The Jerusalem Rennaissance Festival

Yesterday was the last night of the Renaissance festival, in the Old City of Jerusalem, and I was determined to go. I don't really get out much because finding a babysitter is just so difficult, and my husband works at night and therefore can't stay with the kids while I go out. But I'd never been to a Renaissance festival before and didn't want to miss out on this one, particularly since it's unusual for such an event to take place in the Old City....

Doing the Blog Hop

It's been a while since I last participated in a blog hop and I thought today I would give it another go and see what new blogs have joined since I last participated.The first blog hop is hosted by Jennifer at Crazy For Books and she asks poses the following question to participating bloggers:"What is the one bookish thing you would love to have, no matter the cost?"If price were no object, I would love to have my own book espresso machines from...

A New Meme: Things I Love As Much as Books

For almost a year now I've been participating, on and off, in Wordsmithonia's Favorite Fictional Characters meme, which I've really had a lot of fun with. Unfortunetly I've been having trouble lately coming up with favorite characters to write about that I didn't already include in my book reviews. So I've decided to put this meme on hold for a while and try out a new one.Audrey, over at Brizmus blog Books, has a feature that I enjoy reading called...

Arthur Features Neil Gaiman and Falafel

It's been years since I last watched Arthur but if this is what the show is normally like, I think I need to start watching it again. This episode has both Neil Gaiman and falafel, two of my favorite things! Lucky Sue Ellen gets to hang out with Gaiman and even receives personal writing advice from him, as well as a free bo...

Free Audio Download: Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

As a promotion for Stephen King's new short story collection, Full Dark, No Stars, Scribner is releasing an audiobook sample of four different stories from the book, every week between October 12th and November 2nd.So far, the stories released include 1922, Big Driver and Fair Extension. Next week A Good Marriage will available for download as well. The short stories can be downloaded as mp3 files, or they can be streamed through the online player.Publisher's...

Just Plain Bad (Bad-Ass Faeries, Bk 2) by Danielle Ackley-McPhail, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Lee Hillman and Jeff Lyman

I've never been a real fan of short stories though I have to admit that I've also never given them much of a chance. Even after signing up last year for a short-story reading challenge I barely even cracked open the anthology I had chosen to read. So when Danielle Ackley-McPhail contacted me about reviewing her books I thought this would be a good opportunity for me to give short stories another try, with her Bad-Ass Faeries anthology. It's been...

New Scifi & Fantasy Releases: Week of Oct 25

A Darker Shade of DeadBianca D'ArcGenre: Paranormal RomancePublisher: BravaRelease Date: Oct 26Intrigue, terrifying betrayals, and a dangerously commanding hero make Bianca D'Arc's newest paranormal romance an irresistible temptation...Tapped for a classified military program, Dr. Eileen McCormick has nothing left to lose. Bad enough her genetic experiments were used to turn innocent victims into zombies; worse still, a ruthless ex-colleague is threatening...