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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…