What is True Horror? The answer may surprise you.

This is a question that I used to ask myself a lot, however, that was then and the answer is now. What is horror? Horror; rather, true horror is something that makes you feel the cool chill of death reverberate through your body. True Horror is something that offends you in such a way that [...]

GENRE: Legit or Bookseller’s gimmick?

I think we all know that we do look at, and search on genre when we’re looking for books to read, even in the library. 
So genre is important.  But what is it?  How are all the subgenres different?  How do the subgenres change the main focus of the book?  Do you really know what to look [...]

Christian Fiction Summer Reading List

This bunch is grouped as Christian fiction but the truth of the matter is, although it is all Christian, there are different genres. Perhaps next time, I’ll just group them in with the respective genres instead of doing it this way.
 
Mystery
 
Whispers of the Bayou by Mindy Starns Clark
I’ve read all of Clark’s Callie Weber [...]

Horror reading list

I like to read good horror almost as much as i enjoy mysteries.
Of course Stephen King is at the top of my list of favorites, but in recent years I’ve found his writing to be more mental and not as much the physical horror–not that I like gore, I don’t especially.  But I do like [...]

Summer reading…yeah right!

Okay, so the idea is to talk about summer reading… but helloooooo, not all of us are in summer mode, in fact right now it’s only 14deg C and its chilly, chilly, chilly. Snow is falling down south and we’ve had hail and major thunder and lightening.
Yep, it’s winter in other parts of this globe, [...]

More for Your Summer Reading List: Science Fiction + One YA Fantasy

      Do you realize it is almost the fourth of July?  My grandmother used to sit on the beach on that day and tell me that summer was half over. At the time, I never believed her.  Summer, calendar-wise, is just beginning, right?  But now that I’m older, I know better.  Summer flies, just as all [...]

How I will spend my Summer, 2008.

Over the last ten years or more, my husband and I have traveled to many parts of the USA. By plane, train and car. Last year we attended two weddings, one in Ohio and another in Georgia, and we spent a week visiting relatives in Florida (our home is in south-central Pennsylvania). But we’ve both [...]

Summer Mystery Reading List

There are a bunch of mystery books out there this summer by new and established authors. Finding one you like should be easy so I’m just going to plunge in with my picks for the summer..
 
Degrees of Separation by Sue Henry. Fans of Sue Henry’s Jessie Arnold series will be pleased with this new book. [...]

Summer Reading List

The price of gas has got you down and all you’re doing for vacation is a one tank wonder camping trip with the kids. Or you can’t even afford that, you’re staying home and playing Tim Allen this summer. The house really needs fixing up anyway.
Hey, whether you’re doing a staycation or roaming only to [...]

Coming up from downunder

I suppose I should start off by saying G’day, since that is the coloquialism that most associate with downunder-ers… is that a real word?  Don’t thinkso.  Anyway, my name is Jane Beckenham and I live in New Zealand… no, not Australia, but across the ditch about 1200 miles east.  We’re a pretty laid back sort [...]