Read the Book See the Movie Challenge

I've been looking for a new challenge to take on, since I completely failed to complete my last two challenges, NaNoWriMo and the YA Dystopia Challenge, and the Read the Book See the Movie Challenge looks like a good one.I rarely have time to watch movies anymore and I've been wanting to watch Blade Runner to see how it compares to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, which I recently read. I'm hoping that this challenge will give me the incentive...

Servant of A Dark God by John Brown

Servant of a Dark God, is John Brown's debut novel; a unique epic fantasy that was released by Tor this past August.Talen resides on a farm with his father and two older siblings living a rather uneventful life consisting of working in the field, caring for the animals and trying to stay two steps ahead of his wily brother and sister. But all that changes the day that Talen sets off to do some trade at the nearby village and nearly gets killed by...

Favorite Fictional Character: Carl the Dog

Favorite Fictional CharacterHosted by Ryan at Wordsmithonia My favorite fictional character this week is Carl the dog, from Alexandra Day's series of children's picture books.Carl is a Rottweiler who lives in San Francisco, and he is absolutely the coolest dog.When Madeline's mother leaves Carl in charge, she knows that she is leaving her child in good hand (paws?). When Madeline was a baby, Carl would babysit her many times. He entertains her (which...

Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge

While I like the urban fantasy genre, I’ve been having a hard time finding books within this genre that I actually enjoy, after having read everything by Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews and Charlaine Harris. So when a fellow blogger recommended Street Magic, by Caitlin Kittredge, I was happy to give it a try.The last time Pete had seen Jack was when he had convinced her to join him in the cemetery to participate in a magical ceremony. Even though...

Reading interrupted

For the past week I've been reading Servant of a Dark God, by John Brown, and I had intended to finish it today so that I can get the review written. Instead I'm going to turn off my laptop and curl up in bed with Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge. I had seen Street Magic recommended a couple of days ago and I idly picked it up yesterday as a diversion during a tense point in Servant of a Dark God. But the book has completely drawn me in and now...