Zollyanna's Reading List

New Website

2010-03-01T06:22:00.000-08:00

I am posting more on my New Website - www.christinemmiller.com but have recently added a new page to it When you click on the Book Review tab there it takes you to www.christinemmiller.com/ChristineMMiller which is now my writing page it houses my writing examples and book reviews. I will eventually use this as an archived site from the last review done backwards to when this site was started. Please make adjustments to your bookmarks to reflect the new site. Comments for the writing are always welcome as are new topics for me to write about.

Aluve' my friends
Christine

My main website

2010-02-11T04:30:00.001-08:00

I have a main website I am posting to now, sorry I haven't been posting here enought to let anyone know. the addy is http://www.christinemmiller.com so stop by and bookmark it and have fun reading it I am redesigning it so let me know what you think.

Taking new meds

2009-04-16T05:25:00.000-07:00

I am having one of my off days today.I’ve been switching over to a new seizure medication (Zonegran) so I feel a little shaky today. Plus I bit down wrong on a tooth yesterday so it feels a bit tender and I had a rough night last night because of it, but it feels somewhat better.My wonderful husband Tony told me to take it easy today just the usual save the world type things today. Isn’t he the greatest husband in the world? I think so.

Rogue by Danielle Steel

2009-03-28T00:59:00.000-07:00

Maxine is a well known Psychiatrist and an expert on childhood trauma & adolescent suicide it is her passion as well as her three children of whom she adores. Her marriage to the handsome entrepreneur Blake Williams was may have been something that most women would fawned over to Maxine it was just an adventure in her life. He had done well in providing for his family but his quest for never-ending fun as well as his work drew him away from his family for weeks at a time. He was not anywhere Maxine could find him when their youngest son Sam rolled off the changing table at eight months old and broke his arm and hit his head. Maxine had tried fervently for two days to find him finally catching up with him in Cabo he was on his way to Venice. He flew straight home when he got there she flew into his arms crying and told him she couldn’t do this anymore and wanted a divorce. He didn’t want to get a divorce, he asked her why didn’t she quit and fly around with him, and they could get more help. She said then she would never see her kids just like he didn’t now. Why didn’t he quit and stay at home with them more often, he said that he couldn’t imagine staying cooped up all the time. In the divorce settlement he gave her the apartment in New York, the house in Southampton and a gracious settlement that she turned down and took child support instead, also she had use of his yacht/sailboat once a year for one week a year for vacations. They still remained close friends; Blake still traveled all over the world and visits the children as often as he did when they were married. He buys houses, invests in risky business ventures and continues to have fun. While Maxine continues to grow her successful psychiatric practice and being invited to speak at conferences and be on panels and the like. While her daughter is having a sleep over of a few of her friends and her sons are over at their friends spending the night. She gets a call that one of her teen patients had tried to commit suicide a second time this time it was a very lethal dose of sleeping pills and he seemed more serious this time than he had last time. After she gets back from the hospital that night she checks on the girls and notices beer bottles in the closet. She sits them on the dresser so her daughter will know that she has found them. The next morning she goes into her daughters room and wakes them up Tells her daughter about it and that her friends should get dressed and leave and that she is on restriction for a month. When she returns back to the hospital to she Jason her patient that has tried to commit suicide, his mother is even more distraught and has talked to her doctor who said he would talk to Maxine to see if he could persuade her to let Jason come home instead of an institution. When Maxine received the phone call from Dr. West he acts like a royal pain concerning Jason and his condition just thinking he is trying to get attention by his actions and really acts like a royal jack ass on the phone. She told him to let her handle her patients and he should handle his. She moved Jason to a private facility so he could be watched where he still tried to kill himself again over night proving she was right and causing Dr. West to call and apologize for second guessing her actions with the teen. During Thanksgiving they have lunch at her parents and dinner at Blake’s since he is able to be home for a few days so she eats there that night and drops the kids off. Shortly after the holidays she gets a call from Dr. West to take her to Lunch to get to know her better. This is a bit awkward for her but she takes the offer. Lunch turns into, may I take you to dinner turns, into can I see you again for another dinner turns into, now they are dating. Which makes the kids especially Daphne her daughter upset. Although Sam the youngest doesn’t seem to be upset either way he is happy to see his mother happy and so is Zelda her live in housekeeper. Charles West likes Maxine a lot and seems to get along well enough with Zelda and Sam although he would like to have Maxine all to himself. Around Valentines Day they decide they will get married but not to tell the kids till June and have the wedding till August in her house in Southampton. From the time they tell the kids in June till the time they have the rehearsal dinner in August things seem to be slowly deteriorating with Charles and Maxine. Her two older children still have not warmed to him at all especially Daphne and she still does not want to go to the wedding. Maxine herself has no clue how to bring it all together as one cohesive unit but she is trying the best she can. Danielle Steel once again brings us a award winning book that deals with matters of the heart and everyday happenings with family and marriage. Things that we all would or should take into account in our everyday happenings. She really knows how to look at both sides of the heart so to speak. She is one of the brightest, talented authors I have had the privilege to review and will always be happy to do so.

A Drop Of Red by Chris Marie Green

2009-03-27T19:56:00.001-07:00

Chris Marie Green brings us the fourth book in the Vampire Babylon series A Drop of Red. Dawn, Kiko and Frank are back again this time they are in London England, on the trail of the next vampire underground, and to find out why some girls have been disappearing. Dawn is still struggling with her new life and how it has changed. Their Boss is actually two beings in one Costin who is a soul traveler, Costin needed a healthy host to survive. His arrangement with Jonah had gone awry when Dawn decided to save Costin’s life and trap him in Jonah’s body. Costin is in a constant struggle with Jonah to keep him at bay. This is something else Dawn must struggle with since she made him this way, since it was the only way she could save him was to turn him and when she killed Benedict it changed her back to almost human again. Costin brings in a new person to the team as sort of a replacement to Bresei, who is now one of their spirit friends due to an accident in the previous underground hunt. Dawn doesn’t know quite what to think, but Kiko doesn’t like her at all and perceives her as a threat to him & his job since she is a psychic as well. Although her field of expertise is tailored to hearing, and sensing spirits, and Kiko’s is seeing visions through touch of objects or people. Through Kiko’s vision and some of the sounds that Natalia was hearing they are led through a few interviews to an all girl school. They get a tour of the school by pretending they are scouting schools for their sister for when they move to England from the United States. They bring the friends with them to keep an eye out for vampires or a possible underground entrance. The friends’ find four vampire girls and Kiko doesn’t get a reading off of the ones he bumps into as they are walking down the hall. They planned a reconnaissance mission for that same night to the school. Frank, would scout ahead using his vamp senses for danger and any underground openings, Dawn & Kiko would bring up the rear, and Natalia would stay behind monitoring with Costin since she had not been trained in combat fully yet. Costin has them start at a vacant building as an easy access point to the campus. Frank clears the building first while they have the friends keeping an eye on the girls; which are napping in a common room. The team started moving slowly up the tree line when they were notified that Della had gone to her room to get a book. Della looked out the window which was cracked sniffed and then opened the window sniffed again and looked directly in the team’s direction which was over 800ft away. The other girls joined her in the room she was gesturing and pointing in the team’s direction with no lips moving denoting that they had telepathic abilities. The team started hearing dogs barking in the background when they did one of the friends told them that the needed to get back to the car as soon as possible that the dogs had been summoned. They didn’t get to get back to the car they made it back to the abandoned building and Breisi helped them to the roof letting them know that there were feral animals at the car. A friend then lets them know the girls have left the dorm room and that they couldn’t slow them down because. The girls stopped ten feet from the building and started questioning the team, Frank played it off as if he were the teams master and they were the servants. He was an American vampire looking for others of his kind. The girls still didn’t like them being there and there was a small argument among the girls and then one of the girls starts to change into something tailless sphinx cat-wolf like creature. Dawn mind pushed her and bound her hands above her head. Natalia broke the communication silence saying she heard the front door but it was shut but the house alarm was disarmed. This alarms Dawn thinking about Costin, and what could be going on now. Chris Marie Green will have you riveted to your chair with this book in the Vampire Babylon series. You won’t realize you have read as much as you have until the book is done. This was a great addition to the series and I cant wait for the next book in the series if there is going to be one.

