Enthralled by Melissa Marr My rating: 3 of 5 stars Journeys, literal or otherwise, are the theme of this young adult anthology. Appropriately enough, it was conceived as the result of a book tour. “Giovanni’s Farewell” by Claudia Gray is…
Review: Hunt the Moon by Karen Chance
Hunt the Moon by Karen Chance My rating: 3 of 5 stars Chance must have thought readers were bored with the Cassandra/Mircea match because much of this book is spent with Cassie falling for Pritkin without really being aware that…
Review: Spellbound by Kelley Armstrong
Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong My rating: 4 of 5 stars Waking the Witch and Spell Bound should truly be read back to back. In fact, they should be read with 13 on hand, almost as a trilogy within the…
Review: Aftermath by Ann Aguirre
Aftermath by Ann Aguirre My rating: 4 of 5 stars Leave it to Aguirre to take her heroine in a direction that is apparently pissing off at least half of her readers (those who expected romance). Sirantha Jax is in…
Review: Killbox by Ann Aguirre
Killbox by Ann Aguirre My rating: 5 of 5 stars Killbox won’t make any sense without reading the previous three books, and I honestly feel that I should have gone back and re-read them before starting it. I was impatient…
Review: Shady Lady by Ann Aguirre
Shady Lady by Ann Aguirre My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have to give a fairly high rating to a book that involves a woman who largely saves herself from multiple assassins (natural and supernatural) sent by the head…
Book Review: Blood Lite III: Aftertaste edited by Kevin J. Anderson
Blood Lite III: Aftertaste by Kevin J. Anderson My rating: 2 of 5 stars This anthology is supposed to be humorous horror. I have a message for Kevin J. Anderson: grossness is not nearly enough for humor. I hope volume…
Book Review: Down These Strange Streets edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner R. Dozois
Down These Strange Streets by George R.R. Martin My rating: 4 of 5 stars This anthology gathers stories from authors who normally write in various genres. The commonality is that each story is a mystery, and there’s a fantastic twist…
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You are reading the blog of the newest board member of Grants to You, a wonderful non-profit organization based in Prescott, Arizona. I’m going to be doing a lot of work involving the website and serving on a new committee.…
Book Review: Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris My rating: 3 of 5 stars For fluff, it’s got some really dark scenes. It doesn’t have enough of a plot to be anything more than fluff, though. It absolutely does NOT stand alone, so…