RECOMMENDED: Opening Up by Lauren Dane is $2.99! This is the first book in the Ink & Chrome erotic contemporary series. Elyse gave the book an A-:
First of all, let’s take a moment to appreciate how gorgeous the cover of Opening Up is. I’d hang that on my wall. I really would. But the contents of the book are just as lovely.
Still this book was incredibly sexy and often very funny. It made me duck out on the coworker I was traveling with: “I’d love to go to TGI Fridays with you, but PJ and Asa have a new leather cane they’ve been dying to try out and also I need to know how his weenus piercing feels without a condom, so I’m gonna just head up to my room, ‘kay, thanks.”
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Ten years ago, Zelda led a band of merry adventurers whose knacks let them travel to alternate realities and battle the black rot that threatened to unmake each world. Zelda was the warrior; Ish could locate people anywhere; Ramon always knew what path to take; Sarah could turn catastrophe aside. Keeping them all connected: Sal, Zelda’s lover and the group’s heart. Until their final, failed mission, when Sal was lost. When they all fell apart. … Continue reading Last Exit →
It’s our first Whatcha Reading of December and that means there is only one more Whatcha Reading post left in 2019. Can you believe it? A whole year of books has flown by! Let’s recap what we’ve been reading! Catherine: I am reading Anna Chronistic and the Scarab of Destiny by Ankaret Wells, which feels like the thing you would get if you crossed To Say Nothing of The Dog with Amelia Peabody. Time travel … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? December 2019 Edition, Part One →
August is nearly over! Let’s talk books! Catherine: I’ve just finished reading This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar , which I loved to bits – I adored the relationship between the two protagonists, and the way the time travel plot was so perfectly structured that you could almost here the click as it came together at the end. I had to read it twice. And now I’m … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? August 2019 Edition, Part Two →
We’re reading so many books this month and our discussion is full of good book noises! Shana: I just finished Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore , which I loved. Thank goodness for Claudia’s timely recommendation when I needed a book for a long flight. I was planning on reading Hollywood Homicide next —not the truly terrible Harrison Ford movie from 2003—this is a mystery about a Black crime-solving actress in L.A. But the … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? August 2019 Edition, Part One →
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in this thrilling and romantic book from award-winning authors Amal-El Mohtar and Max Gladstone. Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began … Continue reading This Is How You Lose the Time War →
From Hugo Award finalist Max Gladstone comes a smart, swashbuckling, wildly imaginative adventure; the saga of a rag-tag team of brilliant misfits, dangerous renegades, and enhanced outlaws in a war-torn future. A wildly successful innovator to rival Steve Jobs or Elon Musk, Vivian Liao is prone to radical thinking, quick decision-making, and reckless action. On the eve of her greatest achievement, she tries to outrun people who are trying to steal her success. In the … Continue reading Empress of Forever →
I had a cold recently and while it did not constitute a major health crisis, it did give me an excuse to watch some television. Six hours later I’ve seen all of the first season of AMC’s Into The Badlands and although there are flaws galore in the show, the martial arts scenes are simply sublime on a visual level. Rather than write a review, I’d like to focus on where the story goes right and … Continue reading Into the Badlands: The Importance of Emotion →
RECOMMENDED: Remember Nellie Olsen, the horrible girl from the Laura Ingalls Wilder “Little House on the Prairie” series? This is the memoir of the actress who played her, Alison Arngrim. Confessions of a Prairie Bitch is currently on sale for $1.99. The last time this book was on sale, I bought it and read it at RT 2013 in Kansas City. Y'all, this memoir is a terrific: a balance of funny behind-the-scenes television stories, accounts … Continue reading Books on Sale: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Memoir, and More →
