I have a review of the upcoming ‘in death’ Robb novel, “Festive in Death” that should go up tomorrow. I read the first two of Tanya Huff’s Blood Books, and three of her ebook anthologies. I picked up a few…
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My rant about why many series books should be able to stand alone
I’m working on a review of a book that is quite a ways on in a series—a series that I’ve never read from before. I already know from experience that some of the people who read my review will be…
2012 gift guide for cooks posted on reviews site!
Gift Guide for cooks: Today I wrote my 2012 gift guide for cooks, tackling the new modernist cooking trend. It includes a link to my review of the original “modernist cuisine” book set, as well as links to various bits…
Posted in Cooking, News & Musings Tagged with: Bellagio, book reviews, Cafe D'Amore, chocolate, cocoa, Cooking, cooks, gift guides, Godiva, handmade, hot chocolate, hot cocoa, modernist cuisine, Moonstruck
Dear Authors: On Amazon’s Editorial Reviews
Yesterday I stumbled across this blog post about Amazon’s practice of putting editorial reviews (from Publishers Weekly and similar mags) above the book description on Amazon pages. The post’s author notes: You may already know that book reviews can be…
Sorry for delays again…
Medication changes have made it difficult to get a lot done the last few weeks (yep, the meds that cured my insomnia make me so sleepy I can barely stay awake). On the plus side, we’re working on switching things…
The FTC & Influences on Reviewers
Jane over at Dear Author has written a fantastic piece about the new FTC rules regarding bloggers & “compensation.” I thought I’d take a moment to give you an idea where we stand with respect to the review items we…
Great listing of SF/F/H review blogs!
Here you go! Since I can’t list every cool review blog in the sidebar, I decided to participate in this list of SF/F/H review blogs put together by Grasping for the Wind. Very handy for folks looking for a good…
Posted in News & Musings Tagged with: book review blogs, book reviews, fantasy, Horror & Paranormal, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, SF
Cyborg Name
Get Your Cyborg Name O frabjous day: we have a new book reviewer over at the reviews blog—Rene! She’s great, and has already posted a handful of reviews. Here are hers so far: Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith, Pride…