I have finally, finally, gotten around to reading Fade to Black by Francis Knight (Goodreads link). I borrowed it from the library, and I’ve been so busy (with second drafts and work and, you know, stuff) that I’ve had to renew it twice. Crazy. So far, apart from a few cases of info-dumping at the … Continue reading Fade to Black on Teaser Tuesday
I love movies almost as much as I love books, and sometimes more. Such as in the case of Mary Poppins, which, as a kid, I watched so often that I wore out the tape. So, here are my picks for Top Ten Tuesday’s best and worst movie adaptations.
This week’s Top 10 Tuesday list was great because I had to go and find 10 debut books I wanted to read. Usually I’m so busy doing my chicken without a head impersonation that I don’t take the time to find out what’s happening in the bookish world. While there are a lot of books … Continue reading 10 debuts I'm looking forward to in 2013
This year I’m participating in a few memes and the very first one is Top Ten Tuesday at The Broke and the Bookish (which is a great blog title!). Aptly, the first Top Ten for the year is the Top 10 books I’m going to read this year. In this I’ve sprinkled some of the … Continue reading 10 books I'm going to read in 2013, promise
I just had to read this book; when I saw it on Kobo.com the want drove me crazy. It drove me so crazy that when I discovered my local library didn’t have a copy but one of its sister libraries did, I drove half an hour to pick it up. Like I said, crazy. What, … Continue reading Review: Goldrush by Steven Lochran
Pledged, a paranormal-romance for young adults, makes a good first impression. The cover is well designed, the book trailer impressive and the blurb intriguing, however the story, while good, wasn’t great. Immediately engaging, with excellent descriptions of place, I felt that the story moved too quickly and that too much happened. Seth and Erin, the … Continue reading Pledged by Gwynneth White
Bloodhound is the second book in the Beka Cooper series by Tamora Pierce. The story follows Beka, now a first-year Dog (aka police officer), as she and her partner Goodwin track down a group of colemongers (aka counterfeiters). Along the way she picks up a scent hound named Achoo, falls in love and saves the … Continue reading Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce
Katana is the second book from American author Cole Gibsen. It blends martial arts with the supernatural in a story reminiscent of films such as The House of Flying Daggers and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, except without the teary ending. The story follows Raleigh, your average teenage skater-chick (not that I’ve ever known any), as … Continue reading Katana by Cole Gibsen
A disclaimer before I start; I didn’t read the entirety of this book, so if some moment of literary genius occurs at the end, forgive me. Additionally this book was provided to me, free of charge, by the author for the express purposes of a review. Enchantment, a YA paranormal romance, is the start of … Continue reading Enchantment by Charlotte Abel
Demon Girl, an independently published ebook by Penelope Fletcher, is the first in the Rae Wilder series and, if you’re feeling brave, it’s currently available from ManyBooks.net as a free download. Originally released in 2010 the ebook is currently being re-edited (praise be to the gods of writing). The new edition, with a shinny new … Continue reading Demon Girl by Penelope Fletcher
I thought I’d start with Nova’s costume before she loses half her arm in episode 1. I pictured something simple and gold. Very, very gold.
I admit, what held this episode up the most was the drawing. Drawing doesn’t come as easily to me as writing (although I’ve been doing it longer) and I really didn’t want to send the episode without one.
Della was some kind of priestess back in her Imperial life and still has a few of those powers. I tried to reference that in the toga/tabard-like costume and the ornate belt. Not sure if I should have kept the flying skirt panels.
