So last night I finished reading Karen Chance's novel, Touch the Dark.


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I don't know what is is more frustrating: the elusive Rachel and Trent pairing or the fact that I have an Anatomy & Physiology exam in six five four hours ( Read more... )

Okay, I wasn't gonna write about this but since I'm on edge from all the sugar and caffeine (thank you, euphro_syne, Joy and Refresh were both lovely) I don't have control of my stupid fandom urges right now ( Read more... )

The never seen before cover of This Witch for Hire. It is SFBC's (Science Fiction Book Club) special omnibus edition of Kim Harrison's first two books.


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Heads up on a debuting Canadian author, Kassandra Sims, in paranormal romance.

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Old news but it still irks me that LKH's crappy amateur book was republished with a new cover. A sucky plot with one of the most Mary-Sueish fantasy characters I've read. A complete waste of my time.

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Once again tucked into a warm corner to read instead doing what I'm suppose to. What can I say? I am weak at the scent of freshly printed pages and unbroken spines.
The Passion of Artemisia certainly wasn't on my reading list but I couldn't help myself. Essentially, it's a fictional portrait of Gentileschi, one of the few female post-Renaissance ( Read more... )

Finished reading Dark Magic by Christine Feehan. I wish I read the series all in order but the availability varies for each of the novels. I just take whatever's in stock at the bookstores ( Read more... )