The Taken is the first book in a new series, Celestial Blues, from Vicki Pettersson, author of the Signs of the Zodiac series. It was released from Harper Voyager on July 4, 2012. Because I love you, I went to see Vicki when she was in town back in July. She gave me several 4×6″…
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Non-Fiction Review: Knits for Nerds
In which Kia reviews a non-fiction book. This doesn’t happen often. But when she found this book, that is such a cute point on the knitting/nerd fandom Venn diagram, she just couldn’t resist requesting it from NetGalley and thus giving you, reader, a review. Knits for Nerds is a non-fiction book of nerdy knitting patterns…
Kiaras Festivus: Author Focus – Leanna Renee Hieber (w/ Giveaway!)
Sometime back in 2009, I received a review request via email from an author. She introduced herself quite politely, identified herself as a fellow Southwest Ohioan, and asked that I give her book an honest review. Having less than a year of book blogging under my belt, at that time I never turned down a…
Kiaras Festivus Year 2
Hello, darlings, and welcome to the kick-off of my 2nd annual Kiaras Festivus party, also known as “Melissa likes to celebrate her birthday for a whole entire month!” Well, yes, as a matter of fact, I do. And I’m hoping you’ll be excited to celebrate with me because I have so much awesome stuff in…
Diana Rowland ‘Impromptu Contest’ Winner
I apologize for the delay, as I said I would draw the winner on Tuesday. And I completely forgot. This is what working 6 days/50 hour weeks at Ye Olde Day Job (henceforth to be known as YODJ) does to me. To choose the winner, I numbered each entrant’s comment (skipping over any replies). By…