• Book Review: A Dash of Demon by J-F Dubeau and Amy Frost

    A Dash of Demon has its roots in the Achewillow Podcast. (That is to say, it is Achewillow in book form.) Our Protagonist is a young woman named Miriam DuFour. Miriam very much wants to be a famous chef. Unfortunately, she is incredibly opinionated and extremely abrasive. This causes her problems, when she decides to…

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  • Book Reviews: Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites, by Joy Demorra

    I have been wanting to read Hunger Pangs for quite some time. When The Flirting With Fangs Edition finally turned up at my library, I just had to check it out. The setting is non-Earth, and post-apocalyptic, in a world with magic, were-creatures, and various undead creatures, including vampires. (Note: Flirting with Fangs is the…

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  • In Unhappy News

    So, I had to have my dog Roy euthanized because he had Lymphoma, and the only treatments for that are palliative. He had not been eating well for the past few weeks, but I kept putting off taking him to the vet. (I have a very limited income, and have recently been having problems with being…

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  • Book Review: Love Galaxy by Sierra Branham

    Love Galaxy is part romance and part cozy murder mystery. Our Heroine is a young woman named Temmi (short for Artemis) who has rejected love for all the right reasons. Then a fateful encounter with the prince (Nicky, the sensible and socially anxious one) and princess (Spie, the problem child) of the Expan Empire lands…

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  • Book Review: Platform Decay by Martha Wells

    Platform Decay opens with Three and SecUnit, and an extraction in progress. Members of Dr. Mensah’s family were kidnapped on their way to visit her, and the person behind it is Director Leonides of Barrish-Estranza. Director Leonides is still experiencing the fallout of her failed mission. (Which was a success for the anti-capitalist hellhole team.)…

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