Apr 24 2013
Dear Ms. McQuein, Like many other readers of YA novels, I’ve grown somewhat weary of the paranormal and urban fantasy titles in the genre. I want a change and have been trying to find more thrillers and science fiction titles to inject some enthusiasm in my reading blues. That your debut combined these two things(…)
Mar 26 2013
Dear Ms. Godwin: This is a compelling but flawed post apocalypse/science fiction/suspense genre bender with a host of multicultural characters. Unfortunately one race is singled out as the villains which made the entire story sit uncomfortably around my shoulders. Eve was the mother of two and married to a gun dealer. A virus is released(…)
Mar 3 2013
Dear Ms. Dee: This was a book recommended to me after I expressed interest in post apocalyptic books, an interest stoked by the writing of Kylie Scott. “After the End” is a more plot driven, cinematic book and because of that, not as engaging. However, for those who like fast paced action with some human(…)
Mar 1 2013
Dear Ms. Scott: I bought this directly after finishing Flesh and was totally thrilled to be immersed in your evocative post apocalyptic world once again. While the two main characters in this book had a more developed romance, I was still stymied by the heroine’s passivity. I hope in future books we see women who(…)
Feb 22 2013
Dear Ms. Scott: I don’t like post apocalyptic stories. I am not a fan of zombies. Thank goodness for other reader’s recommendations because without them, my own prejudices would make me miss interesting new stories such as this one. Flesh is set 53 days post apocalypse in Brisbane, Australia. Daniel has stumbled upon non infected(…)
Nov 5 2012
It was a wedding full of books, paper flowers, and Legos. Take a gander at the gallery of the wedding of Cindy & Sam by RubinWeddings.com Amazon profits: They don’t exist, but the company keeps on keeping on. – Matthew Yglesias argues that the unrealistically optimistic view of Amazon’s business plan by the investor class(…)
Sep 5 2012
Dear Ms. Redwine, There’s been an influx of female-led traditional fantasy in the YA genre. If you had told me last year that this was going to become a thing, I would have been ecstatic. I’ve been getting bored with the urban fantasy and paranormal subgenres, and traditional fantasy is my weak spot. But let’s(…)
Jun 26 2012
Kindle Fire 2 may hit as soon as July | E-book readers – CNET Reviews – “What’s next for Kindle hardware? Well, a credible source has told CNET that Amazon will unveil a second-generation Kindle Fire this summer and that it’s targeting July 31 for a launch event.” CNET PN: The price point would remain the(…)
Feb 13 2012
Dear Ms. Baggott, With the buzz over The Hunger Games trilogy, YA dystopian novels are hotter than ever right now – even an infrequent YA reader like myself knows that. I’ll admit to being party to the general enthusiasm. I like dystopian novels in general (at least in theory; in practice I’m careful about which ones I(…)
Jan 13 2012
Dear Ms. Ee: I am pretty sure I bought that at the recommendation of has_bookpushers on September 6, 2011, (according to my Kindle records). But like many a book, it languished (or was lost) in my to be read pile. Internet chatter about this book rose up and I pulled it out to read. Okay,(…)
Jan 9 2012
Dear Ms. Hancock, Your 88 page post-apocalyptic romance novella, Ghost in the Machine, published by Samhain, was unlike any other romance I’ve read before. As I was reading it, I kept thinking of movies like the original “Terminator” and “28 Days Later” – dark yet ultimately uplifting stories about human beings struggling to survive in(…)
Sep 12 2011
“He finds love on the eve of a war he doesn’t plan on surviving. A Cybershock story. Dante knows the price of rebellion. The Grid created him in its likeness, turning him into a killing machine—tested, modified and enhanced to be a “better citizen”. Years may have passed since he escaped that freak show, but(…)
Jul 9 2011
Dear Ms. Cooper, Anyone who follows you, me or Jane on twitter or who read this probably caught the tempest in a teacup over the disappearing book. For those who haven’t a clue as to what I’m referring: Jane was looking all over for Blood of the Wicked, and realized that she probably sent it(…)
Jun 9 2011
Note: January is a new reviewer at DA. She will be providing reviews at least once a month if not more often. Dear Ellen Connor (aka Ann Aguirre and Carrie Lofty): I wanted to love this book. I really did. You are both well known names in the industry, and both of you have high(…)
May 18 2011
Dear Ms. Cooper: When I first received the ARC to Blood of the Wicked, I set it aside. The title and cover looked clearly like a vampire novel and well, I just wasn’t in the mood for YAVR (yet another vampire romance). Then I received a promotional email that said something something “steampunk” and I(…)
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