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Need something to read? I'm knee deep in Property of a Lady Faire right now. Originally shared by Monica McGee (Monicks) A series of mass shootings, all on the same day, all claimed by a group named Crowbar, sets the world buzzing with fear. Also released is a threat: wide spread bombings, unless Joe Taverner is killed. And Joe doesn’t know until the attacks begin. Running from everyone, Joe tries to find answers before he’s out of time. http://amzn.to/1SPjd2D Remember it is free only today. #free #book #amazon

"What's that? You say you've got a Japanese steampunk novel with mythic creatures, civil unrest, and a strong female protagonist? I'm afraid I missed everything you said after 'Japanese steampunk.' That's all I really needed to hear." ~  +Patrick Rothfuss   I have a library card. Yes, it's arcane in a world of digital books and eBook readers to visit the library, but I'm a fan of hand held books. Hand held books have a look and feel that eReaders just can't duplicate; they never run out of batteries and no one ever hung they Kindle or Nook on the wall so others could peruse their collection like one would a bookshelf. eReaders just aren't conversation pieces like a spread of magazines on a coffee table or book spines showing from every nook and cranny in your living room, study, office or wherever. While at the library a couple of weeks ago returning some movies and a book I happened upon this book, Stormdancer . The c...

When I say I'm a *Star Wars* fan I mean I'm a *Star Wars* fan -- not a CosPlayer or convention devotee, but a fan of the Universe George Lucas created and the cultures that dwell within that Universe. I remember being a kid and eagerly awaiting the answer to the greatest question of the time: was Darth Vader really Luke Skywalker's father?  I remember going to a theater in Satellite Beach, FL that was having a *Star Wars* marathon of the first two movies in preparation of the release of Return of the Jedi . It might have been the first or second time in my life I saw a movie by myself since my mother was less than interested in seeing these films. I remember watching Jedi in disbelief as Obi-wan Kenobi explained to Luke how Vader was his father, turning the Universe upside down for an 8 (or 9) year old boy. There came many a weekend afternoon watching the movies in syndication and many hundreds of hours watching them on VHS before George Lucas changed the film...

I read. All the time. Way back in the long ago I picked up my first comic book. After a few months of reading 20-something pages and having to wait another month for the next 20 pages of the story, I decided to try reading a book. Simply stated, I wanted something longer, something that would occupy my time and fuel my imagination. So I headed to the nearest bookstore and bought my first novel which is well documented here: Magician Apprentice . I'm always on the lookout for new authors, writers who are interesting, great story tellers and who can fashion believable three-dimensional characters. While perusing the bookshelves at the local library, I ran across an author who's been writing more than a decade, but whom I hadn't heard of before now. I can't remember which of her books caught my attention, but after some quick research I requested her first novel from the library's, well um, library: Bitten . Cover of the paperback version I was pleasantly sur...

Way way back in the long ago times of my youth I wanted to read. I know, what kid  wants  to read? But I did. First, I read comic books: The Amazing Spider-Man , The Uncanny X-Men and a few others my local supermarket carried. This was long before I'd even heard of a comic book shop or knew what treasures could be found in book stores. While my mother was an avid read, she spent more time sharing her pulp romance books through friends than perusing the aisles of the local B. Dalton's . My grandmother, also a reader, would travel to the local used bookstore and buy her crime thrillers and horror novels. As far as I knew my father never read anything but the newspaper and none of my brothers were pleasure readers, either. No one ever introduced me to bookstores before I made the conscious decision to read a book, nor comic book stores or any other specialty shops until I was a little older and driving myself around where I could determine my own agenda, spend time where I wan...