The newest book in the Heather Wells series is just as funny as the last ones. Heather is once again embroiled in a murder at her dorm (or should I say residence hall?) Her boss has been shot through the head. But this time Heather is not going to get involved, except that forces outside [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Big Boned by Meg Cabot
Posted in mystery, romance, tagged death, dorm, mystery, new york, new york college, romance on November 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Witch in the House by Jenna McKnight
Posted in romance, tagged contemporary, help, magic, romance, spells on November 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When a spell goes horribly wrong, Jade Delarue tries everything in her power to fix it. All she was trying to do was help a man who was jilted and open up her own heart to love. But soon Mason Kincaid is staying at her B&B and doesn’t seem to ever want to leave. What [...]
The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
Posted in science fiction, tagged future, science fiction, time travel on November 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Matt Fuller is supposed to make a machine to calibrate electromagnetic forces, but instead he accidentally creates a time machine. He isn’t quite sure how it works, but he knows that each time he resets it, the machine sends you 12 times farther into the future. After doing some testing, Matt is anxious to test it [...]
I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
Posted in non-fiction, tagged america, humor, non-fiction, politics, stephen colbert, tv on November 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Stephen Colbert is hysterically funny. He takes you through the ins and outs of American society as seen through a crazy conservative person. His book had me laughing out loud so many times (my husband kept asking,”What is he saying? What? What is so funny?????”) He is pompous and arrogant and utterly irreverent. He is [...]
Cybele’s Secret by Juliet Marillier
Posted in children's, fantasy, tagged children's book, fantasy, istanbul, other kingdom, quest on November 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In this companion novel to Wildwood Dancing, we delve into the story of Tati’s sister Paula. Paula is on a trip with her father to Istanbul where they hope to procure a mythical relic called Cybele’s Secret. But evil is afoot and when they arrive, their contact has been killed. Soon Paula realizes that it [...]
Erec Rex: The Monsters of Otherness by Kaza Kingsley
Posted in children's, fantasy, tagged children's book, fantasy, king, quests on November 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In the second book in the Erec Rex series, Erec is called back to Alypium where he must start the quests he needs to do to become king. But all is not as he expected when he goes back. The people hate him and think he is a monster rather than their future king. He [...]
Creation in Death by J.D. Robb
Posted in mystery, science fiction, tagged eve dallas, new york, roarke, science fiction on November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Just when you think she is going to let the characters go stale, Nora Roberts comes at you with something different. I am really amazed that she has done so well with this series since it requires constant development of the characters unlike in her straight romance books where she can pretty much leave them [...]
Dark Rival by Brenda Joyce
Posted in romance, tagged 15th century, fantasy romance, healer, historical romance, iona, masters of time, scotland, time travel, warrior on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In her latest Masters of Time book, Joyce introduces Allie Monroe, a young woman of 25 who can heal just about anything. But dark forces want to use her powers for evil and it is up to Royce to stop them. What they didn’t plan on was falling in love. In a tragic accident, Royce [...]
The Honorable Marksley by Sherry Lynn Ferguson
Posted in historical, romance, tagged england, historical romance, literary journal, poet on November 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In this rather convoluted tale, Richard Marksley is conned into covering up one of his cousin’s mistakes yet again. It is never really clear why he agrees though. His cousin has supposedly ruined a proper young lady while posing as Richard. So now his aunt insists that Richard do the honorable thing and marry the [...]
Bride for a Knight by Sue-Ellen Welfonder
Posted in historical, romance, tagged bride, ghosts, highlands, historical romance, magic, murderer, mystic, scotland, wife on November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Jamie Macpherson has come back home after many years away because of his brothers’ deaths. Something foul is afoot and he is determined to know what is going on. His father is seeing his brothers’ ghosts and everyone is acting strangely. Then there is the agreement to marry a neighboring laird’s daughter. That turns out [...]
