Thursday’s Thoughts ~ What I Would Study

When I finished grad school back when 1999 wasn’t history, I swore I would never – EVER – go back to school.  I was tired of papers, classes, exams, forced reading of textbooks, etc…  This week’s Thursday’s Thoughts topic is like kismit with it’s timing, though.  For the first time in 10 years, I really [...]

Just as Evil as I Wanna Be

Raw evil score: 42.22%  

(A Sort of) Tuesday Teaser

Every once in a while, a section of a book I’m reading stops me in my tracks and makes me take notice. I just had that happen in Foreign Tongue, the debut novel of Vanina Marsot. This novel, which starts with Anna running away from L.A. and her ex-boyfriend Timothy to her second home, which [...]

#148 ~ False Colours

False Colours by Georgette Heyer When I was first offered the opportunity to read and review some of Georgette Heyer’s Regency romances, I had a hard time selecting between The Reluctant Widow and False Colours. I chose The Reluctant Widow, but bought False Colours with my first Christmas gift card.  Now, I am thankful that [...]

Get Out the Vote!

Cover of The Gargoyle Ever since reading The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson, I’ve been a big fan.  A big enough fan that I could not keep silent when Entertainment Weekly, my celeb mag of choice, trashed it. Since then, I’ve had that great good fortune to be in contact with Andrew’s mother.  I don’t think [...]

The Sunday Salon ~ What a Week!

I am torn between thanking God it’s Sunday and wishing that it was next Friday.  I work as a Sr. Business Systems Analyst for a company that has developed its own dental claims processing software suite.  For the most part, I write requirements for our clients when developing enhancements to the system, I act as [...]

#147 ~ Go With Me

Go With Me by Castle Freeman, Jr.  Go With Me is the story of a small town that allows itself to be terrorized by Blackway, a former police officer. Prior to being dismissed from the police force, Blackway used his position to take advantage of the town.  He got away with this until, Lillian, a young [...]

Since I’ve Been Talking About Her ~ Let’s See Her

This past week, I posted about some of my earliest childhood memories for Thursday’s Thoughts and, while reviewing Serendipity last night, I mentioned how growing up as a rather mischievous child of a more perfect Catholic mother helped me to relate to Carrie’s character.  This morning, after I finished getting ready for work, I found [...]

#146 ~ Serendipity

Serendipity by Louise Shaffer I normally try to write and publish my reviews in the order in which I have read the books.  In this case, I’m making an exception.  I have been somewhat in a reading lull – reading casually, not voraciously like normal.  Serendipity changed that.  Once I got into this novel, I [...]

#145 ~ The Kingmaking

The Kingmaking: Book One of the Pendragon’s Banner Trilogy by Helen Hollick I have never been a fan of the mythology and magic surrounding King Arthur.  I’m not sure why, but fantasy and mystical books are not something that capture my imagination enough to even give them a try.  On top of that, medieval times [...]