This guest review comes from Suzanne! In addition to raising two valkyries and tending a growing menagerie, Suzanne reads and reviews romance and comics in Southern New Hampshire. She’s just launched a site devoted to romance comics and looks forward to sharing it with you all! … Here’s the thing about pain in fiction: the more realistic the writing, the more it hurts to read. Tiffany Reisz is a master of realistic dialogue and her … Continue reading Guest Review: The Night Mark by Tiffany Reisz→
Ben Jackson (a Navy SEAL) and Mary Kuri (a Special Forces sniper) are sent undercover to do reconnaissance by their employer Automatik, a private security company. The company suspects that there is a gun smuggling operation being run out of Morris Flats. The book begins with an intense scene between local police bullying three teens at a convenience store. Ben is new in town (and he is a black man) so jumping into a police … Continue reading One Minute to Midnight by Nico Rosso→
At our podcast live recording at the RT Convention, someone stated that there is a book called Amish Vampires in Space. Clearly, one of us was going to have to read this, and that someone was me. I was fully prepared to mock it to the heavens, but it turned out to be good – in a serious way, not as a parody. I’m very confused by this. My world is rocked. According to the … Continue reading Amish Vampires in Space by Kerry Nietz→
Sarah chats with romance author Sara Flynn and Golden Globe winning actress Meg Tilly – conveniently the same person! Sara attended RT for the first time, and was the emcee for the awards ceremony. We start by talking about identity, about being yourself, and investing your own energy in things you value. We also talk about her experience at RT, her writing, her process, and how acting may have informed her writing style. We also … Continue reading 250. Being A Writer, and Being Yourself: An Interview with Sara Flynn and Meg Tilly→
Updated March 2018: Since this review was posted, allegations have been made about Santino Hassell specifically about abuse, manipulation, and the hiding or concealing of the actual identity of the author of the books published under that name. You can read a complete summary of everything at The Salt Miner’s three part series: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three. This guest review as part of the RITA Reader Challenge project, was written and posted more … Continue reading Fast Connection by Megan Erickson and Santino Hassell→
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley is $1.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and is being price-matched. This is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Readers say that McKinley’s Beauty is a better take on the retelling, but others loved the character relationships in the book. It has a 3.7-star rating on Goodreads.
Jane Eyre is one of my favorite books – so much so that I collect copies as though I’m afraid that they will expire and vanish from the shelves. I have beautiful hardback copies that I keep for reading at home, battered thrift store copies that I give away with wild abandon, and a copy in my stash of emergency supplies in case of earthquake or zombie attack. So I greet a book like Mr. … Continue reading Mr. Rochester by Sarah Shoemaker→
One of my favorite places to get knitting supplies is Kitterly, a company that combines patterns with the yarn, needles and notions needed to complete them. It makes my life easier and it’s a great option for buying gifts for those who knit and crochet. Kitterly also offers a monthly Kit Club, and I wanted to check that out because 1. I love knitting and 2. I love getting stuff in the mail that isn’t … Continue reading Kitterly Kit Club→
The category is Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance, which I interpret as a meaty fictional story with a side of romance. This is the first book of a duology (Empress of the Bright Moon is the second volume) about Empress Wu, the first and only Empress of China who ruled in her own name. She is an exciting historical character and while the basics of her life are known, there is much room for … Continue reading The Moon in the Palace by Weina Dai Randel→
