Sometimes Reading is a Curse

All of us recognize the one universal truth of being a biblioholic: There’s no greater joy than reading a good book and getting transported to all kinds of amazing far away places.  Most of the time, loving books as passionately as we do is a blessing.  Each read is like a new adventure, full of the usual […]

Biblio-Sickness

There are a handful of potential maladies that all bookworms should recognize, since the ailments are directly correlated to our love of novels.  Some may say that a self-induced affliction doesn’t count, but we live in fear of contracting one just as much as we would any cold or flu.  In fact, I can comfortably say that I’d […]

Why I think I’m drawn to M/M Romance

This question has been ruminating in my head for a bit now.  I hope it’s obvious, but I’m an ally.   I’m an advocate for equal rights, period.  I read a lot of LGBTQIA fiction, in romance but also in the Young Adult section.  Still, I’m a mostly hetero woman, middle age, married with a daughter, and […]

Thoughts on Page Length vs Editing

Late last night I finished Zero at the Bone.  As far as a quick little review goes, the book was good.  I stayed up till 1 am to finish, which is a pretty nice testament, I think.  The romance between Jack the target and D the hit man was really sweet, and I really loved that […]

Joy in Being Read To

When I was a little girl, my favorite story -well one of my favorites- was The Velveteen Rabbit.  I had it in print of course, but it wasn’t the print version that I fell in love with.  I adored the audio book, recorded by Meryl Streep with music by George Winston.  Everything about the narration and […]