Transformation

2009-03-18T20:07:00.000-07:00

I never thought how hard it was going to be making the transformation from reviewer to author. But it has been a bit difficult, there is research that goes into it so you don't step on anyone's toes inadvertently. You have to think of what names you want to use for your characters not just first names but last names too. Luckily being a gamer that I used to be I had first names and well some last names that I could use. I pulled out that list and started going over it too see what might work and then some started popping into my head. I wrote those down and then started doing some research on a few other bits and pieces of information I needed, most of it myths and legends. But then I combined alot of different pieces too, being a reviewer helped to because you see how authors see things in a different points of view so I was able to take that and add that to my research so I wrote those bits down too. There was so much I needed to research before I started writing, after I did start then my husband said why don't you write a small story of a day in the life of each char to see how they speak to you. So that is what I am working on now. I have one done and I will post it for you soon, and I am working on an other now. Which of course I will get posted when it is done. Each one will get posted as I get them done that way you can see the characters and how they think and feel. It may not give you a prospective exactly on the story but you can still think about what your favorite character may be, and even give me some constructive criticism if you would like.

This may seem weird but I want to thank all the authors out their for all the hard work they put into writing their wonderful books us reviewers read. Up until recently I knew there was some difficulty doing it but didn't really understand how much. I have recently started writing my own book and that is what brought me to write this thank you, because now I understand just what does go into the writing of a book for us to read. I know there is still alot more that I have yet to find out especially to get it out there and having it published. I just wanted to thank all of you for writing those wonderful books that you do and so well I might add.

Christine Miller aka Zollyanna

Apologies to Everyone

2009-02-08T19:52:00.000-08:00

I apologize to everyone I haven't been posting my reviews lately I have been so busy and backed up. I haven't been in the best of health and neither has my hubby but I promise to get that taken care of and back to posting asap Reviewers honor. lol . Starting on Tues I will post a few of my back reviews and a couple of new ones that I have sent in. Also any of you authors that are reading this that want to have me read your books don't hate to get in touch with me through www.nightowlromance.com Just tell Tammie that you want me to review a book and she will send it right over to me.

Aluve and happy writing
Zollyanna

Happy New Year

2009-01-01T00:00:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you have gotten your resolutions made. I have some of mine made but not completely but I will by the time the day is done.

Aluve' my friends

Zollyanna

Before Dawn Breaks

2008-10-04T18:23:00.000-07:00

Alexandria Lyons is an assassin the best in her field, she works for the government. When hired to take out a gentleman, she can not do it because he his with his family. She calls her friend / psychiatrist who she confides in that she thinks she is going soft. Her friend tells her she is just being human. When she was sent to make another hit yet again this time she is dressed as a lady plumber, to gain access to the apartment. But before she could do her job and make the hit the gentleman put two and two and letting her know that the water hat been fixed and that her cover was blown, the other gentleman in the apartment with him aimed a grenade launcher at her she shot him but not before he got a shot off at her. She jumped back into the hallway but the blast threw her into the wall making her loose consciousness as she hears the elevator doors chime open and someone walk towards her. When she hit her head on the wall it made her loose her memory, so to keep her safe, from the people that are now looking for her because of the suitcase and the information she knows John Mayer son of the head of the agency and Sharon who was her Psychiatrist before she had her accident both are taking care of her. Alex is now under the identity of Camilla Angelson who is a writer and a recent graduate student. Now that the agency has locked on to who Camilla is, it is up to Sharon & Josh to jump back into action and let her know who she really is. They need to make sure their lives stay intact before they are tied to they money laundering scheme that Alex uncovered before her accident which involves the new presidential candidate Josh helps Alex to remember her past as Alex and not Camilla. Rae Lori is a bright and talented author; her characters are full and vibrant. She makes you feel like you are right there in the middle of the action. She also knows just the right amount of this n’ that to add in for a perfect hot n’ steamy romance. I will definitely be adding this to my Rae Lori section on my keeper shelf.

Happy Reading my Friends

Zollyanna

New Game

2008-06-19T13:45:00.000-07:00

I have been playing a new online game called Dance Online it is a cute little game where you follow the arrows and make your avatar dance. The process to making the char is along the same as Guitar Hero or Rock Band’s screen with the chords so I can see why I picked it up easy. It can be played with keyboard or Dance pad. The dance pad that is reccomended is the one that comes with Dance Dance Revolution or one that Octane makes.(the people that make Guitar hero) but I prefer the keyboard. It is a really fun game so if you think you wanna try it come on and fine me under the name of Zollyanna (of Course) in the game here is the link that will let me know you got it off this site.----> Dance Online Hope to see you soon ...!!!

