Dear JD Robb, I’m an unabashed fan of the In Death series. This is book 41 and I’m still not sick of it. In the past few years, each book has tended to have one of two possible foci. I call them the more police procedural books or the more ... more >
Young Australian Micah Johnson is the first AFL player to be out at the beginning of his career. Retired professional football player Declan Tyler mentors Micah, but he finds it difficult, as Micah is prone to making poor life choices that land him in trouble. Nothing Dec can’t handle. He’s ... more >
Dear Ms. Gabaldon, It’s fair to say that reading Outlander however-many-years-ago was what turned me into a romance reader. I had had fitful encounters with the genre before, as a teen, but it was Outlander that made me OBSESSED with historical romance. I still remember searching for books immediately after ... more >
Dear Ms. McCarthy, I managed to make it all the way through the first book in the series without realizing that it was based on Wuthering Heights, even though the hero and heroine were named Heath and Cat. In my defense, it was definitely a loose interpretation. The parallels between ... more >
Dear Ms. McCarthy, Let me say right off the bat that I had a hard time grading this book; its ultimate grade was not a reflection on the writing, plot (well, mostly not) or characterization, but rather my dissatisfaction with the ending. I am not sure I can say a ... more >
I also read and reviewed Villette, Thrown for a Curve, The Countess Conspiracy and Freeing during these months. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin This is the fifth and, for now, the last book in the A Song of Ice and Fire (otherwise known as Game of Thrones) series. It’s also long. Really, ... more >