Title: Beauty: a retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast Author: Robin McKinley Review number: 24 Genre: Fantasy, fairy tale Stand alone/series: stand alone Summary: When the family business collapses, Beauty and her two sisters are forced…
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March 2008
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Movie Review: Once
Last week, Zeek posted over at The Way I See It a music video for “Falling Slowly” from the movie Once. After the performance and heartfelt acceptance speeches by the two main actors at this year’s Academy Awards, I…
This weekend’s question: Which heroine would you root for in a bar brawl? Anita Blake – Necromancer, vampire slayer with a bad attitude and a big gun Mercy Thompson – Mechanic and coyote shapeshifter Joanne Baldwin – Weather Warden,…
Title: Fire Study Author: Maria V. Snyder Review Number: 18 Genre: Fantasy Stand alone or series: Third book in the Study series Summary: (From MariaVSnyder.com)FIRE STUDY: SURROUNDED BY FIRE WITH NO WAY TO ESCAPE THE BURN. (STUDY BOOK 3)…
This Episode’s Unearthings: two favorites of mine, a book and a movie with paranormal elements. The movie, Always: This is a beautiful love tale of love lost and found again directed by no other than the Great Steven Spielberg.…
Title: The Good, the Bad, and the Undead Author: Kim Harrison Review Number: 17 Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Fiction Stand alone or series: Second book in The Hollows (Rachel Morgan) series Summary: (From amazon.com)It’s a tough life for witch…
Title: A Summer to Remember Author: Mary Balogh Review number: 22 Genre: Romance/ regency Stand Alone/ series: It can be read as stand alone novel but a few characters come from other novels by the same author. Lauren, the…
Title: Lady of Light and Shadows Author: CL Wilson Review number: 21 Genre: Romance/ Fantasy Stand alone/series: Book two of Tairen Soul series Summary: Since her earliest memories, Ellysetta Baristani has feared magic, even as she has been inexorably…
Welcome to another Chat with an Author, this time with Julie Garwood. Julie Garwood is a best-seller writer of romance novels having sold more than 30 million copies. Her first romance novel, Gentle Warrior was published in 1985 and…