It is December 30, and I doubt I will finish another book before 2014 so I figured I would bite the bullet and post my Best Books of 2013 list. These books are listed in no particular order. I ended up reading 177 books this year, which far surpassed my goal of 100 books. I’m…

This year has been a big one, and one full of extremes in many senses of the words. While most of it has been very good, there’s a good chunk of it that has sucked. That’s okay, though, because the good stuff so surpasses the bad that the bad is bearable. In January of this…

This week the holidays have swept me up and I really haven’t had the time to sit down and write a review, which is aggravating since I am SO BEHIND on my reviews. I should get a few more up on Thursday and Friday, but still… Anyway, I was thinking. The holidays make me kind…

One of the reasons why I love reading is because the experience and interpretation of the books we read is different to everyone who reads them. We may read the same words, but we will feel differently about them. It is based on the human experience. We are all different people, so of course we…

About the Book How do you get to the Red Planet? Not via a benighted government program trapped in red tape and bound by budget constrictions, that’s for sure. No, what it will take is a helping of adventure, science, corporate powerplays, a generous dollop of seduction—both in and out of the boardroom—and money, money,…

First I should admit that I have no idea how reddit works, nor do I know how these awards work, or anything else. However, it has been made known to me that Bookworm Blues has been nominated for Best Fantasy Site on r/Fantasy. That’s SO COOL. I don’t think I have a shot in hell…

I’m out of town through tomorrow and my head isn’t into writing a review (the husband has a job interview so we are a nervous family at the moment). I’m reviving my Books I’m Eyeing column, where I talk about the books other websites and critics have brought to my attention and made me want…

Today my author-love series continues with a post about why I think Robert Jackson Bennett is amazing, and why you should read his books (and love them). This series will take place every Monday (unless I forget or run out of people to talk about). —– Have you ever thought to yourself, “Self, I’d really…

About the Book Maurice has just killed a dragon with a bread knife. And had his destiny foretold… and had his true love spirited away. That’s precisely the sort of stuff that’d bring out the latent heroism in anyone. Unfortunately, Maurice is pretty sure he hasn’t got any latent heroism. Meanwhile, a man wakes up…

About the Book He used to be the best detective on the job. Until he became the hunted… Once a legendary police inspector, Nicolas Lenoir is now a disillusioned and broken man who spends his days going through the motions and his evenings drinking away the nightmares of his past. Ten years ago, Lenoir barely…