Aluve' my friends
Happy reading or writing
Zollyanna

Desprate Tigress by Jade Lee

2008-05-28T13:27:00.000-07:00

Shi Po has tried to reach heaven, immortality which is the Taoist ideal she has devoted her life to it. But it has been denied to her. Two white barbarian women Joanna Crane and Lydia Smith had found immortality while she had not. When General Kang visits her home looking for a monk, who is no longer there he is upset. That she has housed him and, is under the impression that she kept him prisoner and forced a white woman on him. She knows that this monk is son and reveals this to him which makes him all the angrier. Her husband Kui Yu is no home at this time but has been sent for. General Kang is also highly irritated that Kui Yu is not there to receive him. Or arrives quickly after he does Kui Yu does not even show up before the General leaves. The General and his men leave the home in disarray looking for the Monk and the white woman to ensure he is not there before he leaves. When he does not find them he advises Shi Po that if he finds other wise she will pay for it. When Kui Yu arrives she explains all to him and that he also had her brother executed because of the feud with his son. Although the General said that he was executed for training rebels of the White Lotus Society. When Kui Yu he found her in meditation in her private room sitting in front of tools for her suicide. He talked her out of it, their dinner was quiet until Aunt Mei Ting arrived. In an uproar, because of the arrival of some of Shi Po’s girls coming to her aunts house in search of some refuge from the soldiers and now her aunt was upset and in fear that she herself would be arrested and wanted to know exactly what Shi Po was being visited by an upset general for. She explained to her aunt that she did not have what the General wanted nor did she know where he was. Her aunt told her to find it she told her Aunt there was no more danger because the monk and the white woman were both gone. But her Aunt thought differently and advised her to leave Shanghai disaster befell there family. Her aunt stated that the general may very well come and take them in the middle of the night and she would be lucky if she was killed. Kui Yu escorted Aunt Ting out of their home to the front gate. When he returned he asked Shi Po if she thought there was any danger she said not that both the monk (the general’s son) and the white woman were gone. Kui Yu was not quite sure himself. He told her he had gold hidden near by, she said not they would be fine, that she new exactly what to do. He said for her to handle her “woman’s business” and he will and his “mans Business”. She had planned to go ahead with her suicide and had chosen his next wife Little Pearl. But before she could execute this plan completely her husband interrupted her and stopped her once again saying she was breaking her promise to him. As they lay in that room sleeping much later they were awakened by General Kang’s soldiers and were ordered to an audience with General Kang. Her husband was treated as a common thief and she was made to ride in front of a smelly soldier. When they arrived they were separated Kui Yu was treated as a friend in a way. Kang offered to have Shi Po disappear, arrested and discredited since she has caused him this problem. He refused and says that if she has been anything other than a normal wife he will deal with her in his way in time. The general told him that with all the secrets women have she is able to fake virginity on the wedding night. This upset Kui Yu and he lased out saying to release him so he could be free to see and spend time with his wife. Once the General questions Shi Po both are locked away in a cell with questions on if they will be let out. Jade Lee has brought us another stunning addition to her Tigress series it is as in depth and steamy as the previous ones before it. A definite keeper like the others.

Aluve my friends
and keep reading
Zollyanna

Hungry Tigress by Jade Lee

2008-05-27T13:12:00.000-07:00

Joanna Crane was tired of being her rich daddy’s showpiece and wanted to do something food for the people of China. She went in search of China’s Boxer Rebellion what she actually found instead was anti- foreigner bandits who seemed to want to kill her than let her join them. She is saved by a Shoalin Monk, who turns out to be much more but before she can reveal what she believes he truly is he cuts off her voice temporarily. He the took her to the Tigress Shi-Po telling her that Joanna wishes to learn the Tigress ways in secret from the greatest Tigress in China, then all that was left was to deliver his message to the Tigress about her brother, along with his gift to her family. Then return to his family in Peking & honor his family, but all did not go as planned. When he shows the scrolls to Shi Po’s husband Kui Yi sees the blood on the scrolls, and states that he has brought evil tidings to the home and tells on of the servants to get his mistress that they are accepting an imperial gift. Then Zou Tun explained he was the last surviving Monk of her Brother’s Monetary. Soldiers had come in the middle of the night believing they were training revolutionaries from the White Lotus Society; her brother’s last dieing wish was for her to have the sacred scrolls. Shi Po asked him if he wished to learn the other side of what the scrolls had to teach and if not was he to discharge his task. He said he could not discharge his task that was given to him by his master. He said he would stay and learn and therefore finish the task set forth upon him. Shi Po told him since he had brought a barbarian into her home she would be his partner. He asked her if she meant to shame him. Her husband also gave a slight reaction but, it was not noticed because she had left the room. When Joanna awakened her throat was very sore and she couldn’t talk and if she tried to breathe deep it hurt worse and felt like it was closing up on her. When she saw Zou Tun she panicked and the breath got worse he told her to calm and breathe shallow and the pain would lessen and she would be able to breathe normally, otherwise her throat would contract and cut off her air supply. He explained they were both captives in a way. He explained that if they tried to escape they would be stopped at the door of their room. But if they did these particular exercises they would be able to leave sooner, Joanna did not like the idea of these exercises, and tried to attack him at one point he pinned and tied her to the bed. He explained to her just what the exercises were and that he would help her with hers. Shi Po was not happy with the first nights results, she informed him she would do the barbarians exercises herself Zou Tun did not like this as he had told Joanna he would protect her at all costs. He advised Shi Po that no he would take care of this himself that her assistance was not needed. Zou Tun explained that to Joanna once more and she agreed this time to the exercises and promises of escape.

Jade gives us yet another amazing Tigress book in the Tigress Erotic Romance series. Zou Tun and Joanna Crane’s story is another hot and steamy tale and yet another perfect example of how Jade Lee is a exemplary writer. She never ceases to amaze as with this addition to the series each character she adds to the series adds new depth and new light to the series. Each book can stand alone but also interlocks with the other books. It is one that goes next to the others in the series on my keeper shelf.

Aluve my friends
and keep on reading
Zollyanna

Sisters by Danielle Steel

2008-05-08T00:00:00.000-07:00

Sisters Sabrina, Tammy, Annie & Candy are happy each with their own lives Sabrina being a successful lawyer, Tammy a producer for a hit TV show in L.A., Annie living in Florence lives for art and to paint, and Sister Candy is and International model in Paris, New York and Tokyo and is well know to everyone in the supermodel industry as “The Candy”. The Sisters all take leave from their prospective jobs to go home to Connecticut to spend time with their parents for their annual Fourth of July party. Sister Annie and their Mom go to pick up a few forgotten items for the party and are involved in a tragic three vehicle accident when pipes from a truck in front of them fall off the truck and fly through the window striking the window and ejecting her mother from the car killing her on impact and severely injuring her leaving her blind. When authorities let them know the family is crushed that their mother and wife is gone and daughter& sister is severely injured. When it is time for Annie’s bandages to come off they let the doctor gently tell her the news all though she still was very upset and though her life was ending since her mother had dies and now she has lost her sight. One of her sisters brought up the idea of all of them living together till Annie can function on her own. At first Annie does not like the idea because she doesn’t think she’s ever going to be able to function independently Their father seems to be getting worse and worse over losing his wife until a person from the sisters past shows up to pay respects to the family of their mothers passing. They become kindred spirits and start seeing each other without the sisters knowing it. Once the sisters move in together some things start to be easier for each of them. Annie finally decides to start the school of the blind, and does well to acclimating to her new lifestyle. When Thanksgiving rolls around their father seems to be a bit happier than he was. The girls do notice a girl’s pair of tennis shoes sitting near the back door which alarms them a bit but they are waved off by their father saying it may be just one of the friends he had over lately. The girl’s lives have been turned upside down since the Fourth of July accident and they really don’t know what to expect next and they may not be ready for it either. This is another one of Danielle’s all time tug-at-your heart strings stories. She will never cease to amaze us with how well she can manipulate our feelings with each page. This is definitely be put with my ever growing Danielle Steel collection.

aluve'

