For the sake of full disclosure, I should admit that I’m going to see the author of this book, Carrie Vaughn, this weekend at Copper Con 31. So I want to reassure you that this review is entirely unbiased. This is the BEST BOOK EVER. Okay, I’ll be serious now. Well, mostly. I’m not a …
Since this is my first review here, I just wanted to say that I never used to read romance novels. More specifically, hetero romance novels. I couldn’t handle the fluff, the cheesy lines, the bodice ripping. It was all too much for me. However, in discovering m/m novels, I often find an awesome balance of romance, angst, …
Guest Post By Michelle Girls. Girls. Have you heard of molecular gastronomy? A man named Hervé This (pronounced “Tis”), future father of molecular gastronomy, set out to understand what happens when you apply science to various cooking methods. That is, what happens from a scientific perspective. Working with physicist Nicholas Kurti, This started out testing what he …
I’ve always had a fascination with U.S. Presidents. I don’t know if it’s because the nation’s leader at any given time speaks volumes about the country when he was in office, or if I’m just impressed by men who get the job and don’t totally muck it up. It helps that I’m also hugely enamored …
Sometimes I read a book and then I’m not sure how to talk about it. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld is one of those. I enjoyed it immensely, but it’s so—well, forgive the term, as I mean it in the best possible sense— weird. I find myself trying to explain too much about the plot and …
The Harper Connelly Series is my favorite thing by Charlaine Harris (of True Blood/Sookie Stackhouse fame). Partially because I love super powers that suck. Harper was hit with lightning years ago and now she can sense dead bodies. When she’s near a body she can see how they died, but not who killed them if …
The thing about cake is that, as with all comfort foods, a lot of the appeal is in the texture. Soft, moist, delicious cake is not going to translate well into liquid form if you’re trying to satisfying a craving. But Cupcake Vodkas have popped up all over the liquor store. After Pinnacle’s success with …
Sleeping Beauty seems to be a common motif in a lot of young adult books I’ve picked up lately, but A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan is literally about a girl who’s been asleep for over 60 years. Rose wakes up in a stasis tube after 62-years. Actually, she’s discovered and then awoken by …
Lindy hop (commonly and inaccurately known to the masses as “swing dancing”) is a social, partnered dance form that came out of Harlem during the late 20s and thrived through the 30s and 40s. It went underground for nearly 40 years before being revived in the late 1980s. More importantly: IT IS FREAKING AWESOME. OH …
Guest Post by Anji I should probably preface this review by saying that I am generally predisposed to like historical fiction with a feisty female protagonist. This stuff is catnip to me, I swear. A week after an impromptu trip to the public library, I’m reviewing Ella March Chase’s The Virgin Queen’s Daughter, which I …
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