Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton My review rating: 3 of 5 starsI kept saying I was giving up on Hamilton’s books, then giving her just one more chance as each novel came out, hoping that at some point she’d…
The Geek Who Understands You
Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton My review rating: 3 of 5 starsI kept saying I was giving up on Hamilton’s books, then giving her just one more chance as each novel came out, hoping that at some point she’d…
Mean Streets by Jim Butcher My review rating: 4 of 5 starsMean Streets is one of the best anthologies I’ve read in a while. It only has four different pieces in it, but they’re all novellas, and all by strong,…
Blood from Stone by Laura Anne Gilman My review rating: 5 of 5 starsIt feels like a spoiler, but since Gilman says this at the front of the book, I suppose it isn’t: Blood From Stone is the last Retrievers…
Suite 606 by J.D. Robb My review rating: 1 of 5 starsI only read the story by J.D. Robb. I glanced at the other three, but they’re primarily romance stories, which do NOT interest me. The whole point of these…
Rogue by Rachel Vincent My review rating: 2 of 5 starsI am officially annoyed. I want some kind of law, or at least an industry standard, that requires publishers to label any novel that doesn’t tie up all its little…
I’m about 3/4 of the way through The Devil’s Right Hand by Lilith Saintcrow—3rd of 5 or 6 books in the Dante Valentine series—and I don’t think I can take any more. I want to know how the story ends.…
Spectre by Phaedra Weldon My review rating: 3 of 5 starsHmm. Spectre feels less like a sequel to Wraith than a chapter two, if that makes any sense. Both books are full-sized novels, but they’re so closely related that book…
Anybody else using LiveMocha? Especially to learn French? I just joined (as TechnoMom, of course) and would like to have “friends” there. I started with the beginner level, lesson one, and actually learned a few new vocabulary words. (My wee…
Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder My review rating: 4 of 5 starsI strongly recommend reading Poison Study, Assassin Study, Magic Study, and Power Study all at a go. The two novellas are optional but canonical and fun. Snyder’s world…
The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross My review rating: 5 of 5 starsI don’t give many 5-star ratings, but The Atrocity Archives deserves one. You may need to read it with a web browser open to look up references using…
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