Dark Side of the Covers
A. I knit – check out my free District 12 fingerless mitts pattern, inspired by Katniss of The Hunger Games – and write really bad novels while drinking way too many caffeinated beverages.
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Rocker. Emotionally scarred bad boy. Literal inner demons. Possible apocalypse. OK; truth be told, this book had me at the “rocker” and the rest was just icing on an already tempting brownie… Summary: After a life filled with tragedy, rocker … Continue reading
Have you ever been driving along listening to the radio when your favorite song comes on? You crank the volume and start singing along at the top of your lungs…then your route takes you under a series of power lines, … Continue reading
“What use are experiences if we’re not allowed to remember them, if we forget in order to avoid the pain of loss?”
– Carrie Ryan, The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands & Teeth #2)
Some stories get under your skin; others become part of it, like a tattoo, and you know they’ll always linger in your imagination. The Forest of Hands and Teeth grabbed me like one of the hungry undead and wouldn’t let … Continue reading
Three pages into this story, my inner bookworm stood up and boogied around the room, squealing like a four-year-old on Christmas morning. This gleeful reaction made writing a normal review challenging, so I’m going to try something different and offer … Continue reading
A. I make a book work hard to earn my read, so I generally like what I end up reading. When I don’t like it, I usually just don’t finish reading it! Why waste the time?
That being said, if I have to pick one… I’ll go with Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer. I was one of many introduced to the paranormal genre by the series, and have actually read the first three books more than once…but not Breaking Dawn. Too much wish gratification, not enough death.
(Makes me sound horribly morbid, doesn’t it?)
District 12 is cold, and coated with coal dust from the mines. The people are hungry and poor, and only the resourceful survive. If Katniss were here, I think she’d approve of the versatility of these fingerless mitts/armwarmers/sleeves-without-a-sweater. Pull ‘em … Continue reading
Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux is hired by the dangerously beautiful Archangel Raphael. But this time, it’s not a wayward vamp she has to track. It’s an archangel gone bad. The job will put Elena in the midst of a killing … Continue reading
