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Sunshine by Robin Mckinley

Sunshine by Robin Mckinley

Sunshine is different from many of the books I usually read for many reasons, but the most basic of them is that this is a stand-alone book. After all the series I read, especially lately (the Hollows followed by Jane Yellowrock), this is a nice change of pace. I don’t have to worry about how I’m going to fit 10 more books on my already-overflowing shelves or how I will find the time to read those 10 books that I…

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Sex Criminals Vol. 1

Sex Criminals Vol. 1

I love unique story lines! In this comic, Suzie discovers that after sexy times (alone or with someone else) she enters “The Quiet,” where time stops for everyone around but her. This allows her to get away with pretty much anything. When she first discovered the ability, she mostly used it to yell and scream when she needed to let some anger go. Later on she meets Jon, a one-night-stand turned boyfriend, who also has the ability to enter The…

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2014 Books Read – Round 4

2014 Books Read – Round 4

She looks kinda bookish, right? Must be the glasses. A mural on Capitol Hill, Seattle. Quite late, I know. But I say better late than never! Onward…42. Ever After by Kim Harrison#12 in a series, read round 3’s post as to why I’m not reviewing each book.43. The Witch with No Name by Kim Harrison44. Saga Vol.2Saga is amazing. Wonderful. Fabulous. Moving. Go buy it.45. Saga Vol. 3See above.46. Mastering the Art of French Eating by Ann MahThis book takes…

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The Jane Yellowrock Series

The Jane Yellowrock Series

I bought Skinwalker in December when Audible was running a sale. It sounded like a neat idea: Jane is a skinwalker (shifts into animals) of Cherokee descent who is called to New Orleans on a job to hunt a rogue vamp who has been terrorizing the city. Along with the great premise, the supporting characters bring this world to life. Perhaps the most interesting aspect to me is that Jane has the soul of a mountain lion, Beast, living inside of…

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2014 Books Read – Round 3

2014 Books Read – Round 3

Most of the books I’ve been reading for the past three and a half months are related to the Hollows series by Kim Harrison (see gushing blog post here). I’m not going to write descriptions for each of them because they would be spoilers and I would have to go back to each book to remind myself what was in that particular one. Just go read them already so I’ll have someone to stay up late and talk to about them….

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The Hollows

The Hollows

A few months ago I started to look for a new type of book to read (to be honest, I need filler between Gail Carriger’s books. She just can’t pop them out fast enough for me) and read a few duds before I found Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison. It came out in 2005 and the fact that it still had some of the early 2000’s cheesiness kind of put me off, but I could still see that it…

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2014 Books Read – Round 2

2014 Books Read – Round 2

To continue this post, here are the books I read in the second quarter of 2014:9. Saving the Sammi by Frank TuttleA follow-up novella to All the Paths of Shadow, this was a great short read to accompany the full novel. I really like this world and storyline and I can’t wait for the second in the series to be released!10. The Last Bride in Ballymuir by Dorien KellyThis was an okay book. It is set in a small Irish village and…

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On Meeting Both of My Favorite Authors

On Meeting Both of My Favorite Authors

with Brandon Mull, April 22nd 2014 For long months (years? Yes, years) I have been jealous of the UT, AZ, NV area getting so many book signings with Brandon Mull, the brains behind Fablehaven, the Beyonders, the Candy Shop Wars, and the first books in two other series I have yet to feast my eyes upon. The jealousy has ended! Tonight I went to see him and three other authors I had never heard of do live scene readings from…

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ECCC 2014

ECCC 2014

My first comic con. Certainly not my last. What got me excited was an appearance by Cary Elwes, who plays Robin in Robin Hood Men in Tights, one of my most favorite movies of all time. Unfortunately he dropped out a few days before the show and that made me extremely sad, but life goes on. We kicked off the weekend of Emerald City Comic Con on Friday with a Q&A with Alan Tudyk, who plays Wash in Firefly, and…

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2014 Books Read – Round 1

2014 Books Read – Round 1

I decided to finally document the books I’ve been reading. I get a lot of ideas of what to read from blogs so maybe I can be of some help. In order of books read, here’s what I ready in the first quarter of 2014: 1. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare The fifth out of six books in a series (or as I like to call them as they really are- a double trilogy) about Shadowhunters, vampires, werewolves,…

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