Anger, frustration, and sadness. The feelings that come along with regret. The compromises made... the paths diverged and not taken. Two Luisas, separated by 17 years, but brought together by some sort of time slip. 15-year-old Luisa gets on the bus to go home out in the sticks in 1996 and gets off in Paris... Continue Reading →
The True Bastards by Jonathan French
Trampled by the hoof... run over by hogs... All that French had done in The Grey Bastards and MORE! If TGB was an introduction to this world, The True Bastards is a sequel that takes the badlands to the ranks of a great fantasy epic. Things have not gotten any easier in The Lots since... Continue Reading →
#SelfPubFantasyMonth Review. @SelfPubFanMonth
First off, a huge thanks to Jason over at Off The TBR for putting the month together. It really kicked my butt in gear to get to those books that had been waiting on my Kindle to be read. I had great fun reading all these book, and I have to tell you guys that these... Continue Reading →
Sept LookBack… Oct LookForward
Ok... school is just over one-sixth of the way done. We have 6 six-week grading periods... 3 per semester. Plugging along. I'm lucky to have a good group this year... 180 students or so. It took me awhile to memorize all their names! In the book world... I had a great time reading a bunch... Continue Reading →
Half Way Home by Hugh Howey
In my mind I will always go back to Wool as being the book that brought me back to my science fiction roots. I had gotten away from science fiction and fantasy for a time as I pursued my career and basically got my act together... but everyone was talking about this book... taking place... Continue Reading →