Why are introverts the way we are? Are we broken extroverts? Nope. We are not. And, there are a crapton of us, so deal with it. So I picked up this book called Quiet by Susan Cain I found it absolutely fascinating. Some of the theories of why introverts and extroverts are the way they… Continue reading Book Review: Quiet
Allen Carr's Easy Way To Stop Smoking is a book recommended to me for, well, quitting smoking. I respond well to rational arguments that aim to change my irrational behaviour like smoking. And smoking is irrational because we all know, and it is right there on the pack, exactly the risks and flaws of smoking. I… Continue reading Book review: Easy Way To Stop Smoking
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is written by Mark Manson. And you know I am not into self-help books at all. Because they just really, really bore the hell out of me. But this one? Sort of caught my eye so I bought it for my birthday. The subtle art of not… Continue reading Book review: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Grave Yard Shift is by Michael F. Haspil The basics of the story What we have here is a gritty urban fantasy. My favorite sub-genre lately. Alex Menkaure, the mummy, and his vampire associate Marcus are partners. They encounter a case with poisoned synthetic blood. The blood makes any vampire who tries it enraged with… Continue reading Book Review: Grave Yard Shift
I have a review on The Surge. A review. One review. But, it is by my favorite reviewer. I'll take any review. I'll take just a star review. But this reviewer is awesome because he does these in-depth reviews. And that is rare. This is the description of The Surge: Vie is a Chaos… Continue reading The Surge: A review
Here is my Goodreads profile if you want to check it out. I just got two more ratings on there. 4 stars each from the same person, on two of the books in my Haven series. Thank you so much for that! I get more star ratings on there than Amazon, but less written reviews.… Continue reading Goodreads ratings
I checked out my books on Amazon today and White Witch and Where Art Thou? Has a reader who gave excellent reviews of them. I will be returning to that world one day. I felt it open to do so and I have a plan for that. However, right now I have another series I… Continue reading Book Review: White Witch
I was Googling myself (You know you do it) to actually find something I had misplaced. My memory is awesome, just short. Unfortunately, it dropped of the list... so gone forever now. What I found though was a review of my book back in the day. I was pleasantly surprised. Author Nikki Albert is sure… Continue reading Found a 2015 review of my book
I have wanted to read this book for some time. I have a fascination for hallucinations because I get migraine auras: visual, tactile, olfactory, and auditory. Hallucinations is by Oliver Sacks. The Blurb: Hallucinations are often seen as a sign of madness or mental disorders but, in fact, can occur for a variety of reasons.… Continue reading Review: Hallucinations
The Drafter (The Peri Reed Chronicles) is the first in a series by Kim Harrison. The Blurb: Peri Reed has been lied to by a person she loved and it leads to her wanting to find the truth if she ever can. She is a drafter; having the ability to alter and change history she… Continue reading Book Review: Drafter
Marked (Soulseer Chronicles) is a new author I picked up in my last bout of book shopping by Sue Tingey. The Blurb: We have Lucky who can see ghosts living a quiet life with her ghost familiar Kayla. However it turns out Kayla is a demon and was sent herself to protect Lucky when she was born, or… Continue reading Book Review: Marked
The shifty magic series by Judy Teel... I read them all in a couple of days so it is a review of Shifty Magic (Shifty Magic Series Book 1),Undercover Magic (Shifty Magic Series Book 2),Savage Magic (Shifty Magic Series Book 3) The Blurb: Paranormal terrorists attacked the world outing paranormals, who helped fight off the… Continue reading Review: The shifty magic series
Apocalypse Now Now by Charlie Human was an interesting read. His main character Baxter has a group of friends, collectively called the Spider, that distribute porn around the school. His gang and the other gangs seem to be handling business and he is dating a girl dame Esme. Then his girlfriend goes missing. Around the… Continue reading Review: Apocalypse Now Now
Tom Holt is the author of Outsorcerer's Apprentice. A happy workforce, it is said, is a productive workforce. Mmmm. Try telling that to an army of belligerent goblins. Or the Big Bad Wolf. Or a professional dragonslayer. Who is looking after their well-being? Who gives a damn about their intolerable working conditions, lack of adequate… Continue reading Review: The Outsorcerer’s Apprentice
No More Black Magic by A.L. Kessler My rating: 2 of 5 stars The book No More Magic is about a gifted witch and someone out to get her. She works with a vampire, who also raised her. She also works for the state on cases. She gets on a case that seems to have… Continue reading Review: No More Black Magic
The Magicians: A Novel is by Lev Grossman and is the first book in a trilogy. The blurb: Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have stayed in Narnia? Or why the children in those books never could? Why did they always get booted out of such a world and have to… Continue reading The Magicians: A book review
Blink is by Malcolm Gladwell The blurb:Â Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell is a non-fiction book about the unconscious mind. In particular, though the part of the unconscious mind we automatically use to make split-second decisions, what he calls 'thin-slicing'. We like to believe our rational mind weighs facts and… Continue reading Book Review: Blink
Before the Fall (A Rojan Dizon Novel) is the second in the series written by Francis Knight. So far there are three. See my review for Fade to Black The blurb: The city rises upwards not across. Those at the bottom, as you might imagine are rather downtrodden and rarely see light, or much… Continue reading Before the Fall: Book Review
Fade to Black (A Rojan Dizon Novel) is the first in the series written by Francis Knight. So far there are three. I am about halfway into the second one at this point. The blurb: The city rises upwards not across. Those at the bottom, as you might imagine are rather downtrodden and rarely see… Continue reading Fade to Black: Book Review
Kate Elliott is a great writer to begin with. This new series starting with Cold Magic (The Spiritwalker Trilogy) was better than I'd thought it would be. Now I thought it would be good because of the author, but it surpassed expectations. First of all, it is written in first person but has the feel… Continue reading Book Review: Kate Elliott’s Cold Magic
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