One word. WOW! Cassandra Clare is quickly becoming one of my favorite young adult authors, up there with the likes of Kristin Cashore (see my reviews of Graceling and Fire), Holly Black, and Melissa Marr. City of Glass, the third book in the Mortal Instruments series was absolutely fantastic. It was a well-written, character-driven, action-packed […]
So not bad for the final ABC’s V episode for 2009. I did think that it did get a little weird with the whole Anna “bask-in-me” sun thing. That was more than a little strange. But I guess they’re lizards, so they have to bask in something. I LOVED some of Anna’s evil faces! After […]
National Novel Writing Month is in its last few days, currently reporting a 1,708,584,120 collective word count on the NaNoWriMo website. Things are really starting to get down to the wire. I am FREAKING out…especially considering that I’ve split up my word count into two novels. Whoa! Yep you read that right – it’s now […]
In the rush of all the new modern fantasy novels, television shows, and movies, I wanted to write about a true fantasy classic, The Neverending Story. I’ve seen this movie about twenty times, and each time it just doesn’t get old. It doesn’t have to have the most advanced CGI or special screen effects, it’s […]
OMG – Stefan and Elena totally did the deed. Yep, she finally gave it up to the vampire behind Door #1 – Stefan Salvatore. They (the writers, producers, etc.) had me at “I love you” and the first vamp-face scene, and then lost me. How do you go from getting all vamped-out from kissing and […]