• Try Me by Parker Blue. LibraryThing Early Reviewers. YA urban supernatural paranormal romance fantasy. Val is one eighth incubus; super fast, super strong, has a telepathic part hellhound terrier and refers to her demonic side in the third person (Lola). She works for the Special Crimes Unit who aren’t keen when they find out she’s part demon ( Read more... )

• The Little Known by Janice Daugharty. LibraryThing Early Reviewers Book. Coming of age story set in a poor, segregated town in South Georgia. African American 12 year old boy Knot ends up with a bag of money when a bank robbery near him goes wrong. I love the way Knot is paralysed by the money, he has thousands of dollars but each note is too big ( Read more... )

Conflict of Honours, Agent of Change, Carpe Diem, Plan B, Local Custom, Scout's Progress & I Dare by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Re-reading except for Scout's Progress which, by some freak sequence of events I hadn't read yet. Yay for comfort-space opera.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8, Issue 11 and 12 by Joss Whedon. New bad guys, Buffy's love life in chaos, dating Xander style and vampires who melt into fog. Still happy.

Carpe Diem by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. Space Opera. Light hearted and dramatic with action, adventure and angst all wrapped up in some of the most enjoyable characters I've ( Read more... )

Local Custom by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. Liaden Universe romance, not one of the standouts but lovable for backstory about Shan’s parents. Star-crossed lovers from completely different cultures fail to communicate… a lot.

Riddlemaster of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire and Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillip. I want to love this trilogy more ( Read more... )

Balance of Trade by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. Light hearted character driven space opera and totally my Thing. Young Jethri has trouble with his home ship and finds a berth with the wily, untrustworthy Liaden - coming of age story.

Crystal Soldier and Crystal Dragon by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. The Liaden Universe back story which means ( Read more... )

The problem at the exchange has been fixed and the House of B&D is back online; was a very good week for reading and gardening.

Plan B and I Dare by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller are the conclusion to the Liaden Universe series and have much charm. It's alarmingly like Dragonball Z what with the tendency to power up all the main characters but their ( Read more... )

Partners in Necessity by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. Trilogy. Space opera. Best thing since discovering Lois McMaster Bujold. Not quite in the same league but thoroughly enjoyable. Made me laugh, adored some of the characters and will definitely be chasing down the other books in this series.

Jet Smoke and Dragon Fire by Charles Ashton. Young ( Read more... )