Vampire Vocab

This is not the normal sort of book I review, I guess. Multiculturalism by Charles Taylor is a unique look on an age old problem of providing an environment compatible with various diverse cultures. I’m not sure thatI can explain it exactly, I just know I really enjoyed it and the philosophy it presented. It’s [...]

Botanic gardens, Kathy Reichs…great day.

So…who votes I start my series of bestselling and creepy vampire novels now? I write like Anne Rice I Write Like by Mémoires, journal software. Analyze your writing!  

For the record, I am a Bones fanatic. Love it, love it, love it. So of course I had to read the books that started it all. Deja Dead was a beautiful, charming detective story. (That is, if you find eviscerated bodies charming.) I loved this Temperance Brennan, loved her different back story and character, [...]

     Delight in Cruelty is one of those subtle books. We’ve all encountered them. Like candy that just tastes like candy until you take a breath and find it to be flavored with rose water. Like standing on the beach for a long time, and not realizing your feet are buried in sand from the [...]

Denise says she hates the bird. Passionately. And she hates me by association. But here are ten reasons why Denise should love Lyra: 1. She’s cute. 2. If a burglar broke in, she would scare them off, because they would think the harpies of hell were after them. 3. She “sings” (Or, screeches, as you [...]

River Marked by Patricia Briggs is the most Recent Mercy Thompson book (the sixth in the series), so I beg that you read the first five first. Not only is it EVIL to read books out of order, but also, it would make no sense. If you read this one first, here’s what would happen: [...]

This is an anthology of vampire stories that I read recently. In my defense, I did not buy it because it had vampires…or, at least not just because it had vampires. I bought it because it had not just Libba Bray, not just Cassandra Clare, but Holly Black also. And a whole bunch of other [...]

Pretty Monsters was a collection of short stories. They were clever, they were creative, they were creepy, and funny, and quirky. They were written by an author who has written nothing else. I read Pretty Monsters, loved it, looked for more books and…found none. Ouch. Anyway. It was a really good book, but I liked [...]

In Honor of Zombies vs. Unicorns I decided to write a story with a zombie, and I’m still working on the unicorn story, to appear later, maybe, this month. This is by no means a very good story, but I wrote it for school the night before it was due, at 10:30. Not exactly cohesive [...]