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Never Slow Dance with a Zombie by E. Van Lowe Review

On August 29, 2009 By Elena Nola In Book Reviews

Never Slow Dance with a Zombie is a novel for young adults.  I read a fair amount of YA books, and I’m never quite sure how to judge them.  I mean, I can tell you …

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Level 26: Dark Origins by Anthony Zuiker & Duane Swierczynski Review

On August 26, 2009 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

Level 26 is problematic at best. I’m going to take a more personal approach to this review then I have in the past because that just seems like the best approach. When I first started …

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Darkborn by Alison Sinclair Review

On August 21, 2009 By Elena Nola In Book Reviews

Darkborn is a fantasy novel that I’m not quite sure how to further classify or qualify.  It’s not quite romantic fantasy, because even though it has strong themes of love, it is not a love …

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Best Served Cold + The Heroes + The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie Review

On July 22, 2009 By Elena Nola In Book Reviews

Since the books in the First Law trilogy cannot stand alone, I consider them to be one work.  One super-massive-red-giant, thousands-of-pages-long, split-into-three-volumes work.  That makes Best Served Cold Joe Abercrombie’s sophomore effort–which is not to …

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On Religion and Safehold – David Weber Guest Blog

On July 8, 2009 By David Weber In Guest Blogs

I’m definitely trying to make a statement about religion in my novels, at least in the case of the Safehold novels, although people who have read my other books will be aware that I’ve used …

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Gabrielle Faust Interview

On July 4, 2009 By Elena Nola In Interviews

Elena recently caught up with Gabrielle Faust, author of the Eternal Vigilance series, to talk about inspirations, favorite vampires, and what happened to Texas’s football stadium when Austin got bombed in the apocalypse.  Read on …

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Bookspot 2009 Summer 6-pack of Books

On July 2, 2009 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

Summer is here and BSC has the car packed up and we’re taking a road trip. We called some friends and the only thing left to do is load up the cooler with potluck 6-packs. …

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The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly Review

On June 28, 2009 By Trine Paulsen In Book Reviews

Irish author John Connolly is perhaps best known for his crime stories that hover on the edges between traditional detective stories and supernatural horror, but with The Book of Lost Things, Connolly travels deeper into …

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith Review

On June 16, 2009 By Elena Nola In Book Reviews

Letter from Jane Austen to Seth Grahame-Smith Dear Sir, I have recently become acquainted with your work as a novelist, while I believe your acquaintance with mine is of a much longer standing.  Nevertheless, I …

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On Kings and Assassins – Lane Robins Guest Blog

On June 11, 2009 By Lane Robins In Book Reviews, Guest Blogs

Writing the sequel to Maledicte was an interesting challenge, since I had originally thought of Maledicte as a stand-alone novel. Sure, it has some loose ends waving in the breeze, but life’s like that. A …

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Craig McDonald Interview – Rogue Males

On May 30, 2009 By Brian Lindenmuth In Interviews

With Art in the Blood Craig McDonald wrote one of the indispensable non-fiction books of the the mystery/crime fiction genre. How does one follow that up? First, by starting what is shaping up to be, …

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Star of the Morning + The Mage’s Daughter + Princess of the Sword + Tapestry of Spells + Spellweaver by Lynn Kurland Review

On May 28, 2009 By Elena Nola In Book Reviews

The Nine Kingdoms series is another offering from a writer who normally writes romance. Despite the fact that these books are placed in the romance section at bookstores (along with the rest of Kurland’s work, which …

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Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson Review

On May 15, 2009 By Rob In Book Reviews

Warbreaker is Brandon Sanderson’s second standalone fantasy novel. It is unrelated to any of his other books. The process of writing this book was somewhat unusual, earlier versions of the story were released under a …

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Dragon in Chains by Daniel Fox Review

On April 28, 2009 By Trine Paulsen In Book Reviews

Dragon in Chains is a stunning Oriental fantasy by Daniel Fox, which is the pen-name of the award-winning British writer Chaz Brenchley, known for the historical fantasy series The Books of Outremer. Dragon in Chains …

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Hand of Isis +Black Ships by Jo Graham Review

On April 25, 2009 By Trine Paulsen In Book Reviews

Last year Jo Graham made her debut as a novelist with Black Ship, a poignant and intimate re-working of the story of Vergil’s Aeneid, set in the Mediterranean Bronze Age, a world poised on the …

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Eve of Darkness, Chaos, and Destruction by S.J. Day – Review

On April 19, 2009 By Elena Nola In Book Reviews

This book reminded me why expectations are so important to the reading experience.  I expected it to be “fun beach reading,” and that’s exactly what it is.  Had I expected something else, I might have …

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The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert Review

On April 5, 2009 By Rob In Book Reviews

The Dosadi Experiment is set in the same universe as Whipping Star, which has recently been reissued by Tor. After reading that book I just had to reread The Dosadi Experiment as well. First published …

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Rifling Paradise by Jem Poster Review

On April 3, 2009 By Trine Paulsen In Book Reviews

Rifling Paradise is the second novel of the critically acclaimed novelist and poet Jem Poster. The praise is indeed well-deserved – Rifling Paradise is a very well-crafted piece of literary fiction; it is intense, vivid …

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Torn and Frayed – The Electric Mayhem

On March 30, 2009 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

Saturday’s Child by Ray Banks Saturday’s Child is the first Cal Innes book. It’s a couple of years old at this point and all I can say is that it kicks 10 kinds of ass. …

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Living With Ghosts by Kari Sperring Review

On March 13, 2009 By Elena Nola In Book Reviews

Those words are the summary the publishers chose to put on the back of Living with Ghosts, and I think they are as compelling and accurate a summation of this story and this world as …

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