Soulless (Parasol Protectorate #1) by Gail Carriger This was the June Blogger Book Club pick, in the Paranormal genre. And personally, I thought it was a treat - just a delightfully fun read. Soulless has the witty flavor of Jane Austen mixed with steampunk, mystery,...
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs This was a refreshingly different read. Riggs combines contemporary and historical fiction, mystery, children with paranormal abilities, and (extremely creepy) found photographs to create something a bit off...
Exciting word-smith related news! I found out last night that I made the 3rd and final round of the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge I posted about before - wahoo!! My assignment for the 2nd round was science fiction, with the Olympics and a personal trainer, and I...
The Bone Key The Necromantic Mysteries of Kyle Murchison Booth by Sarah Monette I was a big fan of Monette's Doctrine of Labyrinths series, so when I saw she had a standalone book, I grabbed it from the library without really reading much about it. So I was a bit...
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) by Patrick Ness Let me start by saying that I'm glad Alycia posted about this book and recommended it, because I probably wouldn't have found it otherwise. It's the story of Todd, the last young boy in Prentisstown, a...
Descent into Dust By Jacqueline Lepore This was a random choice from the new fiction shelf in the library. As vampire novels go, it was about average. It was entertaining, there were some thrills and scares, and it's certainly set itself up for a series. The plot was...
The Devil You Know By Mike Carey This book started out so promising. It had a wise-cracking protaganist with a great name (Felix Fix Castor). It had good pace, good mystery, and some interesting characters, and of course a dash of the paranormal, as Felix is an...
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