Book reviews are going to be short and sweet this month (I say this and then I end up rambling for pages upon pages). I spent most of the month re-reading Kim Harrison’s Hollow series, as 1) I love it and 2) I always forget some of the finer details that Harrison tends to loop back to in future instalments. After that, I finally managed to get ( Read more... )

I’ve been in a reading funk for most of this year (I think Shadowfever was the only book I was even remotely motivated to read) and though I picked up a couple of good books by good authors (Diana Rowland’s Mark of the Demon and Lisa Shearin’s Con and Conjure, and one particularly bad book by a previously good (fanfic) author (Dianne Sylvan’s Queen ( Read more... )

( Shadowfever Review. WARNING! Major spoilers discussed in detail. )

This journal has been so much about my personal life these days, I thought I’d get back to the basics. I used to write reviews all the time, post fanfic and memes, and comment on fandoms. I don’t seem to be doing that anymore, partly because I’m not as involved in fandom as I used to be. I haven’t written fanfic in a very long time because nothing ( Read more... )

I finished re-reading the fourth Fever book the other day and I must admit I'm still having trouble trying to figure out exactly how I should feel about the events that take place in the first part.

( Cut for discussions of rape. Also includes major plot spoilers for the whole series. )

I finished Vicki Pettersson's latest book a few days ago and I'm still in awe, to be honest. I don't think I have any Pettersson fans on my list, but just in case: ( Spoilers. Majorrrrr. )

I've turned into a book junkie lately. Not that I don't already read a lot, but for the past two weeks I just haven't took my head out of a book. I have e-books littering my Desktop at work. I come home, I eat, and then I disappear with a paperback. And it's been so good. Sometimes I go through periods (only short periods, thankfully) when I don't ( Read more... )

( The Sookie Stackhouse Series, Charlaine Harris. )

( Book Review: The Book of Love by Sarah Bower. )

( Book Review/Essay: Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Spoilers inside. )