Hello peeps! Sorry about the delay on posting – we got hit by the storm this week in New York and only got our electricity back last night! So lots of catching up happening right now. Luckily, we weren’t hit by any trees but it did suck not having access to any electronics – sad […]
Based on the book by Cressida Cowell, How to Train your Dragon is an engaging story about a boy called Hiccup who struggles to fit in with his tribe of viking dragon-slayers. He meets a a dragon who challenges him to think differently about dragons and see the world from a new point of view. […]
My review of The Shack is a complete breakaway from the core material of this site. It’s not fantasy, although some would believe that it is. It’s not young adult, although its appeal could be a generation spanner. It is fiction, although could very easily be based on anyone’s all-too-real truth. I was so completely […]
Stupid reekfish! Arrggh. Spent thirty minutes of wasted time bobbing that stupid floating lure up and down in Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I even went as far as to Google “how to catch reekfish.” Desperate times call for desperate measures. Anyway, the short answer for those of you who don’t have an incredibly savvy […]
Hooray! New novel finished! At this point as per my last post, it’s still in Anne Lamott‘s words a “shitty first draft” but at least it is done. Now for the hard part…as in editing the “crap” out. At 107,000 words, it’s pretty lean as far as YA novels go these days, but that means […]
Angels are back. Ok, well maybe they never left but they are certainly becoming more popular these days. In fact, people are going as far as to say that angels are the new vampires. Metaphorically speaking, of course. The last two books I reviewed were about angels or fallen angels to be precise, Hush Hush […]