Rant first, then sale: I’ve been here at Rabid Reads for four years (HOLY CRAP) now, but it was at least a couple of years prior to that when I started accumulated my myriad and extensive lists on Amazon. You see, I’d figured out that the easiest way to track when any of the multitude […]
Bookfessional: Book Hangovers, boo hiss Did you know that urbandictionary.com has an entry for book hangover? B/c it totally does. Several, in fact. Not that being defined by Urban Dictionary is the stick by which the legitimacy of random bookish terms is measured, but I still think it’s cool. SO. Book Hangover as defined by […]
Awhile back I posted a list of rules that I use to determine whether or not I’m going to like a book/author. Things like “once you’re dead, you’re dead,” and “no abuse of time travel to ‘fix’ gratuitous problems.” I developed the list to help whittle down the ever growing Mt. TBR, and generally speaking, […]
How excited was I about a Netflix Original starring Will Smith and releasing right before Christmas? Pretty excited. I love Will Smith. How much more excited was I when I found out his partner (b/c cop movie . . . ish) was an ORC? SO EXCITED. Urban Fantasy is my jam. But it was more […]
Last year when I listed my most anticipated new releases in a mid-year roundup Bookfessional, INTO THE DROWNING DEEP by Mira Grant (aka Seanan McGuire) was at the top of my list. A book about killer mermaids in the Mariana Trench (I am obsessed with the Mariana Trench) by one of my favorite authors? YES, […]
Good Morning, Rabid Readers! I’m pleased to welcome C.V. Wyk, debut author of the gender-swapping YA Historical (*Half-)Fantasy BLOOD AND SAND, a book that I am very excited about–I mean, really? A female Spartacus? YES, please! If you think that sounds as epic as I do, be sure to enter the giveaway at the end […]
I’ma let you guys in on a little secret: I love fae. You: That’s not really a secret . . . Me: *glares* Whatever. Holly Black gives good fae. I’ve known this since reading TITHE nearly fifteen (FIFTEEN 😱) years ago, and side note, if you also read and loved TITHE, some not-unfamiliar-to-you characters make […]