Bad Luck?

by Carol7 Comments
"The cops want to talk to me, and I don't know what to tell them. All I know is that I don't like being connected to two murders through one client. It means you're either really bad luck, or you're not telling me everything I need to know". (pg. 147, Among Thieves by David Hosp) I haven't actually started this one yet, but I'm still guessing the he's not telling everything he know. What do you think? Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Play along. The rules are easy and I only cheated a little. Grab your current read, open to a random page, and give us two teaser sentences. Remember, no spoilers. I borrowed my copy from the library and the above is my honest opinion. I am an Amazon associate....
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“Squish” by Daniel M. Hoyt

by Carol3 Comments
"Squish" by Daniel M. Hoyt The year is 2136. In this short story, the main character, Meyer, is an investigator hired to find the imposter among the many clones his boss, Benton Reege, has made of himself. These clones are stationed throughout the solar system and each is in charge of various research or industrial facilities. As Meyer makes the rounds, with his brain being "squished" into new biobods at each stop, he realizes that more is going on than he was told. This is an quick tour of the solar system, with little bits about the different planets and asteroids. For example, in this fictional future the technological advances are astounding, but they still can't make biobods that could actually live on the surface of Venus. "That could be solved if we could grow Venusian bodies that don’t crush halfway to the surface — it’s 92 times Earth’s pressure.  We can lick the temperature problem.  It’s...
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Ohioana Book Festival

by Carol9 Comments
I went to the Ohioana Book Festival in Columbus this past Saturday, an event celebrating Ohio's authors, along with my husband, Amber(10), my brother and sister-in-law. It was really fun day, at least I enjoyed it a lot. I know Amber did too. As for the rest of the bunch, I think they had an okay time, but were basically there because I wanted to go. There were tons of authors chatting and signing their books. I think we all came away with something. Amber bought The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima. This is a picture of the two of them. She was really nice to Amber, interested in talking to her and encouraged Amber to send her an e-mail after she reads the story to tell her if she enjoys it. We actually picked up a bunch of books.  In addition to that one, Amber also got Pencil, Paper, Draw!: Dogs (signed) by Steve Harpster, who told her that the...
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