Author Interview: Leandra Martin At what point did you decide to be an author and what was your path to publication? I decided to be an author in the winter of 2009 when I went to a writer’s workshop on the coast led by my mentor, a columnist at the paper where I work. […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme run by The Broke and the Bookish Top Ten Things On My Bookish Bucket List Rose’s List of Top Ten Things On My Bookish Bucket List: Read all of Jane Austen’s books because I have yet to do this. Meet Diana Gabaldon and get […]
Julie’s Review: *Sigh* I really liked The Headhunter’s Race when I first started reading it. See? Look at this tweet below. Started reading The Headhunters Race eARC on my lunch break. I’m already a fan. — Julie S. (@juliecookies) February 3, 2014 I thought the premise was interesting, and the set up was good. The […]
Have you ever experienced one? How do you handle a book hangover? Julie: Ah, the dreaded book hangover. You read an amazing book, just simply amazing, and you can’t seem to pick up any new book. Or, when you do pick up another book, it just is meh since it isn’t as good. Yea I […]
Feature for March 21, 2014 – Question: How have your reading habits changed in the past few years? Did you get interested in a new genre? Do you read more? Less? Why do you think your habits changed, if they did. Julie: I used to read a lot of thriller/mystery genre books. In fact, when the local […]
Join Rose City Reader every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name. Also, do not forget to […]
Every Thursday we are hosting a brand new meme called: That’s what HE said Thursday. For more info on what this meme is all about click here. Rose’s Quote: For her I bend. For you I break –Ridge to Sydney (Maybe Someday by: Colleen Hoover) This line made the book to me. I could just imagine […]
Today we have a special guest post from Srivatsan Sridharan, one of the authors of ‘The Prophecy of Trivine‘. Please welcome him to Chapter Break. Guest Post It’s very unusual to come across a work of fiction that’s authored by not one, not two, but three individuals. It’s strange because fictional worlds are products of imagination, worlds […]
Julie’s Review: Astral Tide is such an imaginative and unique story. The ethereal mood throughout is refreshing, since I don’t typically read many books involving another plane of existence. The Astral here is like a character rather than a place, which is pretty interesting. I liked the special abilities that the characters that have an […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme run by The Broke and the Bookish Top Ten Books On My Spring 2014 TBR List Julie’s List of Top Books On My Spring 2014 TBR List: So here are the books I’m really looking forward to reading in the short term (aka, Spring). On a […]