Zollyanna

Cimmerian City

2008-05-07T18:45:00.000-07:00

Raven Blackheart a former college student is attacked one evening while out with her best friend Jack. As she lays there ready to welcome deaths she sees her attackers being knocked away by two dark silhouettes and hears the sound of buildings falling in the background. She wakes up in a white room with no windows not knowing where she is. A gentleman named Tyler Deamond explains to her she is at the Tech Corporation and he is the VP. He also explains that how she got there is a mystery but that she has been asleep for ten years. But they nursed her back to health after she and her friend Jack were attacked. She asked if Jack was there as well and he explained that Jack had not made it .He also informs her that there has been a war brewing while she has been asleep between the Dracins. They are similar to vampires but have differences. As to that they can walk in daylight and are not afraid of garlic or crosses. The other race is the humans. He explains to her that she is in between the races. She is a hybrid of the Dracins and the Humans. When everyone was attacked before their blood could be overtaken by the dracin genes they were killed. She was one of the ones that was not killed. Tech Corporation wants her to help to bring the two races together by killing anyone that opposes Tech Corporation. She quickly learns after a couple of missions that Deamond has not told her the truth after a murder of one of Tech Corporations High officers is murdered. When Raven Confronts Deamond he tries to have her killed but with the friends she has made she escapes harm and learns that she has family still alive.Rae Lindley creates an amazing futuristic world between the Dracins and Humans. Since there are new vampire stories coming out that are putting a new spin to the tired old vampires of myth and legend. She makes sure to keep the line going with this fresh new look at vampires in a different light. Her characters are full of depth and life and you truly understand how they feel. Cimmerian City is full of action and holds the readers attention. This is truly one for the keeper shelf.

Aluve'
Zollyanna

College

2008-05-04T18:15:00.000-07:00

Well I have decided that it is time that I think about getting ready to go to college. I am looking into different online colleges now. I want to major in Journalism, the problem is I have to make sure that it is the specific type of major that I am working with now. Writing with books like the reviews I do. Maybe working for magazines or something near that. So there is a update for you I don’t know when I will start maybe in a year or so. I have to get some things straightened out first. Then I will get all of this started, and I will everyone apprised of the situation too.

Aluve’ my friends

Zollyanna

Fantasyland

2007-11-11T14:11:00.000-08:00

Michele Bardsley puts together a sizzling array of small stories that are sure to arouse your fantasies. From pirates to voyeurs and exhibitionists this little island will help you fulfill your fantasies in fantasyland. Each of these five couples differs wildly from the other in their wants, lusts and desires.

Ile de plasir will offer you all the pleasure you could want and more. Greg and Carrie soon find this out when they arrive on the Isle for their anniversary. The phrase “the more the merrier” can help to indulge in their fantasies.

The Voyeur Village on the Isle of Fetishes will help to bring out the Watcher in you. Jake and Rhiannon find out the true meaning of what you see is what you get.

On Pirate Island You can have all your Pirate Dreams come true, be captured by a scurvy captain, sail on a replica of a pirate sloop under starry skies, and truly act out any of your pirate fantasies. Sam helps Lissa to realize love can come from the lease expectant places, most likely right in front of your face and you are just blindfolded to it, or maybe it just blindfolded you.

The Isle of Dark Delights will dip into the dark side of your fantasies. If you are a Domme or a Dom or a Submissive we have everything to cater to you including our nightly slave auction. Claire has a fear against bondage and men thanks to her ex-boyfriend, although she really would like to try it she was afraid things would go wrong again. Her Boss Lucius has a real attraction to her and feels that he can let out her primal side if he could only break her icy side. The island shows them both what give and take truly means.

The Isle of Romance can help you find adventure and romance Perfect for sparking romance or if you are looking for companionship like our sizzling bookstore owner Glenna Rosemont make an appointment with a fantasy date. Her date with hunk Sean O’Malley turned out to be much more than she can handle or is he everything she could hope for and more? But who is Sean is wrestling with feelings of his own with Glenna.

Bardsley pulls us another stunning set of fantasy tales out one after another and never ceases to amaze us. This collection is just another of her great works that will go into my collection of best works shelf.

aluve my freinds
Zollyanna

Vampire Academy

2007-10-25T14:44:00.000-07:00

Vampire Academy is about a Vampire princess and her guardian, both who are teens and have not finished with high school. They are both special in their own ways. Lissa Dragomir, our Vampire, is a mortal Moroi who has special powers of earth magic. Rose Hathaway is Lissa’s guardian and best friend. She is also a Dhamphir, which is a blend of human and vampire blood. Lissa and Rose also have a special mental bond with each other, which makes them even more special. Both are rebellious and are in St. Vladimir’s Academy to hone their survival and magic skills. They both also have runaway because of some things that scared them and they think it is safer for them in the outside world. Lissa and Rose make it running on the outside world for two years, surviving on their own until they are caught and returned to the academy and punished. Once settled back in the school they get into the social scene again and weird things start happening.Dead animals start showing up along with notes to Lissa, which has her scared out of her wits. Rose has been punished worst of all because she is Lissa’s Guardian. She has to train night and day and before and after classes to make sure she is up for the task. Rose finds it hard to comfort Lissa and keep her safe. She wants to take Lissa and run away from the Academy, but Lissa talks her into staying because she has so many new people around her now. Rose knows there is a big problem, but Lissa doesn’t see it yet. Rose’s instructor is also Lissa’s assigned guardian until Rose has graduated fully and is assigned to her full-time. Each time that she needs to see what is going on with Lissa she concentrates really hard and is slipped into Lissa’s mind. Once there she can see out of Lissa’s mind. She sees that Lissa is using part of her magic for things she shouldn’t and confronts her about it. Lissa says it is only for the good of the two of them and she can stop at any time. But upon checking and watching she notices that Lissa is doing it more and more. She must stop her before it gets worse. Richelle Mead holds readers in suspense and keeps their attention through this whole novel. I could not put it down, as with any of her books she really knows how to put depth and character into each and everyone one of her characters. They really jump out at you as if they were in the same room as you. This one is definitely for the keeper shelves.

Bled Dry

2007-10-24T14:35:00.000-07:00

Bled Dry is a charming little story about Brittany Baldizzi who goes to her Doctor because she thinks she has the flu. When she talks to her dr. it is not the flu but she is eight weeks pregnant which is very much a shock. She can only think of one person she has had intercourse with in the past six months and she didn’t think his boys could swim in that sense, that person was vampire Corbin Atelier. When she lets her sister and her brother in law, who are also vampires, know about it her sister guesses on who it is. Her brother-in-law Ethan is outraged and wants to know if he used protection or not. She hasn’t seen Corbin since that night although she thinks she may have the night she was very sick. He seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth, although her sister Alexis seems to know where he is which, happens to be right there in Vegas in the casino that her brother-in-law owns. Alexis tells her what room he is in and she goes to Corbin and tells him the news. When she tells Corbin the news he wants to do the right thing by her and marry her but that is not what she wants to do at this time. Because they barely know each other, he also explains to her the child will be a three-quarter vampire baby. This scares her because of the way he explains it, even though he leaves out a lot of the information, that he doesn’t want her to know at this time. Brittany explains to him that it doesn’t matter that they wouldn’t be married because she didn’t know who her father was, her mother was a stripper. Corbin is a scientist and has been collecting DNA from each vampire for his research and he will be able to know who Brittany’s father is. They agree to raise the child together to protect it from uncertainties etc. Corbin however does tell Alexis and Ethan about his concerns and the full information disclosure to them so that he can hopefully get their help in protecting the child and to get their help with Brittany. They are also going to keep the identity of who the child’s father is a secret until after the child is born and Ethan’s election since he is a major political power in the vampire community. When a rehabbing vampire drug addict overhears Brittany’s claim to Corbin about the baby the cat is let out of the bag and Brittany and the baby are in danger. Corbin goes through everything he can to make Brittany the happiest momma without letting on about any problems that could arise. Erin McCarthy takes our mothering and vampirism to a whole new level. While reading this it made me think how interesting that would be to have to deal with that ordeal. Erin helps put you right in the midst of what you are reading and gives it to you hot and steamy, with just the right touch of humor. This is one that will stay on my keeper shelf for a long time to come and I will definitely read more of her books.

