Tag Archives: Cherie Priest

The Books We Got For Christmas, 2015

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Marion

After a bit of a dry year last year, we were back to our usual bibliophilic bounty this Christmas. Here’s a photo of the books we got (because except for the calendar, all we got each other were books. That … Continue reading →

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A Great Reading Streak

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Marion

Most of my book reviewing has been over on Fantasy Literature lately, but I want to take a moment and talk about the amazing streak of really good reading I’ve been doing. Perhaps Scott Hutchins’s A Working Theory of Love … Continue reading →

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Grammar! A Screed

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Marion

On Black Friday, we went “up the hill,” as the locals say, to a town called Arnold. Along the way to our destination I saw a sign for a used bookstore, and on our way back we stopped. Highland Books … Continue reading →

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Bloodshot

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Marion

Bloodshot/Cherie Priest Ballentine Spectra, 2011 I thought I’d take a break from Gilgamesh and The Book Thief—and that may be the first time those two books showed up in the same sentence—so I read Cherie Priest’s urban fantasy Bloodshot over the … Continue reading →

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Clementine

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Marion

Clementine, by Cherie Priest; Subterranean Press, 2010 Warning:  May contain spoilers. On the other hand, I’ve also taken liberties. Opening: Medium Shot Cover of Clementine.  In the foreground stands an African American man, holding a Gatling gun in his left … Continue reading →

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3 Books in 30 Minutes

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Marion

I don’t like how my comments on books have been going lately.  They’re too long and I don’t seem to have much to say.  To jump-start myself I gave myself a writing challenge:  A ten-minute capsule review.  Here are three … Continue reading →

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Fathom, by Cherie Priest

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Marion

Fathom, by Cherie Priest, Tor Books, 2008 If Sam squinted, he could make out a shape at the top of the steeple; but it was difficult to identify.  He was just concluding that it was the strangest rendering of the … Continue reading →

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The Art of the Semi-Colon

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Marion

When to use one; when to eschew one; questions that have plagued writers and English students since the invention of punctuation.  I direct you to a website, provided courtesy of steampunk writer Cherie Priest, that answers all your questions and some you … Continue reading →

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Boneshaker

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Marion

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. John Milton, Paradise Lost Boneshaker Cherie Priest SciFi Essential Book, Tor, 2009 Briar Wilkes Blue is a woman of secrets, the widow of one notorious man and the daughter of another. … Continue reading →

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The Books We Got for Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Marion

Christmas day dawned clear, blue and cold. Over coffee, orange juice and fresh cinnamon rolls, melted butter seeping into the pastry cracks, the day seemed much better than yesterday. I’m in a much better mood. I said I had hoped … Continue reading →

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