This summer is packed full with books that I’m itching to read. To begin with, there is Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh. Which was the reason I re-read the series now. Mmm. ( I’ll admit that I’m crossing my fingers that my book store makes the same mistake they did last year. *cough*) Then […]
Close to a year ago, I wrote a blog post about my top 3 female SF/F writers. With the recent hubub about the Waterstone list, I thought it might be a good idea to write a new list. Unlike last year when it was solely unknown authors, it is a mix of wellknown and less […]
The theme for the latest Mind Meld is Up and coming authors in the last 5 years, which is a great topic, and I plan to read some of the authors on it. Except when I read it, I thought: What about the midlisters, or the new authors that are writing good books but are […]
Reading about the success of 50 Shades Of Grey made think about what makes a book wildly popular. I have read a lot of books, that have had engaging characters, fast paced plots, and fascinating settings. Yet they aren’t up and fighting on the bestseller lists. So why is they plodding along? I think part […]
I have decided to add a new feature to this blog, Author Recommendations. At least once a month I will recommend an author *and* put up a review of a book by the same author 🙂