Yesterday I seriously needed a brain-break, so I went through my soon-to-expire eGalleys from NetGalley and found The Taming of the Rake by Kasey Michaels.

It was exactly what I needed. A Regency romance that starts the Blackthorn Brothers trilogy, this story centers on Oliver LeBeau Blackthorn and Lady Chelsea Mills-Beckman, on the run to Gretna ( Read more... )

Ack! I meant to post this days ago & life got away from me...

Anyway... Around the time I got started on my revisions on W&F, I went to B&N to pick up a copy of a book I'd pre-ordered, Rosemary and Rue* by Seanan McGuire (seananmcguire). I've been following Seanan's LJ for a while and thought her debut novel sounded highly entertaining, so I made sure to get a ( Read more... )

Apparently I'm full of posts today. Or something...

Anyway, just popping in to say that when The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong comes out (my book says 9/08, Amazon says July 1, 2008), GO BUY IT. AND READ IT ( Read more... )

I just finished Trouble and am now fully convinced it is the best book ever. Gary D. Schmidt is now on my "must buy" list and I'm going to go back and find all his other work.

I have not been this captivated by 'realistic fiction' in a long time. Possibly since Speak. Erm, wait, since Twisted. Then again, I tend to refuse to read a lot of it ( Read more... )

Looking for a new Middle Grade fantasy hero, now that Harry's reached the ripe old age of 17 and concluded his adventures? Well, look no further than Jonathan Starling.

In Darkside by Tom Becker, the first in a new series of fantasy/horror adventure stories also called Darkside, readers are introduced to the two sides of London: Lightside, what ( Read more... )

*Disclaimer* I do know Ms. Trent. HOWEVER, even if I didn't, I'd love this book anyway.

I just finished By Venom's Sweet Sting and my heart is still racing. I don't want to say anything spoilerish, so I'm going to keep this review relatively brief ( Read more... )