Received these in the mail from Stone Skin Press last Friday. I love getting contributor copies. The smell of fresh ink… The other stories lurking in these anthologies… Mmmmm… Like Christmas only better. Mood: Blargh due to weather-related conditions. Caffeinated Beverages Consumed: I’m on my first cup. Work-Out Minutes Logged Yesterday: Point and click and […]
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Peanut Butter and Frosting, Starve Better and a Few Links
Okay. So one of the benefits of being an “adult,” is that you can have whatever you want for breakfast. Since there are only so many bowls of crispy chocolate flakes I can eat, peanut butter plus chocolate frosting is the equivalent of taking a cruise to a tropical island in the middle of winter. […]
Favorite Couple in a Genre Novel
Can’t believe I’ve been talking about genre for the past week. Today’s post is the end of a seven day run, and after today I’m going to take a short break because all the books I’ve read are starting to run together. Which is never a good thing, to be sure! So what is my […]
What I Read for Not-So-Guilty Pleasure
Today’s post about genre books is what I read for my guilty pleasure. Since I never feel embarrassed about reading any book, I’m going to call this my “not-so-guilty” pleasure instead. After all, I don’t have a particular book, mind you, but more like a type of read. It’s hard for me to read books […]
An Underrated Genre Novel
Today’s question required me to think about a genre novel I read that I feel is underrated. While there are many original stories that haven’t gotten as much acclaim as others, I feel that many tie-in novels get overlooked simply because they are tie-in novels. So, my vote for an underrated genre novel is one […]