Ashes To Ashes : Blood Ties Book Three

2007-10-23T14:30:00.000-07:00

Ashes to Ashes is a compelling book about a Vampire named Carrie and her friends who set out to keep their world from crashing down around their ears. It is hard enough for her to keep her own survival but worry about the whole of the human race is going to prove a bit difficult. The Oracle has broken out of her jail at the Voluntary Vampire Extinction Movement headquarters and is moving to set her plan into motion to make the world into a vampire paradise. Carrie has other ideas, along with her friends Max, Nathan and Bella an Assassin werewolf they will work together to try to take the Oracle out. What they don’t know is that Dahlia a vampire witch and The Soul Eater, Nathan’s Sire are working together along with the Oracle to make this vampire paradise a reality. This vampire paradise can prove fatal for all of mankind, vampirekind and lupinekind as well. What they don’t know is that Dahlia has been practicing her witchcraft all over on everyone she can get her hands on from Max, to the Soul Eater’s son Cyrus. She is trying to create a borne vampire that will help to carry out the Oracles plan. Nathan Carrie and Cyrus form a plan with Max and Bella to take down the Oracle and the Soul Eater. But while on the way to take care of their part of the plan Bella gets a bad case of carsickness which turns out to morning sickness instead. When they get to their first destination they are captured, and are taken to a safe haven with the movement. They are removed from the Movement safe haven by Anne a former movement receptionist, and assassin that they know. Meanwhile Carrie, Nathan, and Cyrus have stormed Cyrus’s father’s mansion and a fight ensues and Cyrus stands up to his father for one last time after finding out the truth thanks to Carrie. Max and Bella are being held in another part of the mansion unbeknownst to the daring trio and are battling their own demons with the Oracle at this point. Max with his love for Bella and the child that she is carrying. Max battles wits with the Oracle about the Soul Eater stringing her along etc. He also makes comments to just keep her away from Bella and the baby. The Oracle finally gets tired and has one of her pet vampires call for the new vampire killer that the Soul eater has waiting. Jennifer Armintrout knows how to keep you turning pages with this captivating page-turner. I will be seeking out any other books she cares to write in this series. Please bring them on. Book after book Ms. Armintrout never ceases to amaze. The characters are well rounded and bring life and depth to each and every page. I will definitely be putting this on my keeper shelf.

Queen of the Orcs Book II : Clan Daughter

2007-10-22T14:24:00.000-07:00

Morgan Howell continues Dar’s journey with the Orc’s in Clan daughter and holds your attention, as you would expect him too. Continuing where King’s Property left off Dar has survived by befriending the Orc’s and they have now escaped. She is now leading the Orcs to their homeland and is still battling with her visions that are coming to her more frequently now. She still doesn’t know what all the visions mean. Dar still looks to Kovok-mah to help her sort them out. But he as an Orc son still looks to her for guidance because in the orc relationship the Orcs are guided by the women or mothers as they call them. One thing she does know is that there are feelings she has that she should not be feeling, and they are shared by someone else. Once they are to the Orcs homeland some of the orc leaders refuse to accept her and her visions until she can procure their queen from the Kings Fortress. Zna-yat and a few of the others that she escaped from the original conscript with head to the fortress she hides in Zna-yat’s backpack and he keeps her in his tent with his brothers she at this time has been made his sister and a reborn orc so to speak. She does recognize a few of the women around and some of the soldiers and gets captured and gets one of the soldiers to have her taken to the main castle so she can cook for the Orc Queen herself. In doing this she can get close to the Queen and stop the poison from being put in the Queen’s food. When she does this she starts talking to the Queen and the she listens to Dar and they hatch a plan between the two of them to get her out of there and to her home not far away. Little does Dar know that Murdant Kol has heard that she is around in the castle and he is looking for her to get rid of her for good. When he attacks her she screams for her soldier Severn as she crawled in the darkness quickly to his quarters. After that is was no longer safe to have the Queen in the castle she and Sevren quickly got the queen out of the castle and to start her on her way home. The Kol and some of his men give chase but Severn and Dar quickly dispatch them. When the Orcs ask the Great Mother what she would like them to do she tells them to listen to Dargu’s wisdom. Morgan Howell continues to give us characters that are molded with depth and appeal. Morgan continues to show us how to people that are so different can still co-exist together and even possibly fall in love. This is definitely one for the keeper shelves.

Emma Petersen Contest

2007-10-15T20:11:00.000-07:00

Emma Petersen a wonderful author has a blog party going on at her blog where is that at you may ask well your wonderful hostess Mistress Zollyanna has a nice little Link here ! She is offering prizes each daily and a Ultimate Prize that will be announced on October 20th,2007 on her website. So if you like to win things go have fun with Emma Petersen and check out her cool books too.

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Zollyanna

It's that time again

2007-09-16T14:24:00.000-07:00

It's that time again!

Go cast your votes for any of the books you have read or any of the ones I may have reviewed that you noticed here or your favorite authors.!!NOR 2007 Awards Rock!!!!!!

Don't be alarmed

2007-09-10T13:49:00.000-07:00

Don't be alarmed if my site disapears for about 10 minutes because-

"Blogger and Blog*Spot will be unavailable Monday (9/10) at 11:00PM PDT for about 10 minutes for maintenance."

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Zollyanna

Tragedy

2007-09-07T14:03:00.000-07:00

Recently while writing a review for an Author whose book will be coming out in October I happened upon her website while gathering information ... it is a really great book by the way, when you read this next piece that i put in please go out and support this author .click the link and read her site and support this author this is such a tragedy in my opinion. The reason I say this is because it shows me that not enough people are reading book, Tragedy ,I say Tragedy!!!! Especially a great author such as this one. ... This author does great work please spread the word go read the page I point you to and point your pages there as well blog about it or just send your freinds to it as well.

