September 13: Favorite Unfinished Series (either you haven’t read all the books or series that aren’t complete yet) This one will be kinda short. When a series is recommended to me, I try out the first few books. If I don't fall in love it that's where it stops, so those would be my unfinished series [...]
September 6th is: Favorite Side Characters The title is supposed to reference sidekicks, but I suspect it's just going to annoy Google's search parameters, so really I see no downside to this. Onward! Favorite Lord of the Rings Side Characters Samwise Gamgee: The ultimate, gold-standard, shall-not-be-topped loyal, devoted, fearless, practical, loving side character. Sam is just the [...]
August 23: Favorite Nerdy CharactersQuick internet searching tells me that a nerd is defined as; "a person seen as overly intellectual, obsessive, introverted, interested in obscure or not-popular things, and lacking social skills."Basically? I am ALL OF THOSE THINGS. It's like the internet knows my life! (Hi, yes, agents of Big Brother, in all honesty I [...]
August 9: Favorite Books that Define You Watch me rebel this week by listing the authors who have defined me. If I started listing books we'd be here all day and I don't think we're ready for that conversation! Consider these authors the most favorite, the ones I can quote without pausing to think, the ones [...]
July 19th favorites: Summer Reads Tis the season for some hot, hot stuff. This makes total sense and I refuse to give up my summertime Alien Romance addiction. Somehow this is the perfect weather to sit sipping a cold drink and reading all about abductions, mail-order brides, cute hybrid babies, forced proximity, sometimes hilarious language barriers, [...]
This is an author toolbox blog post. To get in on the authoring goodies distributed every month, go sign up on the website of our generous leader Raimey Gallant The Brooding Bad Boy* as a trope (otherwise known as Damaged With a Heart of Gold, Alpha Male, or Redeemed Rake, depending on what time period [...]
July 12th favorites: Books outside your usual genre We all know I'm a romance reader. Lots and lots of smushy fluff. When I need a break from that I generally turn to my *other* source of bodily fluids, which is horror. Yes, I know that seems strange. In the midst of this chaos of conflicting reads, [...]
The favorites we're exploring for June 28 is: Books set in Space Like every other genre, I read all over the spectrum of SciFi. So this list has some of your basic YA, some classic adult SciFi, and a little of my new favorite niche, super sexy SciFi romance. Because Ruby Dixon is a gift [...]
The favorites for June 21: Character Deaths Kibby, what are you trying to do to us!? Alright. Okay. If we're going to do this, let's get in the properly devastated mindset first: Now that I'm ready (WHY GOT WRITERS, WHYYYY) I'll go ahead and list for you the literary deaths which were the most shattering, traumatic, [...]
Let me surprise absolutely no one by informing you all I was a HUGE NERD in high school. I grew up in a very small town and went to a very small school. My graduating class (2005! I'M SO OLD) had 22 people, most of whom I had known since preschool. It was like being [...]