Category: Reviews
Book Review – Sea Fever by Virginia Kantra
Title: Sea Fever Author: Virginia Kantra Genre: Paranormal Romance Publisher: Berkley Sensation Series: Yes, The Children of the Sea Rating: 3 Bats Heat Level: 4 flames After a great opening to her series in Sea Witch, Kantra returns with writing that is top-notch here – hence earning the 3 bat rank. I wish I would have liked this more […]
Movie Review ~ Red Water
Title: Red Water Director: Charles Robert Carner Genre: Horror/Creature Feature Rating: 4.5 bats If you like shark movies – this one delivers. The characters were particularly well drawn for this genre and their story arcs and past were solid and believable. The actors did a fine job bringing their characters to life, especially with portraying the nuances and expressions […]
Book Review ~ The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists
Title: The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists Author: Andrew McAleer (Editor) Genre: Non-Fiction Publisher: Adams Media Series: No Rating: 3 Bats Heat Level: N/A I liked the theory of this book and the answers the novelists gave were interesting. Above all, the neatest thing about this was how some of them agreed on some subjects (even if […]
Book Review – Hooked by Les Edgerton
Title: Hooked Author: Les Edgerton Genre: Non-Fiction, Writing Publisher: Writer’s Digest Books Series: No Rating: 5 bats Heat Level: n/a Besides loving Les Edgerton’s style and voice in general – the information in this book is a must have for anyone and everyone in the realm of fiction writing. An unfortunate but true fact is that most editors […]
Book Review ~ Medusa, A Love Story
Title: Medusa, A Love Story Author: Sasha Summers Genre: Mythological Fantasy Publisher: Crescent Moon Rating: 5 Bats “It’s said love can change a person. Medusa wasn’t always a monster… Medusa is ruled by duty, to her Titan father and the Goddess Athena. She’s no room for the tenderness her warrior guard, Ariston, stirs. When Olympus frees her from […]
Movie Review – Mongolian Death Worm
Title: Mongolian Death Worm Director: Stephen R. Monroe Genre: Horror/Creature Feature Rating: 2 bats This gets two bats purely because I like the death by worm scenario and there’s so few of them out there. That said, I have to wonder if some of the people involved in Tremors were involved in Mongolian Death Worm because it was […]
Book Review – Unlimited by Jillian Michaels
Title: Unlimited Author: Jillian Michaels Genre: Non-Fiction Publisher: Three Rivers Press Series: No Rating: 5 bats Heat Level: n/a Wow. This should be mandatory reading material! I read this book last year and am refreshing myself with it this year. It is amazingly inspiring without the pander or excuses a lot of self-help gurus tend to spiel. I love […]
Book Review – Sea Witch by Virginia Kantra
Title: Sea Witch Author: Virginia Kantra Genre: Paranormal Romance Publisher: Berkley Sensation Series: Yes, The Children of the Sea Rating: 5 bats Heat Level: 4 flames – saucy but not overly graphic. I was unsure if I’d like this novel because though I’m a monster/creature addict selkies aren’t among my list of most intriguing creatures. What a delight however […]