http://ruabookworm.com Fiction book reviews and book news by an avid reader - mostly covers Sci Fi, Fantasy, Horror and Mystery Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:54:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I know I've been pretty absent these last few weeks... I have had a lot going on. Thanks for sticking with me and reading what I have to say. It's fun for me and hopefully for you. I hope you all have a happy holiday season and a successful new ... http://ruabookworm.com/2008/12/happy-holidays/ Author: RJ Toftness Book: Unlock The Mystery To Math Genre: Nonfiction Julia Rating: 10 Comments: This book isn't my usual. I'm normally a fiction girl, but when the author - RJ Toftness - asked me to review it, I couldn't refuse. Why? Because I'm terrible at math. I haven't liked math since I was a ... http://ruabookworm.com/2008/12/book-review-unlock-the-mystery-to-math-by-rj-toftness/ I finally have a short story written by yours truly available for all of you patient people to read. It's called The Day the Sun Went Out - a sci fi short involving an alien conspiracy, an interested astronomer, mass panic and... really annoying customer service.  Check it out at Inner ... http://ruabookworm.com/2008/12/short-story-available/ Author: Heather Graham Book: Deadly Night Genre: Murder Mystery/Fantasy Julia Rating: 10 Julia Comments: I finally am getting around to reviewing Deadly Night by Heather Graham as I promised for horror month.  Deadly Night is the first in The Flynn Brother's Trilogy and I, for one, enjoyed it.  The book contains murder, suspense, mystery ... http://ruabookworm.com/2008/12/book-review-deadly-night-by-heather-graham/ Author: Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez Book: Locke and Key - Welcome to Lovecraft Genre: Graphic Novel/Fantasy Julia Rating: 10 Comments:  I have always liked comics - but the graphic novel is pretty new to me.  I am a fan of Joe Hill and I bought this novel because of the enjoyment of his ... http://ruabookworm.com/2008/11/locke-and-key-by-joe-hill-and-gabriel-rodriguez/ Sorry I haven't posted this month.  Last month's Horror Month really burnt me out. Now it's Nanowrimo and my life has been so crazy, I've hardly gotten any actual writing done. There's more about that on my other blog. All things must pass, however, and I'm getting my blogging routine ... http://ruabookworm.com/2008/11/sorry/ Author: Neil Gaiman Book: The Graveyard Book Genre: Supernatural/Horror/YA Julia Rating: 10 Comments: Neil Gaiman's newest book - The Graveyard Book - is considered to be for children, but I beg to differ.  The main character - who's name is Nobody - grows up during the duration of the book, but I think that's ... http://ruabookworm.com/2008/10/book-review-the-graveyard-book-by-neil-gaiman/ Hey it's Halloween!  Yay!  If I had thought about it, I would have made the "Happy Halloween" post the 100th and final one for Horror Month. But, I didn't and now we're on post 102. Oh well. So far, we've been through some great books, some awesome and groundbreaking authors. I ... http://ruabookworm.com/2008/10/happy-halloween/ Author: Laurell K. Hamilton Book: Strange Candy Genre: Horror/Fantasy/Sci Fi Julia Rating: 10 Comments: I really bit off more than I could chew here.  When choosing books, I thought, "Hey, it's a book of short stories - let's shake things up".  I had never read Laurell Hamilton before and I didn't know what a ... http://ruabookworm.com/2008/10/book-review-strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/  Author: Stephen King Book: Duma Key Genre: Horror Julia Rating: 10 Comments: As you can tell, I am a Stephen King fan.  I believe that Duma Key is the most recent King novel and I loved it.  It was a slow starter, but I think it was worth it.  There is tons of foreshadowing in ... http://ruabookworm.com/2008/10/book-review-duma-key-by-stephen-king/