by annegregor | Nov 22, 2018 | Contemporary
The seventh installment in the Leopard series, Cat’s Lair, was quite different than its predecessors. Did I enjoy it? Yes… sort of… okay, there was some enjoyment, just not nearly as much as the others. It didn’t have enough oompth, no in-depth...
by annegregor | Nov 17, 2018 | Contemporary
Leopard’s Prey, the 6th Leopard novel is SICK (and I’m not even talking about the excruciating murder scene gag fests (picture true crimes, serial killer nightmares)! I mean, sick enough you won’t be able to keep your eyes off it, just dark enough to...
by annegregor | Nov 16, 2018 | Blog
[smartslider3 slider=7] More watercolors by my daughter Lillias. The Maker’s Mark is for sale now in her Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/PaintedByLillias?ref=l2-shopheader-name Follow Lillias on Instagram @PaintedByLillias
by annegregor | Nov 15, 2018 | Contemporary
There is just something about a Christine Feehan novel set in the bayou swamps. Feehan is always on her game, but the woman shoots lava injected fireworks when gators are involved! No one will convince me that this setting is not her favorite place on the...
by annegregor | Nov 14, 2018 | American Civil War/Reconstruction
Oates, Stephen B. To Purge This Land with Blood: A Biography of John Brown. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1970. In 1970 Stephen B. Oates published a full-scale biography, To Purge This Land with Blood: A Biography of John Brown. In this work the...
by annegregor | Nov 12, 2018 | Fantasy
Bittersweet. If I were to describe Oracle’s Haunt, the fourth installment of Shannon Mayer’s Desert Cursed series as a taste, it would go something like this – a biting, acerbic note paired with a smooth, gratifying hint of caramel (I watched Food...
by annegregor | Nov 9, 2018 | Fantasy
Nova Force Series – A mind-bending, futuristic, Humans and Aliens (good, bad, and totally scary), military ops, floor dropping amusement ride. Things I’d like to do after reading Gareth: Drink Hyperdrive (sounds like whiskey on steroids – I’m...
by annegregor | Nov 7, 2018 | Fantasy
Shades of Wicked starts out with a questionable piercing – and ends with my nails bitten to the quick! This book is full throttle – no brakes provided – each scene is capable of whiplash (even the… aah…...
by annegregor | Nov 4, 2018 | Fantasy
Dragonfire brings us quite the twisted mystery – Roman and Sabina’s story is not theirs alone but plays an important role in V’s as well. Pluses for the 14th Dark Kings novel (in no particular order): Roman, Sabina, V, *Camlo (see note below), the...
by annegregor | Nov 1, 2018 | Fantasy
Kingdom of Ash begins with stillness. You feel yourself breathing, slow breaths in and out, almost afraid of what comes. You might want to remain still but you feel the pressure, flashes from Allies begin to break apart the grey, trickles of foreknowing are no longer...