Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blood Oath is an interesting and fairly refreshing variation on the vampire riff. Most of the current tales give us a suave, sexy predator who mesmerizes his or her…
Book Review: Changes by Jim Butcher
Changes by Jim Butcher My rating: 5 of 5 stars I do not give out many 5-star ratings, but for this book I couldn’t do anything else. That is despite the fact that Jim Butcher did something I honestly didn’t…
Review: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
American Gods by Neil Gaiman My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’m trying to remember whether or not I’ve read any of Gaiman’s other novels before, and I’m fairly certain that I haven’t. I read Good Omens, but that was…
Reviews: Various Short Stories
I just finished reading a bunch of different short stories that have been lurking in various programs on my iTouch. While they are reviewed in separate entries on GoodReads, I’m going to try to put the reviews in one blog…
Book Review: Shift by Rachel Vincent
Shift by Rachel Vincent My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m left with little to say that won’t be a spoiler other than, “Dangit, why can’t more authors work in some polyamory instead of using the same old jealousy-based plots?”…
Book Review: Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris
Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’d say that wraps it up for this series. No, I won’t tell you why I’m saying that, or it’ll ruin the book for you.
Review: Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb
Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb My rating: 4 of 5 stars Fantasy in Death is an interesting take on the death-by-gaming plot that has previously been done by a couple of fantasy and science fiction authors, most notably in…
Book Review: Night’s Edge
Night’s Edge by Maggie Shayne My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Dancers in the Dark” by Charlaine Harris is set in the same universe as the Southern Vampire/Sookie Stackhouse stories, but with none of the incredibly annoying characters. How refreshing!
It Is the Flu
And now I have it, too. Damn it. I had tried to get back to blogging daily, but good intentions just didn’t hold a candle against the entire household coming down with the flu. For some reason, I thought Tamiflu…
Review: Walking Dead by C.E. Murphy
Walking Dead by C.E. Murphy My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve enjoyed the other Walker Papers novels, but Walking Dead definitely showed more depth and maturity than the earlier volumes. Both the author and her lead character have grown…