Books

Love in the Asylum – Lisa Carey Reviewed here. The Time Traveler's Wife – Audrey Niffenegger Amazing. Fabulous. Wonderful. A heartbreaking work of staggering genius, to borrow an apt phrase. I heartily recommend the audio version as well as the dead tree … [Read more...] about Book reviews: mainstream fantasy

I am very boring this week, so instead of boring you all with how boring I am, I'm going to post some long-overdue reviews of the books I've read this year. A quick note on my linking practices here: I'm linking the titles to isbn.nu, my cheap book search of choice, and … [Read more...] about Slew of book reviews

Tell Me Lies and a couple other Jennifer Crusie books are $3.99 at the moment. I can't recommend them highly enough. If the first page of Tell Me Lies doesn't grab you, you have no soul. … [Read more...] about Need something to read?

As promised, a selected reading list from the "what should I have read?" panel at ArmadilloCon. Books Speak, Commentary Murder of Angels Bunker 13, described as too bizarre for description The Year of Our War things by… Jennifer Fallon Garth … [Read more...] about ArmadilloCon reading list

Friday night I bowed to deadlines and picked up Lisa Carey's new book, Love in the Asylum. I was reluctant. I loved her first two books, so much so that I tend to push them on unsuspecting friends at every opportunity. This one wasn't enticing me. The cover art and blurb suck … [Read more...] about Love in the Asylum

American Gods – Neil Gaiman The War for the Oaks – Emma Bull The Queen's Necklace – Theresa Edgerton Downbelow Station (*) – CJ Cherryh Cousin Kate – Georgette Heyer Intrusions – Ursula Hegi The Lovely Bones – alice sebold … [Read more...] about currently reading

For the past week or so, when I haven't been busy cleaning my apartment or building my mom's new site, I've been entertained. I've gone through Charlaine Harris's Aurora Teagarden mysteries at a record pace. I've started on her Lily Bard series, but that might get derailed … [Read more...] about Entertainment

There is a stack of papers on my desk, neatly sorted and stapled. A year and a half of submitting umpteen identical copies of government reports will give you stapling skills such as the world has never known. I read all three of Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire mysteries … [Read more...] about random musings

Book review #2 for today. Unlike Designing With Web Standards, this one wasn't enchanting enough that I read it cover to cover. In fact, after the first chapter I started skimming. Kept skimming. Slowed down long enough to read the chapter on search engine optimization, most of … [Read more...] about Speed Up Your Site