I am happy to introduce R.H. Russell, author of Venture Untamed, which I am reviewing today, and its sequel Venture Unleashed. Russell has eighteen years of training in judo and other martial arts, and that experience really shows in the fighting scenes. Venture Untamed is marketed as YA fantasy, probably because of Venture’s age (twelve […]
Hitting bookshelves and libraries tomorrow is Margot Livesey’s latest, The Flight of Gemma Hardy. I am sad to say I’ve never read her before, but that will change because I really want to read this book! Here’s the description from Amazon: When her widower father drowns at sea, Gemma Hardy is taken from her native […]
If you’re like me and mourning the absence of American Horror Story, you should check out The Fades, a new BBC America series that premiered last week. Here’s a short description of the story from the BBC website: THE FADES, the coming-of-age fantasy drama from writer Jack Thorne (This is England ’86, Skins, Shameless), earned […]
I read Sick and Exit 9 back-to-back in one frantic, tense, and exciting week, and I’m glad I did. Sick is the first book in the Project Eden trilogy, and introduces us to a group of bio-terrorists who want to rid the world of 99.9% of the population in order to start a new and […]
The tagline for Conquest, Vik Rubenfeld’s new novel, says it all: “The hardship and triumph of following your heart.” Told in a strong first-person voice by bass player Reid Taylor, Conquest is the story of a band’s rise from its stalled and humble beginnings to fame as live performers and recording artists. When the story […]
Welcome to 2012 and the first “Read Me!” of the year! If you saw the post of my Top Ten Books I’m Excited to Read in 2012, you’ll recognize The Rook. It’s described by reviewers as a “supernatural thriller,” which gets my attention right away. Here’s the blurb from Amazon: “‘The body you are wearing […]
Wow, this Top Ten thing is really fun! I’m happy once again to be a part of The Broke and the Bookish’s “Top Ten Tuesday.” Here are the Top Ten books I’m really excited to read in 2012, in order of publication date: 1. CINDER by Marissa Meyer (Feiwel & Friends, January 3 2012) I’ve […]
Today I would like to welcome Andrew Hudson to my blog, whose first novel Drift is now available in e-book format. Drift is about a man who is trying to fix past mistakes in his life but ends up getting more than he bargained for. When Hudson asked me to review Drift, he mentioned that […]
It’s a sad truth: there is never enough time to read everything I want to. But look! You can see from the above photo that I own all ten books. It’s not like I couldn’t find them at the library! Kids, husband, dogs, life…they all try to pull me away from reading. They want […]
I’d like to welcome Larissa Hinton to Books, Bones & Buffy. Larissa was kind enough to ask me to review her newest e-book, Everblossom: A Short Story and Poetry Anthology. Everblossom is a short collection with alternating stories and poems, and can easily be read in one sitting. The entries are grouped in three sections, […]