A list of my 2010 book reviews by rating.
2010 Book Reviews by Rating
Tristan Farnon: Character Connection
We all have characters we love. Let’s spotlight these fantastic creations! Whether you want to be friends with them or you have a full-blown crush on them, you know you love them and want everyone else to love them too! Most of you will probably post about how much you love each character, but this […]
The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea Campbell: Book Review
Damien Locke is the son of the Mistress of Mayhem, a mad scientist supervillain living in Golden City. On his sixteenth birthday, he has a huge party to celebrate his thumbprint becoming a “V,” meaning that he’s a born supervillain. Except that it doesn’t. It becomes a mythical “X,” which can only mean one thing: […]
Prince Edward Island: Locus Focus
I love L. M. Montgomery’s books. I think I’ve read all of her fiction, and she was pretty prolific. She lived on Prince Edward Island, Canada and set almost all of her fiction there. Needless to say, I’m dying to do a pilgrimage! Of course, at this time, most of the islanders were farmers or fishermen. I grew up in a rural area […]
Character Connection: Rilla Blythe
We all have characters we love. Let’s spotlight these fantastic creations! Whether you want to be friends with them or you have a full-blown crush on them, you know you love them and want everyone else to love them too! Most of you will probably post about how much you love each character, but this […]
Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint: Book Review
In the author’s note at the beginning of this volume of short stories, Charles de Lint says that he’s taking a break from Newford for a while but that he still has enough short stories lying around to publish one more collection. I read that and my heart stopped for a second. I love Newford […]
Bite Me by Christopher Moore: Book Review
I don’t think I can even begin to explain the appeal of these books. A synopsis is going to make it sound ridiculous. A giant shaved vampire cat named Chet is stalking the San Francisco night? Puh-leeze. Except that leaves out Abby Normal, Emergency Backup Mistress of the Greater Bay Area Night. I. ♥ This. […]
Thumb Flagging by Jerome Peterson: Book Review
Willy is a seasoned hitchhiker who introduces Jay to the wonders of the open road in order to boost his self-confidence and rid him of his spoiled-Catholic-boy tendencies. I enjoyed this. As you can imagine in a book about hitchhiking, it’s a bit of a picaresque novel with stories about the other hitchers and rides […]
What Are You Reading?/In My Mailbox Monday
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. This week was a pretty slow book week. I had a hard time settling into anything. Finished: Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint. That review will be posted Wednesday. Currently Reading: The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea Campbell The Vision […]
Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! You are truly special people! I can’t think of a time when my own mom wasn’t there for me. Whether it was just staying up with me all night when I was sick, helping me with homework, taking us to the library weekly, being at every […]
Stardust by Neil Gaiman: Book Review
Synopsis from GoodReads: Stardust is an utterly charming fairy tale in the tradition of The Princess Bride and The Neverending Story. Neil Gaiman, creator of the darkly elegant Sandman comics and author of The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, tells the story of young Tristran Thorn and his adventures in the land […]