I am a book blogger and the owner of Bookworm Blues - a popular speculative fiction book review website. I have been a compulsive reader all my life. Early on found my reading niche in the fantastic genre of Speculative Fiction. I blame my active imagination for the hobbies that threaten to consume my life. A freelance writer and photographer, world traveler and recent college graduate, I'm also a new mother, cancer fighter & survivor. In my ideal world, I'd do nothing but drink lots of tea and read from a never ending pile of speculative fiction books. Respected as a reviewer, I receive book ARCs from all of the major and most minor publishers in science fiction and fantasy. But given my love of stories, I've always wanted to be a part of the creative process, and editing is my first step in that direction.

Wraeththu – Storm Constantine

About the Book In this powerful and elegant story set in a future Earth very different from our own, a new kind of human has evolved to challenge the dominion ofHomo sapiens. This new breed is stronger, smarter, and far more beautiful than their parent race, and are endowed with psychic as well as physical gifts….

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I’m back!

I’m back. This mini break was necessary and I’m back feeling revitalized and fresh. I have a full week of stuff planned, reviews, excerpts, etc. It should be fun. In the meantime, I will show you what I was so busy working on these past few days. I’m pretty proud of this set and while…

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Taking a Break

Here’s some honesty for you… I just got a few bits of bad news today, and I’m not working through it well. This is making me realize something:  I’m not doing a good job at dealing with this cancer treatment. Then I get slapped with bad news, and I am really not equipped for bad…

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Today you can find me somewhere else

Occasionally I guest review for the good people over at Fantasy Literature. So, today you can find me over there reviewing There Will be Dragons by John Ringo. Here’s a little clip of what you can expect: In all, There Will Be Dragons is a standard read. The premise is fascinating and thought-provoking, two major marks in…

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The Lazarus Machine – Paul Crilley

About the Book  An alternate 1895… a world where Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace perfected the Difference engine. Where steam and tesla-powered computers are everywhere. Where automatons powered by human souls venture out into the sprawling London streets. Where the Ministry, a secretive government agency, seeks to control everything in the name of the Queen….

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An aside | Photography

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was going to start cancer treatment, and that my cancer treatment would effect my reviewing. Well, it’s happening. I’m exhausted, cranky and my mind is only functioning about halfway. Between keeping it together mentally and chasing around a VERY active toddler, I’m kind of a mess. When…

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Farseed – Pamela Sargent

About the Book  Centuries ago, the people of Earth sent Ship into space. Deep within its core, it carried the seed of humankind… More than twenty years have passed since Ship left its children, the seed of humanity, on an uninhabited, earthlike planet–a planet they named Home. Zoheret and her companions have started settlements and…

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Fortress Frontier – Myke Cole

About the Book The Great Reawakening did not come quietly. Across the country and in every nation, people began to develop terrifying powers—summoning storms, raising the dead, and setting everything they touch ablaze. Overnight the rules changed…but not for everyone. Colonel Alan Bookbinder is an army bureaucrat whose worst war wound is a paper-cut. But…

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The Chronicles of Sirkara – Laura Resnick

This is a review of a trilogy. Therefore, if you’d like to learn more about each book, please click on the cover images throughout the review, which will link to the book’s Goodreads page    I enjoy running across books that haven’t received much attention. I also enjoy running across books that I enjoy a…

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Red Country – Joe Abercrombie

About the Book Shy South hoped to bury her bloody past and ride away smiling, but she’ll have to sharpen up some bad old ways to get her family back, and she’s not a woman to flinch from what needs doing. She sets off in pursuit with only a pair of oxen and her cowardly…

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