Blogcritics

Beyond Bounds: Paranormal and Fantasy Favorites

Katie McNeill — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:49:18 EDT

Robin McKinley, Patricia A. McKillip, Diana Wynne Jones, Stephenie Meyer, Holly Black and Charlaine Harris
What is it about a favorite book that is so comforting? When I’ve had a bad day or just can’t decide what I want to read next I always turn to the same handful of old favorites- books that over the years have become friends, the covers warn and pages bent but still loved beyond all others. Here are some of mine. What are yours? ...

Beyond Bounds: Summer Reading!

Katie McNeill — Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:17:58 EDT

What are you taking on vacation? The newest paranormal or an old stand by?
With the summer well on the way and beach vacations coming up I’m sure a lot of you are wondering just what you should be packing. My answer? Books! Books with a capital B and an exclamation point. They never go out of style and who cares about a new hot outfit when you could be reading something along the lines of Stephenie Meyer, or an old...

Beyond Bounds: Meyer, Frost, Pullman, Hamilton, Feist, Harrison and Rothfuss

Katie McNeill — Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:12:27 EDT

From Epic to Alien, it's all here
At the moment all of my book excitement has been going into one book. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, the fourth and final book in Meyer’s young adult vampire series. I can hardly think of anything else. The series comes to an end August 2nd and I am full of trepidation. How will it end? I don’t know and like millions of other readers...

Beyond Bounds: A Paranormal Valentines!

Katie McNeill — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:00:11 EST

Romance and old haunts with Lilith Saintcrow, Stephenie Meyer, Kerrelyn Sparks, Kim Harrison, and Sherrilyn Kenyon
Since today is Valentine’s Day I thought what better way to celebrate than with a little paranormal romance! Yes that’s right. Nothing says love like a nice vampire bite or a werewolf scratch. Well… not that I would say no to a dozen red roses and a box of chocolate, but if I can’t get those than I will definitely take the...

Beyond Bounds: Jonathan Barnes, Jayne Ann Krentz, Lora Leigh, Lynsay Sands, Christopher Paolini

Katie McNeill — Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:16:32 EST

Dragons, Demons, Sleepwalkers, Vampires, and Psychics
There are some interesting titles that have been released recently as well as some that are coming up that have caught my eye. One in particular is The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes. So what exactly is a somnambulist? I didn’t know so I had to look it up. It’s another term for sleepwalking, performing activities associated with...

Beyond Bounds: Elizabeth Bear, Libba Bray, Margo Lanagan, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Colleen Gleason

Katie McNeill — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:47:09 EST

From Victorian England to outer space, a few titles that are worth checking out.
It’s been awhile since I walked into a bookstore to browse the fantasy, science fiction, and romance shelves. For the last month I have been working on putting the finishing touches on a divorce instead. Who knew that paperwork would cut into my reading time? Well that and the fact that moving back to mom and dad’s house means that...

Beyond Bounds: Vampires, Vampires, Vampires

Katie McNeill — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:48:51 EST

Sink your teeth into Richelle Mead, Rachel Caine, Amanda Marrone, Talia Gryphon, Savannah Russe, and Susan Sizemore.
I went to the bookstore this weekend, which is always a double-edged sword for me. On one side I found several titles I have wanted to read for awhile. On the other I found several more titles that I just had to buy. As soon as I picked them up they just stuck to my hand and I couldn’t set them down again. I don’t have the time to read...

Beyond Bounds: New and Upcoming Releases

Katie McNeill — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:04:50 EST

Anne McCaffrey, Neil Gaiman, Barbara Randall Kesel, Stephenie Meyer, Marvin Kaye, George R.R. Martin, George Mann, and Alen Campbell.
Anne McCaffrey has always been one of my favorite authors. Her Dragon Riders of Pern were some of the first fantasy and science fiction I ever read, thanks to an aunt who has always had the uncanny ability to recommend books I enjoy. I remember reading Dragonflight when I was 12 or 13 and just the sensation of getting sucked so completely into a...

Beyond Bounds: The Dante Valentine Series by Lilith Saintcrow

Katie McNeill — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:28:28 EDT

Sexy, gritty, dark, and addicting. A fantastic series that you should be reading.
Lilith Saintcrow writes the Dante Valentine series which is sexy, gritty, dark, and addicting; I have a whole long list of adjectives that I could throw at you but what it boils down to is that this is a great series, a fantastic series that you should be reading.Working for the Devil is the first in a five-book series covering the life and times...

Beyond Bounds: Juno Books

Katie McNeill — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:38:57 EDT

In fiction meant to empower and transport, Juno specializes in fantasy featuring strong female characters.
Juno came onto the market in November 2006 with books offered in oversize trade paperback only, but they broke into the mass market paperback arena with their title Blood Magic, which was released this month. Juno, an imprint of Prime Books and Wildside Press, takes its name from a Roman goddess who was connected to all aspects of a woman’s...