click here----> Mari Mancusi

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Zollyanna

Bungalow 2

2007-09-01T12:24:00.000-07:00

Tanya Harris is a part-time mother and writer but one does pay the bills her husband is a successful lawyer. But when she gets a call from her agent, Walt one day with an offer to write a screenplay by a famous Oscar-winning Hollywood producer her day is becomes anything but normal. She doesn’t know how to react or what to say to the once in a lifetime offer she knows she will have to talk it over with her husband and 3 kids, she just can’t make the decision of going to L.A. to work on a movie script without talking to them first. The girls Molly and Megan and son Jason are all in school and fixing to go off to College they need her, it would be selfish of her to go off and leave them for up to nine months to work on this movie while they are back home in Marin. She tells him to hold the producer off one more day so she can talk to her family. She thinks about it a bit and realizes that she could never leave her family especially her girls they mean too much to her and they need her especially with this last year of school coming up this is their senior year. She decides to tell her agent no and not discuss it with her husband Peter, the next morning when Peter sees her however, he sees straight through her cover-up and asks her if she is hiding something from her and to fess up and she tells him all. He is very surprised especially at the amount that they are going to pay her which would help pay for the kids college tuitions. He thinks she should go he knows this is one thing she has always wanted and thinks she should go for it. That he and the kids can make it for those few months until she gets back especially if she is coming home on weekends. She said she would think about it and they could talk about it over dinner that evening he said he would take her to a nice restaurant. She called her agent and put him off one more day he told her that the producer would be fine with it because he wanted her over all the others anyway. When they talked with the kids the next morning after dinner Jason and Molly were fine but Megan blew up thinking that her mother was leaving her and that she was being selfish and not thinking about the family at all. Peter convinced Tanya that it was just a typical teenager temper tantrum that the kids were not home during the week and when they got home they were gone with their friends they only really needed her when they were home on the weekends. Megan still doesn’t let up on her mother about her decision even till the day she leaves. When Tanya reaches L.A. she feels like she is in heaven. Everything she likes is in the bungalow down to her favorite color, chocolates and even her bathrobe, and shoe size as well. They had sent a questionnaire to Peter to make her feel at home while she worked on the movie script. On the days that she comes home things seem still do not to ease up between Megan and her mother at all. Things go down hill not only with Megan but with her and Peter after Thanksgiving Holidays and things get harder to patch up as the days go on while she works on the script. One person may not want to patch things up as much as another if you know what I mean.

Danielle Steel has given us another emotional attention getter in Bungalow 2. Ms. Steel never ceases to amaze with each of her books that I read I find a page turner that I am captivated with. The characters are filled with depth, heart, soul and each one you can really associate with one way or another. I know this one will be on my keeper shelf for years to come.

Aluve' my friends
Zollyanna

Catch A Mate

2007-08-31T12:05:00.000-07:00

Jillian Greene works for Catch A Mate (CAM) her job is too prove that the opposite sex can’t be trusted ever. She never gets physical with the targets as a rule her rule. One day her boss Anne hires a Man to test the fidelity of women, which rubs Jillian the wrong way. What rubs her even more the wrong way is that Anne tells her that he will be her partner that evening for her job, to kind of show him the ropes. Jillian doesn’t need a partner especially a Miva (Man Diva ) which is what she thinks he is by the way he is presenting him self. Cocky and self sure and so insulting, and well too much like her; they were just not going to be able to get along. But what Jillian doesn’t know is that Marcus her new partner is actually going to be her new boss he has just bought CAM. He doesn’t know what has turned her into such a real man-hater but it turns him on and he intends to fix it. At the same time same time something about him infuriates her and she loves it but doesn’t want him to know it but she intends to go to war with him and try to make him leave. They are definitely from two different worlds and something about each other makes them hot for the other one but they refuse to let on about it until the other one admits it. But they both intend to make the other cave as soon as possible, which makes a few of their co-workers go nuts. Anne lets them know that she has sold the business to Marcus which further drives Jillian to war with Marcus and vice versa. Marcus sets the girls up with guy partners and Jillian up with himself. Things happen during an assignment, that have them all heated up but they still refuse to admit anything. Jillian and Marcus will soon have everyone they know knowing all to well how they feel about each other even if they don’t.

Gena Showalter cooks up a steamy and entertaining story with Catch A Mate. Jillian and Marcus are two characters that I won’t soon forget. The characters in the story come to life with such Zing and Zeal! It was hard to put the book down. I will be glad to read anything else she writes especially if it is about those two and their friends.

Aluve' my friends
Zollyanna

Sex and the Psychic Witch

2007-08-30T12:00:00.000-07:00

Harmony Cartwright and her triplet sisters live in Salem and own a vintage clothing and curio shop. Harmony’s job is to buy items for the shop, when she picks up a gown at a charity yard sale, her psychic powers start going wild calling to her. When she puts it on after getting it home and looking into a mirror, her path disappears behind her. She can then feel the owner who made the dress, ”Lisette” and when she looks into one of her many mirrors she can see a pair of hands undoing the hem . She reaches for the hem and a gold ring falls into her hands. When she holds the ring to read it she senses that Lisette was afraid. She slips the ring on her finger and sees a castle with a woman trapped within a dark discord and faints. She feels as though she needs to go and help the women at the castle to find out what is going on. Her sisters say that it is a bad idea but she gets a feeling from one that she thinks she needs to go. The castle she sees in her vision was painted at one time by her ancestor, Lili. The castle is owned and inherited by King Paxton and he is trying to restore the castle to sell it but is having problems because of the haunting that seems to be going on. Not only is there a spooky wailing wind and mysterious things happening but it seems to stop when Harmony shows up. King decides that he doesn’t want her there and throws her out twice before she can tell him that she can tell him that she wants to buy the vintage clothes from him. But the foreman explains to him that each time she is in the castle the wailing stops and that the men want her there. King agrees and offers her a job as a peacemaker for the castle against the wailing and etc that goes on in the castle. She will also get first pick of the vintage clothing and items in turn helping him to catalog them for sale and etc. Harmony starts to feel herself falling for King although he is a bit of a ramrod as she calls him quite frequently. King also feels something for her but keeps trying to ignore it to the best of his ability, which he can’t do very well. This makes for interesting work days between the two of them and, whoever happens to be in the room at the time. When Reggie his seventeen year old daughter shows up with her son, Max because her mother threw her out of the house Kings whole life gets turned upside down. Harmony realizes then that she must persuade him to keep the castle and not sell it so that he must have it for his family.

Annette Blair weaves a wonderful tale of romance and passion with a bit of sparkling charm thrown in. The characters are wonderfully well rounded and entertaining making the story one that you can hardly put down. I will definitely be reading any of Annette Blair’s other Witchy Books that she puts out.

Aluve' my friends
Zollyanna

Vampire Queen's Servant

2007-08-29T11:55:00.000-07:00

The Vampire Queens Servant is about a Vampire, Lady Elyssa who is in the process of looking for a new servant when she needs to have a manicure and her old servant sends a new servant prospect, Jacob Green to her. What her previous servant Thomas did not tell Jacob was that she was sick which he finds out the first night he meets her. Jacob gives Lyssa a letter from Thomas which lets her know that he has sent Jacob to her that states he would be perfect as a new servant for her. Jacob does in fact go above and beyond the call of duty for her when she has a episode of her affliction and he takes care of her without question and quickly. Jacob has something going for him he is a precog he can sense what someone will need or can do before they do it. Lyssa doesn’t really think that he is going to be up to the task of being her servant. She needs more care than a normal vampire usually needs because of her affliction and is not willing to tell him all of her problems or open up to him fully to let him in. She feels strangely attracted to this human and doesn’t know why. He is a alpha male which means he is not accustomed to being submissive to a woman’s wishes. Although all he knows it that he has been born to serve her from the moment he saw her he knew. Just when she thinks she is getting him broke in he turns it around on her. He shows her that the bond between master and servant can go ways that she may not have even wished or thought of. Joey W. Hill takes us into a whole new world with The Vampire Queens Servant showing us the love between a Mistress and her Servant can be give and take and can also be beautiful. The story was written in great detail so that if you closed your eyes to imagine what was going on you could see the room or what was going on. Hill takes the passion between Lyssa and Jacob to a rollercoaster ride that you will love. I will definitely be looking forward to the next book in line and anything else that Joey W. Hill writes.

