I’ve always liked private detective style stories, which is why I’m a huge fan of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. What I enjoyed most about their books is the witty repartee between the characters, the zinging dialogues and the “faster than a speeding bullet” comebacks. It was why I was excited to read this book. [...]
Archive | November, 2006
Upcoming Books I’m Dying to Have Now
November 15, 2006
1) Demon Angel by MelJean Brook 2) Ninja by Racy Li 3) Divine by Choice by PC Cast 4) Lover Revealed by JR Ward 5) Blood Lines by Eileen Wilks Seriously, I’m willing to kill for these ARCs, except for MelJean’s ’cause she’s sending that one to me already. Heh heh. Which books are you [...]
Snakes are Not Teh Sexy!
November 14, 2006
Here’s a cover that totally made me jump out of my fucking chair, rubbing at my skin to keep it from trying to crawl away from my body. FUCKING SNAKES, MAN, they give me the creeps! Why were-snakes, dude? This makes about as much sense as a shape-shifting whale (which, by the way, is not [...]
The Crazy Small World of Covers
November 14, 2006
Whoa, check this shit out. It’s got the same cover as the original cover of Evangeline Anderson’s Ceremony of Three, for real! Someone told me once that there’s a giant clip art depository where cover artists get their stock photos from, so it isn’t unusual that two books would have similar looking covers, but it’s [...]
Prince of Ice by Emma Holly
November 13, 2006
Grade: B+ I gotta admit that out of Emma Holly’s yama books, this is the first one I’ve been able to finish. For some reason, I could never get into that world. I have no trouble reading her contemporary work, but her Victorian steampunk stuff always kind of bored me. I couldn’t get past the [...]

November 15, 2006
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