I know that we’ve all heard plenty of opinions on The Hunger Games movie and I’m sure I don’t have anything new to add. But this is what I feel like writing. So there. 😛 I really, really, really liked it. I can’t bring myself to say that I loved it, but it was close. […]
Aza was abandoned at an inn when she was an infant. Luckily, the innkeeper and his wife decide to adopt her as their own. Aza grows up to have an unbelievably beautiful singing voice, but she does not have a pleasing appearance, to put it nicely. Other Ayorthians value her for her voice, but they’re […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Um, nothing. Life has truly gotten hectic. Read: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, read by Khristine Hvam Currently Reading: Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore When I Found You by Catherine Ryan Hyde Up Next: If I ever finish […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Over the past two weeks, (because Charter sucks and went out just as I sat down to watch Game of Thrones and then blog last week), I’ve Posted […]
Kathryn Dance is an investigator working for the California Bureau of Investigation. Her specialty is kinesics, a fancy word for body language. She’s one of the top in her field, so when new evidence emerges in a cold case suggesting that imprisoned cult leader and murderer Daniel Pell may have one more homicide to his […]
Eleanor Vance is kind of the main character in The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. While I can’t really bring myself to recommend the book, Eleanor is a fascinating character. Eleanor is a fairly young woman (I want to say she’s 30-ish) who’s never had the opportunity to be young. Her mother was […]
Please welcome Dr. Richard Mabry, author of the medical suspense novel, Lethal Remedy! SATURDAYS IN THE SOUTH Saturdays in the south—wow, that phrase conjures up a delightful picture: sleeping late, enjoying a leisurely breakfast, reading or catching a movie. For some people, maybe that’s accurate. For others, Saturday means shuttling kids to soccer games, attacking […]
Miguel is working in his dad’s comic book/record store one afternoon when a girl he doesn’t know wonders in. Lainey is beautiful, with a sense of humor, intelligence, an Australian accent, red-gold hair, and a matching dog–excuse me, dingo. The two hit it off immediately, but weird things start to happen–and it all seems to […]
Some of you may have noticed that Character Connection has all but disappeared recently. It was just starting to feel like a chore, and I felt like I was saying the same things over and over. So I took an unannounced break. I’m going to try Enbrethiliel’s suggestion and start posting monthly rather than weekly. […]
Twins Marion and Shiva Stone are orphaned when their mother, a nun, dies in childbirth and their father denies them. They are blessed to be taken in and raised by an Indian woman who loves them with every fiber of her being. Cutting for Stone primarily follows Marion as he grows up in Ethiopia and […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. It’s been a few weeks since I took part in Sheila’s meme, but they’ve been a slow few weeks around here anyway. I can’t quite bring myself to get on my computer when our weather is this gorgeous! So, over the past […]