Aluve' my friends
Zollyanna

Maledicte

2007-08-28T11:44:00.000-07:00

Maledicte is dark rich tale about young love spurned that will not be torn asunder by anyone not even parents. A young man removed from the merchant’s relicts to be taken back to his father in the courts of Antyre Janus is torn away from his love and she is left for dead by the Earls kinsman. Once healed she makes her way towards her love but enters the wrong home coming face to face to the one that will help her and keep her secret for years to come, Baron Vornatti and his servant Gilly. Although when she enters she is dressed as a boy and carrying a black sword which she means to kill Lord Last with and reclaim his son Janus with. The only name she will give to them is Maledicte to help hide the fact that she is really a female, Baron Vornatti asks her reason for wanting to run Lord Last through she lets him know. He is truthful in letting her know that Lord Last is not at Lastrest and has gone off to another one of his homes for the winter to have his son trained in the ways of the court. Baron Vornatti strikes a deal with him to train him in what he needs to know to get the job done, seeing as how they have the same goals in mind in seeing Lasts demise as an eminent. Vornatti does find out that Maledicte is a girl but vows to keep it a secret by any means possible as long as the deal is kept to the letter. Vornatti does how ever revel in holding it over Maledictes’ head and never does find out the real name for the girl. Lane Robins did an excellent job of conveying the dark recesses of Maledictes mind and what a lover can go through when she or he loves someone so much she or he is willing to kill to keep them. Robins’ characters were intelligent and appealing showing zeal and zest for life. It was a most entertaining and passionate read that I won’t hesitate to pick up and read again and again, it is truly a keeper from a very gifted author.

Aluve' my friends
Zollyanna

Shelfari

2007-07-20T19:26:00.000-07:00

If you have not seen Shelfari you have got to do so it is a great community tool to greet your freinds and get them reading the same books you do. I would have to say it is sort of like an Online Book club. I have a few freinds my self some of my authors that I have reviewed have decided they would like to keep in touch with me through this, plus I have met some new friends that ready the same books as I do as well. It is great it can be linked through your e-mail depending on if you use g-mail, yahoo or what the type is .... check it out. NOR and I are there you should be too.

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Zollyanna

Don't forget !

2007-07-19T14:46:00.000-07:00

Don't forget to keep track of what is going on here and at NOR I am consistently having new book reviews going up here and their so please check back consistently ... The Night Owl Romance Link (NOR) is to your right ---> and so are a bunch of other links. Don't forget to read consistently ....

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Zollyanna

Computer took a dive

2007-07-12T14:42:00.000-07:00

Well about a week ago I went to upgrade one simple part of my system. Of course I let my hubby do it because I have no idea what I was doing my system is slowly but surely becoming a new system because of all the old parts I have been replacing lol. Well I replaced the CD rom with a DVD drive. Well that is were the fun began . My sweet little computer that has been my trusted companion for years now won’t power up. So we think it is the mother board and order a new tower case that has that in it. And when it arrived today I was so excited I was going to be able to be back at my desk instead of the extra computer … WRONG!!! .. no … it doesn’t see the hard drives now … what do we do now … well we decide that the slave drive can become the main drive i don’t care if I loose all my pics or what ever I just want my computer back. I will install and download what ever I just want it back asap. Within reason that is. He proceeds to start that work and nope that won’t even work we switch the old IDE cables out thinking maybe that will do the trick no not that either. *SIGH* he is frustrated .. he looks at me “baby i need to step back for a while and deal with it later” I understand I tell him.. yeah i have been without it since sun or was it sat time has gone by too long …. I am feeling like I won’t have it back But I know he will do everything he can to get it back as soon as he can. I tell him I don’t want him to frustrate his self over it especially after we have go home from work. Deal with it another time. So that is why it has taken me so long to post… Plus remembering passwords from a second computer we have at home lol… wish me all that everything comes out well and she is back up and running soon with out to much more that is needed to be bought… *fingers crossed*

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Zollyanna

Night Owl Romance Magazine -NOR Magazine

2007-07-01T18:30:00.000-07:00

Night Owl Romance who I do some of my reviews for is publishing a Magazine I have my first copy and wow it is great. You can even read some of my other reviews from some of those ARC's I have bragged about are in it. They also have a forum that is wonderful as well and you can reach me there as well just like you can here . But heck why sit here listening to me go check it out just go click the link picture below and get your copy.

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Zollyanna

Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire

2007-07-01T16:51:00.001-07:00

Broken Heart, Oklahoma is home to those who are happier to rise after sunset. It has been that way since an ancient vampire became sick and attacked a bunch of parents. That vampire was the hunky Lorcan O’Halloran brother to Patrick. One of those parents was Eva LeRoy, town librarian and single mother to a daughter named, Tamara. She and Lorcan seem to have the same likes they both seem to love books. He however has been writing for longer than she has been reading though. He even met the inventor of the Dewey decimal system, the only other thing that they don’t have in common is that she has a psychic link with animals. She can hear what they are thinking and feeling in a sort of Dr. Doolittle type of way. Which makes her very wanted by all parties good and bad, Lorcan decided that he would make sure that she was protected and so was her daughter. Eva gets kidnapped by the Wraiths and Lycans and somehow gets the taint which is a sickness for vampires. Lorcan can hear her thoughts as well but will not tell her why he can, so when she is kidnapped it helps them to find her. A vampire hunter has also shown up looking for Nefertiti who is bound to Johnny. Eva thinks she has sensed her as a cat and that she has been calling to Eva, but she is not quite sure, and lets Lorcan know. The Lycan triplets seem to have no love lost for Nefertiti and set out to look for her as well. Each time Eva sees Lorcan she notices that there seems to be a feeling coming from him other than just a protection feeling she definitely feels more than just wanting to be protected for him. But there must be certain things figured out first like how she got the taint.

Michele Bardsley weaves a magical, suspenseful, steamy romance into the next segment of the Broken Heart books. She sheds light into Lorcan more letting us know just how intelligent he is and how romantic he can be. Michele doesn’t let us down and gives us another magical and wonderfully entertaining story. I will definitely read anything Michele Bardsley puts out about the Broken Heart clans.

