Lisa Paitz Spindler, Danger Gal

If you watched the season finale of Sanctuary, then you saw Will getting his Bollywood on in a dance for Kali:

Who knew Robin Dunne could dance?!

Have you written a Steampunk manifesto, but are challenged with titling such an opus? If so, the Steampunk Manifesto Title Generator can help you. It’s like clockwork!

Some of my favorites:

• Tim Whistle’s Submersible Serum
• Lady Lapis and the Love Nautilus
• Mr. McSteamy’s Obscura Meter
• Charity Fotherington and Her Mysterious Machine Eyepiece

Find your favorites too!

My most recent review for SFSignal is now available on Midnight Guardian by Sarah Jane Stratford.

BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Alternate history vampires infiltrate Germany to stop The Third Reich.

MY REVIEW:
PROS: Stratford’s lush voice brings weight to a fantastical and potentially over-the-top alternate history story.
CONS: Stratford’s lush voice might be too much work for some readers who expect a lighter treatment.
BOTTOM LINE: The Midnight Guardian breathes new life into the undead. I definitely enjoyed this book.

Read more…

Once you see just how few books I read in 2009 (especially in comparison to previous years), you’ll understand why I’ve taken up the TBR Challenge.

1. VEIL OF MIDNIGHT, Lara Adrian
2. AGENT TO THE STARS, John Scalzi
3. PERSONAL DEMON, Kelley Armstrong
4. DRAGON’S LAIR, Denise Lynn
5. MIDNIGHT CRAVINGS, Nocturne Anthology
6. ASHES OF MIDNIGHT, Lara Adrian
7. CARPE CORPUS, Rachel Caine
8. BLACK AND WHITE, Jackie Kessler and Caitlin Kittredge
9. THE MIDNIGHT GUARDIAN, Sarah Jane Stratford
10. GODDESS OF THE HUNT, Tessa Dare
11. STORY, Robert McKee

Avid Book Reader is once again hosting the TBR Challenge where readers are invited to:

The TBR Chal­lenge is a chal­lenge set up to assist read­ers who are seri­ous in reduc­ing their tbr piles. Take a look at your accu­mu­lated stacks of books and decide if you want to par­tic­i­pate this year. The rules are sim­ple and par­tic­i­pa­tion is vol­un­tary and open through­out the year…

For this chal­lenge I ask that you do two things:
1) post your review(s) on the des­ig­nated day of the month
2) aim for the books that have been in your tbr piles the longest

I have a pile of books that I need to review for SFSignal so I’ll be starting with those. Once those books are read I’ll be digging into the oldest books on my shelf I can find, especially if those are Science Fiction or Paranormal Romance. A few will be historicals, no doubt. Any books with possible Danger Gal heroines will be likely read over those that do not.