I’ve been reading a lot of discussions about genre diversification among reviewers recently. I won’t weigh in on these discussions one way or another but I will say they’ve made me rather thoughtful about my own reading habits. Because of this, I want to start an experiment of my own wherein you, my dear reader,…
Continue ReadingHey, Sarah, what’s that? I’m glad you asked, dear reader. I set this blog up in May of this year, and today I have officially hit my 10,000 visitor mark. While I realize this isn’t that hardcore to many well-established bloggers (compared to whom 10,000 hits is nothing), for me it’s really neat. I’m a…
Continue ReadingRead my review for the first two books in the Engineer Trilogy: Devices and Desires and Evil for Evil. I’ve heard the term “I like it so much it hurts” before but I’ve always thought it was a rather stupid turn of phrase. How can you like something so much it hurts? Ridiculous. However, I may…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. Yet Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live: Five years to achieve five…
Continue ReadingAbout this Book When legendary killer Ciris Sarn ends a life in an empty city plaza with a single dagger thrust, little does he know that an insidious game has been triggered by the brutal slaying. Turning predator into prey, this part fantasy, part espionage novel races along as it follows the now hunted Sarn across…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person’s consciousness can now be stored in a cortical stack…
Continue ReadingRead my review of Nights of VilljamurAuthors official website (Warning: this is a little longer than my typical review length because I can’t seem to get myself to stop talking about this book. It’s the authors fault for writing something I enjoy so much.) Not too long ago I finished Nights of Villjamur, went to…
Continue ReadingI saw this post on Floor to Ceiling Books and kind of sat on it for a few days. Then, I realized that maybe I should embarrass myself a bit and admit to all my half-done projects. I’m doing this in the hopes of two different results: 1. Comments, opinions or insights as to series I absolutely…
Continue ReadingI have a feeling that I might have things thrown at me for this review. I didn’t hate the book, but I also can’t sing its praises like many reviewers seem to be doing. All I ask is please give me a head start before you start lobbing debris in my direction. The Desert Spear…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book As Mother India approaches her centenary, nine people are going about their business—a gangster, a cop, his wife, a politician, a stand-up comic, a set designer, a journalist, a scientist, and a dropout. And so is Aj—the waif, the mind reader, the prophet—when she one day finds a man who wants to…
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