Down With Destiny!
Updated: September 30, 2010 No, this isn’t a rail against my personal fate or a fist shake at kitschy children’s books. No. What I’m snarling about this time is the over use of destiny as a plot trope...
View ArticleMy Steampunk Convention Article on Convention Fans Blog
So, I'm a staff writer now over at Convention Fans Blog. (yay) Check out my first article on New Steampunk Conventions For 2011.
View ArticleVampire Fiction Origins
So, books with vampires in them are HOT right now. Though, some readers and purists feel many of these new angsty fangsters don’t deserve the name “vampire”. Vampires aren’t new to the literature...
View ArticleBook “Trailer” For Habitation of the Blessed
This is pretty cool. Especially if you’re both a history and historical fiction lover, such as myself. Catherynne M. Valente has written a historical fantasy novel starting with the idea of “What if...
View ArticleJane Austin’s Fight Club
Literary mash-ups with Jane Austen + popular-monster-here have been quite the genre rage for 2010. Since I posted a review of Mary Robinette Kowal’s historical fantasy Regency romance Shades of Milk...
View ArticleName That Book: Unknown Fantasy
You ever read a book but never pay attention to the title or author? Your just reading something. But there's something in this book, either positive or negative, that sticks with you? And you tell...
View ArticleRe-Read-aholic
Hello, my name is Chriss. And I’m a re-read-aholic. *hello, Chriss* I can’t help myself. I love to re-experience great stories. Having a shelf full of books you enjoy is like having all the seasons of...
View ArticleDance With Dragons is Actually Real! (we hope)
OHMYGOD! OHMYGOD! My husband went to our local genre bookstore, Mysterious Galaxy, today and guess what he saw in the window: Could it be? Could the much anticipated last book of the epic and...
View ArticleMy 10 Favorite Fantasy Covers
So, we’ve got that old adage about not judging a book by its cover but, let’s face it, we do. That’s part of why books HAVE covers. Well, cover art that is. Have you ever read a book that had cover art...
View ArticlePavlov’s Audiophile
I love HEARING a good story; audio books, original audio plays, old time radio episodes, etc. I also like tuna fish sandwiches. These two things have combined to turn me into Pavlov’s audiophile. How...
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