Friday Review: Heartless (Parasol Protectorate #4) by Gail Carriger

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My rating: 4 of 5 starsBack from her adventures on the Continent and reconciled with her werewolf husband, eight-months-pregnant Alexia Tarabotti has no time to rest, even with the immanent birth of her "infant inconvenience". The ghost in Madame Lefoux's workshop, near poltergeist stage, has revealed a plot to assassinate Queen Victoria. Never one to … Continue reading Friday Review: Heartless (Parasol Protectorate #4) by Gail Carriger

Friday Review: Grave Reservations (Booking Agents #1) by Cherie Priest

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My rating: 4 of 5 starsLeda Foley is a travel agent with a difference. She is also a psychic and has an uncanny knack for knowing when to change a client's travel plans, which she does for returning from a trip detective Grady Merritt. When Merritt's original plane explodes before take off, he decides to … Continue reading Friday Review: Grave Reservations (Booking Agents #1) by Cherie Priest

Friday Review: Winter’s Myths by Gage Greenwood

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My rating: 4 of 5 starsAfter a plague kills most of his family, Winter and his daughters, Violin and Candlestick, emerge from their underground world into a contemporary Earth where the majority of the human population has mysteriously disappeared. The few remaining humans have no idea what happened or where the rest of humanity went. … Continue reading Friday Review: Winter’s Myths by Gage Greenwood

Does the Energizer Bunny Do Transfusions?

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Because I could sure use some of that energy that "keeps going and going and going." Mine lately has been gone and gone and gone. I am just tired all the time, and nothing sounds better than a nap- or six. Being tired all the time is tiring! Still managing to get to the gym … Continue reading Does the Energizer Bunny Do Transfusions?

Friday Review: The Skaar Invasion (Fall of Shannara #2) by Terry Brooks

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My rating: 4 of 5 starsIn this second installment of the Fall of Shannara quartet, we find Drisker Arc still imprisoned in the banished Druid stronghold of Paranor, and he is getting weaker as time goes on. If Paranor is not restored, he will eventually fade to nothing more than one more ghost haunting the … Continue reading Friday Review: The Skaar Invasion (Fall of Shannara #2) by Terry Brooks

Friday Review: Write That Book Already! by Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark

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If you look at the title of the book, you will likely think it is full of writing advice on how to "write that book already!" It's not. This book is all about the publishing process after you've written and polished that book. In that, the title does seem a bit deceiving, and I am … Continue reading Friday Review: Write That Book Already! by Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark

Friday Review: Getting the Words Right by Theodore A. Rees Cheney

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My rating: 3 of 5 starsFirst, I will say that I picked this one up because revising has always been a chore for me. I know it needs done-my drafts are generally a mess! But it always seems such a daunting task that I get bogged down and end up procrastinating no end. I thought … Continue reading Friday Review: Getting the Words Right by Theodore A. Rees Cheney