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.

The Dervish House – Ian McDonald

About the Book It begins with an explosion. Another day, another bus bomb. Everyone it seems is after a piece of Turkey. But the shockwaves from this random act of 21st century pandemic terrorism will ripple further and resonate louder than just Enginsoy Square. Welcome to the world of The Dervish House; the great, ancient, paradoxical…

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Discussion: What are you reading now?

I’m hot, hugely pregnant and massively uncomfortable. Deep, profound reading related thoughts aren’t really on my mind at the moment. Thus, this week’s discussion question is going to be pretty lame, and I apologize for that.  I thought it would be fun to see what all of you are reading right now and how you…

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Hounded – Kevin Hearne

About the book Tempe, Arizona is as far removed from paranormal activity as is possible. And that’s where Atticus O’Sullivan, rare book salesman, herb peddler, and 2,000 year old Druid the last of his kind has decided to set up shop. He’s been on the run, guarding a very powerful sword from a very angry…

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Palimpsest – Catherynne M. Valente

About the Book Between life and death, dreaming and waking, at the train stop beyond the end of the world is the city of Palimpsest. To get there is a miracle, a mystery, a gift, and a curse—a voyage permitted only to those who’ve always believed there’s another world than the one that meets the…

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Discussion: Who got you into reading?

I wasn’t always a reader, though reading was always part of my life. For example, when I was a little kid, my mom and I would read Laura Ingalls Wilder books in bed before I went to sleep each night. It was, at that time, rare for me to actually want to read. I was…

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The Void Trilogy – Peter F. Hamilton

The Dreaming Void At the far edge of the known universe stands a Centurion Station, a research base built atop ruins two million years old, abandoned by aliens since the dawn of time. Recently however, this quiet zone is attracting notice because of signs that the dread Void has begun to stir again. The Temporal…

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Element Keepers – E.P. Marcellin

About the Book Rhet guts fish for a living, content in obscurity until the day he is plucked from the wharves by nine exotic strangers and carted across the continent to a life-sentence of imprisonment. Though he has done nothing (as far as he knows) to warrant such capture, his captors are certain he will…

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Sorry about the lack of reviews …

Sorry about the lack of reviews so far this week. I’ve been caught up with this: And this:  Thankfully, I wasn’t in the car when it was smashed into, nor was it my husband’s fault. He got hit in both the front and back. He’s fine, but my car is totaled and since the title…

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