Books 2012 update:

#59: The Woman Worth Ten Coppers by Morgan Howell
This is another reread for me about a knight-type character who has been charged never to carry his own pack. Circumstances require him to purchase a slave girl to carry the pack for him who is way more than he bargained for. It's set in a fantasy world where a dark god called the ( Read more... )

It's been a good couple of weeks for reading!

#47: Here There Be Dragons edited by Jessica A. Weiss
This anthology of dragon short stories was amazing. Of course I am biased about this one since the last story in the book was written by none other than yours truly. YES, it's true! This is my first printed publication. So of course I felt my story was ( Read more... )

Well that's a little more like it. 3 books in 5 days. No, not really. Remember a few posts ago when I said I was reading 5 books at once? 2 of these were part of that.

#41: World War Z by Max Brooks
I'd heard a lot about this book before reading it. Mostly I heard people say I should read it. So I finally did and I have to say it's a very interesting ( Read more... )

Books 2012 update

#13: Songs of Love & Death edited by George RR Martin and Gardner Dozois
This is a collection of short stories about star crossed lovers. It spans several genres and includes several of my favorite authors - Jaqueline Carey, Diana Gabaldon, Jim Butcher, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman and many more. I found it a very enjoyable collection of ( Read more... )

2012 book update:

#8: Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons by Serita Deborah Stevens with Anne Klarner
So call me paranoid, but I really didn't want to do a google search on what poisons I could use to kill someone. No, I'm not a psycho-killer, it was research for my 2011 NaNoWriMo book. So instead I made up a poison and used the NaNo forums to ( Read more... )

Book up date 2011

#95: 45 Master Characters by Victoria Schmidt
This is a non-fiction writers guide to 45 different archetype characters. The book is divided into female, then male lead roles, with a chapter on various types of secondary characters. Each chapter in the lead role category highlights a different greek goddess or god and how their ( Read more... )

Books 2011 update:

#91: The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
This is a young adult book and the first in a series. It's set in modern day about a set of twins who get mixed up in a battle between Nicholas Flamel and Dr John Dee. Nicholas Flamel was the keeper of the Book of Abraham, a book full of great magic and strange prophecies. John Dee steals the ( Read more... )

Having a major storm that swept through taking out our power this weekend meant I had no excuse to do anything but read....

#67: Bird by Bird by Ann Lamott
This came highly recommended by two friends and I understand why after reading it. This is one of those books that anyone who is writing or trying to write should read. It's basically about how to ( Read more... )

Book 2011 update:

#25: Melusine by Sarah Monette
This book is another one that I found out about through either a blog or a podcast. I've been finding a bunch that way lately, so I'm not sure where I heard of it. It's about two different characters in the same city. One is a powerful court magician caught up in a strange and demoralizing circumstance ( Read more... )

Book update:

#14: The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint
I always forget how much I love his storytelling. Every time a new book of his comes out I always procrastinate on getting it. Then eventually I read it, and love it, and wonder why I don't pick them up on the release date. Then I put it in my collection of books and realize just how many of ( Read more... )