Thanks to an LJ friend, I spent a whole lot of the last few days reading The Law Dog Files. The man really does need to put together a book of his stories, or maybe a few books, because he…
Methinks I Need to Safeword
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.…
Review: Spectre by Phaedra Weldon
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…
Scattered
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…
Review: Maria V. Snyder’s Study Series
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…
Review: The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
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…
Review: Selene by Lilith Saintcrow
Selene by Lilith Saintcrow
Review: The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu
The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu My review rating: 5 of 5 starsThe Iron Hunt is a beautifully written book with some interesting twists on established fantasy memes. To some extent, I felt that I’d come in to the…
Review: The Watcher Series by Lilith Saintcrow
Mindhealer by Lilith Saintcrow My review rating: 3 of 5 starsI’m actually reviewing all five of the Watcher books. They’re quite short—novella length, really—and very much interrelated (especially the first four). I read all of them in about a day…
Review: Night Child by Jes Battis
Night Child by Jes Battis My review rating: 4 of 5 starsI really enjoyed this book, and hope Battis returns to this world. His prose is lyrical, engaging—a major departure from most of the urban fantasy genre. There were a…