Sunday 30 March 2014

The Next Generation

So my son has discovered The West Wing on Netflix and is mainlining them.  Which is terrific, except he expects me to remember little bits and pieces from the episodes so we can chuckle over them, or gripe over them together.  Mother here is too old for this shit!  It's been YEARS and you all know what my memory is like!

Still, it's good to know he can spot quality work.

A Review - A Case of Possession by KJ Charles

I thought I'd get another post or two in before another book post, but it appears not.  *LOL*  I just finished book 2 in the A Charm of Magpies series of m/m Victorian alternate universe mysteries. I love these books, and KJ has become one of my preferred authors in the m/m genre.




Thursday 27 March 2014

A Review - A Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan

This is the second half of this book called Avempartha.  This volume is really 2 books in one, volumes 1 & 2 of the Riyria Revelations.  I had read the first book back in the fall of last year.  It's a return to the fantasy genre and I quite liked it.  Enough to add the rest of the books in the series to my 'to acquire' list.   And yes, of course I want to slash the main characters.  *LOL*





Monday 24 March 2014

A Review - Beyond Jealousy by Kit Rocha

I was so looking forward to this book.  Ace's story!  Woot!  It didn't disappoint.  Ace is my favourite character from the Beyond series, hands down.  And you know, I love Kit Rocha books; they are so unapologetically sexy, hot, fun, down and dirty, and fantasy-filled and WAY healthier than that shady book series.  



Thursday 13 March 2014

A Review - Ball & Chain by Abigail Roux


This is the 8th installment in the "Cut & Run" series by Abigail Roux and it doesn't disappoint.  (Let me just say that pre-orders from Riptide Publishing are the BEES KNEES!)  Abi was one of the first m/m authors I ever read and that was back.. ohhhh... 6 years ago?  And she's still a favourite.





Tuesday 11 March 2014

A Review - Free Falling by S.E. Jakes

I've finished another.  *LOL*  This is a novella, only about 150 pages, so last night and today was enough - good thing because I couldn't put it down.  :)  I love S.E. Jakes' Extreme Escapes Ltd. mercenary tales and this one was no exception.




Monday 10 March 2014

A Review - Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig

I couldn't put this book down and it's so, so far from my normal reading material.  Ev doesn't do horror type books, especially ones that seem to be written in a clever, modern 21st-century fashion.  But read it I did and by God, I ended up fascinated and enthralled!






Saturday 8 March 2014

Montreal, Then and Now

So my friend, Michel, shared this nifty site on his Facebook page and I thought I would share it here as well.  The site shows very old pictures of the Plateau District of Montreal paired with pictures of the same spots in 2012.  There's a line through the middle of the pictures that you can move back and forth to see more of one or the other.  It's really kind of nifty.  The text is all in French, but even if you don't speak/read, the pictures speak for themselves, I think.

If you're intrigued, check out -  Montreal, Avant/Apres

(crossposted to my Dreamwidth journal)

Thursday 6 March 2014

A Review - Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk

I'd heard a lot of good things about this book and this series, but for some reason I took my own sweet time before trying it out.  It was worth the wait!  :)  I really, really enjoyed it and now have ANOTHER author that's going to be an automatic buy.  *LOL*






Monday 3 March 2014

I Can't Resist a Sale

So the end result of the 90% off code at Kobo was that I ended up with 27 new books, regular price totalling $167.30, and I got them for $16.73.   It made me wonder if this was maybe an error on Kobo's part and they meant the code to be a one use only instead of multiple uses.  And if so, do they have to pay the original publisher/author royalties or whatever on the original price or what the books actually sold for.  And if it was a mistake - apparently the code was valid since February 24th until just after noon my time today - can you IMAGINE all the money they lost?  YIKES!!

So I completed the whole set of  Men of Honour by SE Jakes, books 2 & 3 of the Whyborne and Griffin books from Jordan L. Hawk, the first 3 Adrien English books by Josh Lanyon, books 2 & 3 of Moira Rogers' Southern Arcana as well as Book 2 of the Green Pine series, a couple of Josephine Myles books, a Kate McMurray, an Amy Lane, 3 Marie Sextons, the second Scorpion book by Aleksandr Voinov, the first Brothers Sinister by Courtney Milan, a volume of Garrett stories by Elizabeth Bear, a Rowan Speedwell and the second book in Rhys Ford's Sinners series as last but not least, Mockingbird and The Cormorant by Chuck Wendig.

It was one helluva sale.

(Crossposted to Booklikes.)

Sunday 2 March 2014

A Review - Bound by Honor by S.E. Jakes

So yeah, I read another book.  :)  This one is the first published book (I think) of an author I've come to really enjoy.  A decent read.