Gossamer Obsessions

For my last reread pick, I went with a book from my childhood - A Little Princess , by Frances Hodgson Burnett. While I remember enjoyin...

Thank God this book didn't suck. I mean it. My last draws from the Kinsale Deck were major duds - Seize the Fire  and Midsummer Moon...

Well lookee here! Another videogame review! Don't worry - I'll go back to reviewing books relatively soon (including Ashes to Ashe...

You didn't think I was much of a gamer, did you? Neither did I, to be honest. As a kid, I howled at my parents for a Nintendo 64 after...

The Word:   The Innkeeper's Song  was one of those hidden literary gems that I picked up by chance at a remainders bookstore and immed...

So, for the first book on my Reread Rollout, I decided to reread that life-ruiner of required school reading: The Giver . Kids either ha...

Friday morning, we ate a relaxed breakfast in the Library Hotel's comfortable Reading/Breakfast room before going out to explore. The we...

I sort of have a love-hate relationship with New York City. My first trip to New York (for RWA Nationals 2011) was everything a prairie ki...

Reviewer's Note: This is going to be a little different from previous fantasy reviews, simply because I read this book a bit of a whil...

Okay, my bad. I fell a little behind on reviewing. Okay, a lot  behind. For several reasons, some of which weren't my fault but most o...

Principal Cast: Inspector Carmichael: Now the Watch Commander (head of England's secret police), he does the government's dirty ...

The Chick: Madelyn Cornish, a.k.a. Maddy Wilkins, a.k.a. Maddy Baumgarden. A popular daytime television host. The Rub: When her show want...

The Protagonist:  Kami Glass. A budding investigative reporter whose sleuthing uncovered the fact that her town is full of resentful sorce...

The Chick: Phoebe Baker. A former debutante forced into servitude when her father was swindled of his life savings by a con artist the Ear...

The Corpse: Lauria Gilmore, a prominent actress who inconveniently explodes right after landing a part in a controversial retelling of Ham...

The Chick:  Merlin Lambourne. A famous lady inventor. The Rub: She's dumb as a post at anything that isn't mechanics. How will sh...