‘Adult’ Category
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Love Is In the Air: Pre-Wedding Reads!
8June 30, 2014 by Heidi
When I started blogging, I’d never read romance. Check that, the only romance novel I’d read was some pulp paperback …
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Category Adult, Miscellany | Tags: Audiobook, contemporary, paranormal, romance
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Review: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
7April 10, 2014 by Heidi
Title: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender [Goodreads] Author: Leslye Walton [Twitter] Standing: Stand alone. Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Published: March 25th, 2014 …
keep readingCategory Adult, Review, Young Adult | Tags: adult, angels, crossover appeal, Historical Fiction, magical realism, Pacific Northwest, review, Seattle, Washington, young adult
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At Tor.com: Black Dog by Rachel Neumeier
1March 20, 2014 by Heidi
I’ve read a number of titles since the inception of Strange Chemistry, but I can easily say that Black Dog is the …
keep readingCategory Adult, Review, Young Adult | Tags: adult, fantasy, multicultural, review, shapeshifters, urban fantasy, Vermont, young adult
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Classics Retold Un-Classically: Two Odyssey “Retellings” to avoid.
5September 19, 2013 by Heidi
So I’m guessing at this point that you’ve all noticed my complete and utter failure to keep up with my …
keep readingCategory Adult, Audiobook, Review, Young Adult | Tags: adult, apocalyptic, Audiobook, Connecticut, Doubleday, Gothic, Henry Holt, Historical Fiction, LGBT, literary, magical realism, Moby Dick, New England, Random House Audio, retelling, The Odyssey, whaling, young adult
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Booking It Across the US | South Dakota and Wide Open by Deborah Coates
1August 15, 2013 by Heidi
Welcome to South Dakota! There’s farms, ranches, faces on mountains, and this time of year–a whole lot of motorcycles. Plus, …
keep readingCategory Adult, Miscellany, Review | Tags: adult, Booking It Across the US, military, mythology, review, rural fantasy, South Dakota, Tor, urban fantasy
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Booking It Across the US | Wisconsin and A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
6August 13, 2013 by Heidi
Welcome to Wisconsin! Home of good cheese and good beer. Is there anything more you need to know? Yes? They …
keep readingCategory Adult, Miscellany, Review | Tags: abuse, adult, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Booking It Across the US, family, Historical Fiction, literary, Missouri, review, Saint Louis, Wisconsin
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Booking It Across the US | Illinois and Something About You by Julie James
2August 12, 2013 by Heidi
Welcome to Illinois! While I’ve driven through before, I’m quite excited for this trip as we’re stopping over for a …
keep readingCategory Adult, Miscellany, Review | Tags: adult, Berkley Trade, Booking It Across the US, Chicago, Illinois, Law & Order, Michigan, review, romance
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Booking it Across the US | Ohio and Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie
4August 9, 2013 by Heidi
Welcome to Ohio! Did you know that Ohio is the only state whose name doesn’t share any letters with the …
keep readingCategory Adult, Audiobook, Review | Tags: Audiobook, Booking It Across the US, Brilliance Audio, ghosts, Gothic, Ohio, retelling, review, romance, The Turn of the Screw
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Urban Buffet | Seanan McGuire, Patricia Briggs, & Ilona Andrews Mini-Reviews
4July 22, 2013 by Heidi
Sometimes you just get so wrapped up in a fast-paced urban fantasy that you sort of neglect the whole review-writing …
keep readingCategory Adult, Audiobook, Review | Tags: Ace Books, adult, Audiobook, Berkley Trade, California, Celtic mythology, Chicago, DAW Books Inc, fae, grifters, home on the range, Illinois, kidnapping, mini review, Native American mythology, necromancers, New York, New York City, paranormal, Penguin Audio, private investigator, rape, romance, San Francisco, shapeshifters, spy, urban fantasy, Washington, wolf boy
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#FridayReads: Six Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
4July 12, 2013 by Heidi
Okay, so I’m admitedly cheating a bit because this was my #FridayReads last week, but I didn’t actually get into it until …
keep readingCategory Adult, Vlog | Tags: #FridayReads, fairy tale, home on the range, retelling, Snow White, vlog, Wild West
