Real life intrudes right now and I don’t have much to say these days nor the energy to keep up with this blog right now. So I am taking a little break.
Talk with you later.
From the monthly archives:
August 2006
Hiatus
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REVIEW: Valiant by Holly Black
As captivated as I was with Tithe, I really can’t say the same for Valiant despite a strong start to the novel. The opening of the book was strong but as the story progressed, the plot twists and the unpleasant characters made me stop reading this book before I hit the end.
When the story opens, we […]
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Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That
Every once in a while I’ll check the stats and search terms that brings traffic to my blog. There have been some interesting searches that brings us together. Really, we shouldn’t continue to meet like this. I didn’t use to check before but sometime last year, a search query brought up a copy of Diana Norman’s […]
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Recent Purchases
I am always on the look-out for a shelved copy of New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. The street date is allegedly September 6, 2006 according to the bookseller at Barnes and Noble. However, the author says that she has it on good authority that the book will be out the last week in August. Anyone who has […]
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REVIEW: Tithe by Holly Black
Forget what you know about faeries and their world. Just wipe them from your mind. In Holly Black’s Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale, the faeries are a malevolent bunch looking to spill mortal blood. Ms. Black has a vivid imagination that includes magic, enchantment, goblins and riddles. I was enthralled with this story from the beginning to […]
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Sounding Off
TGIF - reaallly. I had a good day at work. However, instead of jumping back into my very good book, I couldn’t keep my eyes open another second and passed the f. out for a couple of hours. I hate doing that but I must obey my body’s needs and I needed sleep.
I didn’t check email or […]
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