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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Friday Review: The Long Night of Centauri Prime (Legions of Fire #1) by Peter David

My rating: 3 of 5 starsThis first installment in Peter David's Legions of Fire trilogy, based on the scifi TV show Babylon 5, picks up almost immediately where the show left Londo Molari. He has been crowned Emperor of the new Centauri republic, but he also has been implanted with a Keeper by the Drakh. … Continue reading Friday Review: The Long Night of Centauri Prime (Legions of Fire #1) by Peter David

Friday Review: The Tempered Steel of Antiquity Grey by Shawn Speakman

My rating: 4 of 5 starsAntiquity's family name has been removed and the remaining members designated "Grey", meaning that in their past involvement in the war against invaders, her family's misdeeds have made them outcasts. Antiquity is searching for scrap metal to help her family survive when she stumbles on a functional battle mech buried … Continue reading Friday Review: The Tempered Steel of Antiquity Grey by Shawn Speakman

Friday Review: Mother of Winter (Dawarth #4) by Barbara Hambly

My rating: 4 of 5 starsThis fourth installment of Hambly's Darwath series takes place five years after the defeat of the Dark Lord. The inhabitants of Darwath have rallied around the ancient Keep of Dare, battling increasing cold and longer winters in their attempt to survive. Now, a fungus-like growth, named slunch, is spreading across … Continue reading Friday Review: Mother of Winter (Dawarth #4) by Barbara Hambly

Friday Review: The Grail Conspiracy (Cotten Stone #1) by Lynn Sholes

My rating: 3 of 5 starsTV journalist Cotten Stone is on assignment in the Middle East when she is dumped on the side of the road by her driver. Trying to find help, she stumbles on an archeological dig that uncovers the Holy Grail. When Dr. Gabriel Archer, the discoverer of the relic is murdered, … Continue reading Friday Review: The Grail Conspiracy (Cotten Stone #1) by Lynn Sholes