The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
Life takes another turn for the worse for Percy during a run-in with a manticore. The manticore's target is two young demigods, and during the battle, he reveals some disturbing new information about...
View ArticleWhen the Morning Comes by Cindy Woodsmall
Hannah Lapp has left her Old Order Amish community and ex-fiance behind to live in the Englischer world with her aunt Zabeth. She finds the difference in culture, the moral ambiguity, and the complex...
View ArticleThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
It's the day before Percy leaves for Camp and he's already being attacked by monster-cheerleaders. He fights them off and escapes with the help of Rachel Elizabeth Dare, a mortal who can see through...
View ArticleTwin-Bred by Karen A. Wyle
StarLit Scale: 3.5/52/5 for structural editing5/5 for copy editing Mara Cadell is a human scientist on Tofarn. Like every other human, the Tofa, Tofarn's indigenous inhabitants, are a mystery to her....
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Sabriel by Garth NixAfter finishing school in Northern Ancelstierre, Sabriel must leave the life she's known behind and enter the Old Kingdom to search for her missing father. The Old Kingdom may be...
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The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelAyla is little more than an infant when an earthquake destroys her home and claims her family. She wanders for days without food and shelter, eventually falling...
View ArticleVision in White by Nora Roberts
What do you get when you combine an absent father, a narcicistic and manipulative mother, and an innate talent for photography? Mackensie Eliot, the staff photographer at Vows, a high-end,...
View ArticleThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Ever since the unsuccessful rebellion of the thirteen districts against Panem's government, tributes from each of the remaining twelve districts have been required to participate in the Hunger Games....
View ArticleLeviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
Life has become very different in the Belt. It's gone beyond the oddly elongated bodies of the Belters and their tolerance to low gravity: in an abandoned ship, a new lifeform is growing. Jim Holden...
View ArticleLife Events Get in the Way
For those of you who are wondering why I've been posting so sporadically lately, here's why: I'm getting married in a few weeks. Wedding planning has sucked up a great deal of my free time over the...
View ArticleSuggested book for July 2012
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyAt Tintagel castle, Morgaine spends her days in the company of her mother and aunt, until the fateful day her mother is introduced to the new king, Uther...
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Cat's Eyeby Margaret AtwoodWhen a gallery in Toronto wants to do a retrospective of her work, Elaine Risley returns to the city of her youth and finds herself reliving important moments from her...
View ArticleCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Katniss Everdeen has returned home to District 12, after winning the Hunger Games with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Her life returns to normal, for the most part: she's living with her mother and...
View ArticleContest for word nerds
I'm on the board of the Editors' Association of Canada, BC branch (EAC-BC), and we are currently holding a contest on our Facebook page. Stop by for the chance to win one of the following:a free...
View ArticleVoices by Ursula K. Le Guin
Once, Ansul was a light of reason and education on the Western Shore. But, for the past seventeen years, it's been occupied by the Alds of the western desert. They, believing that all writing is a sin...
View ArticleLife gets in the way... again
Just wanted to give everyone a heads-up that I'll be taking a break from posting as I leave on my honeymoon. I'm off to Paris and Rome, and will have little time for writing posts (let alone reading!)...
View ArticleBook reviews are back!
I hope.It's been nearly a year since I've written anything for my beloved blog. I've come to gaze at it a few times since last September, but felt too sheepish to settle my fingers on the keys and...
View ArticleSuggested book for August 2013
The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa GregoryJacquetta has heard the story of Melusina, a river goddess who fell in love with a human man, many times as a child. It is said her family is descended from...
View Article2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
The year is 2312 and the exodus from earth has begun. With the discovery of terraforming and interplanetary travel, humanity has colonized the solar system in an attempt to preserve their ways of life....
View ArticleThe White Queenby Philippa Gregory
Elizabeth Woodhall may be queen, but she is not safe. The Cousins War has never really ended, and even though her husband, King Edward IV, is the anointed king of England, Elizabeth knows from...
View ArticleThe Mark of Athenaby Rick Riordan
Annabeth, Jason, Piper, and Leo have arrived at Camp Jupiter in the Argo II. The Roman demigods, newly victorious after their battle against the giants, are wary of the Greek demigods, and for good...
View ArticleFire and Hemlockby Diana Wynne Jones
Polly's having trouble remembering. For some reason, she seems to have two conflicting sets of memories, memories which lead back to meeting Tom Lynn at Hunsdon House on Hallowe'en. Something strange...
View ArticleThe Gunslinger by Stephen King
Driven by vengeance, Roland Deschain, the last Gunslinger, must catch the man in black. The pursuit leads the last gunslinger across the Mojave desert to the end of the known world, for he will allow...
View ArticleSuggested Book for September 2013
Charmed Lifeby Diana Wynne JonesCat Chant is downright depressed when he and his sister Gwendolyn are sent to live with the enchanter Chrestomanci. It's a much more comfortable life, of course;...
View ArticleThe Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
The battle Percy has been dreading is about to begin. The cruise ship carrying Kronos and his minions approaches New York, while the titan Typhon is havocing his way across the continent to meet Kronos...
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