Interview with Gail Carriger

Gail Carriger is the author of the wonderfully entertaining new novel, Soulless, in which she provides a fresh new take on the paranormal scene; placing vampires and werewolves in Victorian London, where they influence fashion, society and government. Carriger also introduces an interesting new concept of the lack of soul and it's ability to neutralize the supernatural, in the form of the feisty, delightful heroine, Alexia. Immediately after finishing...

Favorite Fictional Character: The Fonz

Favorite Fictional CharacterHosted by Ryan at WordsmithoniaInspired by Ryan's nostalgic memories of his favorite childhood cartoons, I decided to focus on another one of my favorite TV characters, Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, or "The Fonz."I don't remember when I first discovered Happy Days, but once I did it became one of my favorite TV shows, which is largely due to the star of the show Fonzie, a high school drop-out and former gang member, who...

Send over your good wishes and prayers

The young daughter of a blogger friend my mine, Ramona from Alone in the Holy Land, was hospitalized last week and diagnosed with the Rota virus, as well as some other problems. Ramona is having a very difficult time right now, and I know that she would really appreciate it if any of you could take a few minutes to stop by her blog to offer up some good wishes and praye...

It's Tuesdays...Where are you?

It's Tuesday...Where are You?Hosted by An Adventure in ReadingI arrived a few days ago in the barren planet, Arrakis, where water is so scarce and precious that the natives wear special suits that recycle all of the body's moisture. There are also monstrous, man eating worms here, though we haven't actually gotten a good look at one yet (which is probably a good thing). I had come along with Duke Leto and his family, who by the command of the Emperor,...

You can never have too many

Do you have a favorite book that you reread at least a few times a year, that you like to keep by your bedside at all times and which you force all of your friends to read (for which, of course, they are eventually grateful)?I have two such books, A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle and A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson, and whenever I come across one of these books in a used bookstore I feel compelled to buy it, no matter how many copies I already...