In her newest Women of the Otherworld Series, Armstrong writes about Hope Adams, a half demon who can sense the violent thoughts of others. When she is asked to repay a debt by the head of the Cortez Cabal, she must go undercover in a gang of thieves to find what is happening. But nothing [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong
Posted in fantasy on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong
Posted in fantasy, tagged killer, murder, mystery on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Armstrong veers away from the supernatural and into the world of professional killers. Nadia, a retired police officer, is now a professional hitwoman. She has learned much from Jack. So when he asks her to help him track down a serial killer that has the country up in arms, she agrees. Soon she will be [...]
Haunted by Kelley Armstrong
Posted in fantasy on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Eve Levine, mother of Savannah, died in Stolen (but off screen so to speak). Now she is back and has a job from the Fates. Being dead isn’t going to stop this witch from trying to trap a chaos being back in hell where she belongs. Eve doesn’t pretend to be good, but that doesn’t mean [...]
Stolen by Kelley Armstrong
Posted in fantasy on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Having finally come to grips with her life in Bitten, Elena is now back with the pack and in charge of keeping track of mutts, non-pack werewolves. But a lead on a possible leak about werewolves leads her into a trap where she meets other supernatural beings for the first time. Soon after, she is kidnapped by [...]
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Posted in fantasy on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bitten tells the tale of Elena Michaels, the only female werewolf. After being bitten by her fiance, Elena turns into a werewolf. But after years of Pack life, she wants to make it on her own in the human world. But all too soon she is called back to help the Pack with a threat [...]
Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong
Posted in fantasy on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I didn’t realize how much I was going to like this series or I would have read it in order. This book takes place before Industrial Magic and tells the tale of how Lucas and Paige met. Paige is now the guardian of 12 year old Savannah and the head of the witches Coven. [...]
Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong
Posted in fantasy on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So it turns out that I had read something else by this author without even realizing it. I picked up IM at a bookstore and read it. It seemed vaguely familiar and then I realized that I had read another one on this series entitled No Humans Involved about necromancer Jaime Vargas who plays a more [...]
The End of the Alphabet by CS Richardson
Posted in fiction on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First of all, I just want to say that this is not the cover of the book I read. That may not seem important, but to me the cover sets the tone for the rest of the novel. This cover sets a very different tone than my book did. My copy had a nice green lawn [...]
Ship Who Searched by Anne McCaffrey
Posted in science fiction on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I picked this up at half price books the other day. I have not read any of the other ship books (only the Ship who Sang) which I loved. I was hesitant to pick it up whcih was jsut silly. I loved it and am sorry that I have not had it to read for [...]
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Posted in fiction, science fiction on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We read this for my book discussion group which I ended up being too sick to go to. It is not something I would have normally picked up. It is a story about a young girl and her life with her friends at school. Sounds boring right? Well, there is a secret to their lives and [...]
