Lynn’s Review: Vengeance Road is not your average western genre romance. It’s an actual capital “w” Western. With a girl as the lead character. We meet Kate Thompson in a saloon. She’s on a literal vengeance road, searching for the murderous gang who killed her pa. But, the thing is, she’s disguised herself as […]
Every Thursday we are hosting a meme called: That’s what HE said Thursday. For more info on what this meme is all about click here. Julie’s Quote: I stretched out my hands as if to ward him off. “Not yet. I want to know what your end game is first.” Another flash of teeth, […]
Guest Post: What would Mary Shelley (who wrote Frankenstein) think about the new Victor Frankenstein movie? It’s coming out in November, and it stars James McEvoy and Daniel Radcliffe. (Q and A with the stars.) It’s yet another interpretation of Mary’s famous story, that she wrote in 1816 at only eighteen. Since then there have […]
Guest Post: Marie Landry’s Favorite YA and NA Books Thanks so much to the ladies of Chapter Break for having me here today! I thought since the Angel Island companion series is a mixture of YA and NA, I’d share some of my favourite books in both categories. by Stephanie Perkins I’ve read this book […]
Julie’s Review: Up From The Grave is a fabulous end to an exciting paranormal series. The Night Huntress Series happens to be one of my favorites for reasons I have stated before, so reading the finale is a bit bittersweet. In fact, I bought the audio when it first released, and waited too many months […]
Friday was Dictionary Day. Do you look up the meaning of words you don’t know when you read? Julie: One of the pros of reading on an electronic device, is you can highlight a word and look up its meaning. But I rarely do this, because time and all that. A good writer will let […]
Lynn’s Review: I picked up The Ring and the Crown as a free audio download from Audio Sync over the summer. And I really didn’t read the description first. Or if I did, I didn’t remember reading it when I decided to start listening to the audio book. And I had some serious misconceptions […]
Every Thursday we are hosting a meme called: That’s what HE said Thursday. For more info on what this meme is all about click here. Julie’s Quote: “Can we move this along?” a bored voice stated. “I have places to be and people to shag.” “Ian, I’m not going to hug you,” I stated […]
Guest Post: John Connors on Character Work One of the clichés of writing fiction is that your characters become real but that is entirely true. Not literally real of course; that would be very strange, but in your story telling head. There comes a point during the process, especially if you’re writing a series of books featuring the […]
Julie’s Review I participated in the Night Huntress Series read-along with Mother. Gamer. Writer. and Literary Sweet, last year. We read and discussed the first 6 books in the series that were out so far at that time. I did these books on audio and thoroughly enjoyed the narration (seriously, the audio narrator is […]