Aluve' my friends
Zollyanna

Life Without Raine

2007-06-18T13:40:00.001-07:00

Michele Bardsley gives us another passionate and steamy story in Life Without Raine. It is a captivating story about a gentleman that, finds out something bad is going to happen to his new wife. Not wanting that to happen to her he goes to her grandmother who also happens to be a witch. She weaves a spell of betrayers and lovers until bonds are broken and justice is served. So things go on for Eight hundred years until Ms. Raine Sinclair receives a letter, letting her know that she had inherited a castle. The castle is in England and she must come and claim her inheritance before May 12^th. Michael Conners her handsome host has revealed to her that there is a small task that must be preformed before she can claim the castle and all in it. But what he has not told her is that he believes her to be the long lost Raine. Nor has he told her that he is Connor from the story of her ancestors either. Raine gets the feeling that the housekeeper Mrs. Welter doesn’t like her very much may not want her there, and also feels she has a severe case of jetlag, as she keeps loosing parts of her days with her memory. She also feels that something is not on the up and up about Mrs. Welters daughter Fiona either. Michael shows Raine the picture of her ancestor and Connor and she sees that Raine could almost be her twin and agrees as well, and again fades off losing part of her memory. Something does keep telling her to watch out for Michael that something bad is going to happen to him.

Michele Bardsley weaves a very suspenseful and romantic story in a Night Without Raine. It is peppered with her usual medieval steamy romance with a bit of suspense and mystery thrown in for good measure. Bardsley never ceases to amaze or astound with each story and you will not be disappointed with this book either. This is definitely another for the keeper shelves.

Night Rising

2007-06-16T19:53:00.000-07:00

Chris Marie Green brings to light a new twist in the vampire genre with Night Rising. Dawn Madison is called back to Tinsel town to help search for her father who has recently gone missing while investigating a case. He has been investigating a bizarre sighting of a child star named Robby that was supposed to have been dead for a while, but has been recently seen in a newly filmed movie. While working with her fathers co-workers Kiko, and Breisi, Dawn learns that vampires are not all just myth and legend. Their boss is never seen only heard and, teaches her how to use her mind to keep people out that she doesn’t want in. She also learns that Kiko has had a vision concerning her and the vampires. They get a tip from an actress named Klara, she was a co-worker of Robby’s, who lets them in on bit of information on Robby and his father and how they acted on the set and etc. with other people. They were less than private with their advances to people about things that should be kept private. There is another PI roaming around named Matt Lonigan the firm can’t figure out if he is on the up and up or if he is working for the vamps as a servant. But he has an eye for Dawn and keeps giving her information that makes sense to her. The vampires have created a world for themselves they call the Underground it is ruled by the Master and his Second in command Sorin. They also will bring in any person that would wish to reinvent themselves years later for a price. So as was the case with singer Tamsin Greene. Klara winds up dead a few days later after giving the information about Robby and his father. When Dawn and Kiko go to the Bava Bar to see if they can get a bit more information about Robby they run into Robby himself the vampire version. There is a bit of a tussle and Kiko is hurt badly luckily Dawn is trained in taking falls and draws Robby away from Kiko and talks him into going to see his mother. Kiko is sent to the hospital and Dawn goes with Breisi to see Robby’s mother to see if they can help Robby to be at peace finally.

Chris Marie Green shows us that vamps are not all myth and legend in Night Rising. Night Rising was a riveting attention getter and one that I could not put down easily. Being the vampire fan that I am I was glad to see the new twists to the vampire genre that were added instead of the age old kill’em with sun and stake’em through the heart type scenes. Green takes it a step further with each type of vamp that she introduces with each turn of the page. I will definitely want to read anything else that Chris Marie Green writes.

Happy Anniversary!

2007-06-12T09:10:00.000-07:00

Happy Nine Years to the Love of my Life!
I Love you with all my heart dear !

My husband Traveler and I have been married a sweet 9 years today. Next year we will have to do something extra special for 10!
Thanks to all those that have wished us a Happy Anniversary!

Aluve’ my friends
Zollyanna

Rejar

2007-06-07T16:28:00.000-07:00

Dara Joy adds to the Love any time anywhere feeling with a new book called Rejar. All of your favorite chars come to life in this book. Rejar our sexy blue and gold eyed brother of Lorgin ta’al Krue. Rejar is off on his own adventures this time, after getting rid of the Shimalee for his brother. Another rift has opened in time and deposited him in his familiar form, right into a lap of an intoxicating woman named Lilac. She thinks he is a strange little animal with different colored eyes but decides to keep him because of her Aunts surprise at seeing him in the carriage all of a sudden. Her Aunt does not want him in the house and Lilac rebels against her and decides that Rejar would most definitely be there. Rejar agrees with Lilac and vows that he would figure out what this world holds for him. While back on his home world Lorgin and Deana are getting ready to have the baby and Yaniff is dealing with Traed. Rejar goes to Lilac in his human form at night making her think it is a dream, and realizes that she is going to be a challenge for him. During her dream trance like state she does not like his advances towards her and tells him if it is her dream she will do as she pleases. He does not like this and decides it will take different tactics to get her used to him. He makes his way to a Party hosted by a Baron and, convinces the parties host that he met him the night before and that he is a Prince from Russia. Lorgin is sent by Yaniff go and retrieve his brother, and to bring him back home Rejar tells him that he can’t come home yet he needs to take care of some business first. Lorgin understands and tells him he will not be able to come back for back for him for a while because of Deana and the baby, Rejar understands. He makes his way to the party that she is going to be at and changes to his human form. When Rejar confronts Lilac at the party as Prince Nickolai Azov, she turns away from him acting as if he is not even there. Rejar being the regal he is just laughs which makes Lilac even madder. Thanks to good ole’ Aunt Whumples he still gets his dance with Lilac but gets a slap for his disparaging remarks in return. Lilac does think it odd he has the same eyes as her cat. Rejar comes to her in a again in a dream which she doesn’t like at all wondering why the Prince is in her dreams and it is in this dream where he senses that she is a virgin and vows he will be his mate. He asks Aunt Whumples for her hand in marriage she states it would be up to Lilac and he Rejar states he has compromised her Lilac firmly states she has not but he reveals he knows about a birthmark shaped like a kitten on her thigh. Yaniff sends Traed after Rejar stating that he is a danger to his own heart. Lilac still is opposed to the marriage but there is nothing she can do about it now that Rejar has revealed the birthmark. Her Aunt has agreed for her to get married to Prince Azov. Rejar still feels restless after he gets married, He must figure out what is causing him to be restless. Traed shows up and things get even more confusing to Lilac and to Aunt Whumples. What will be next for Rejar and Lilac and the family? One can only guess what the future will hold.

Dara Joy makes an exciting next in line of the Matrix of Destiny series and is a real page turner you will find yourself not wanting to put it down. This will definitely be a keeper on my shelf.

Knight of A Trillion Stars

2007-06-07T16:19:00.000-07:00

Deana Jones thought maybe this day couldn’t get worse, since she lost her job but then things started spiraling down hill from there bad weather and all. When she thinks she is just about to seek solitude at home, a wreck blocks her car in. She must wait for the two cars blocking hers to be removed before she can go home. Hopefully she can find some solace in a junk shop across the street until the cars can be removed, and at least it has her out of the rain for a bit. While she is looking around something feels as if it is drawing her to look in this one box. In the box she finds an old necklace that looks antique with a dark stone in it. She buys it takes it home, cleans it up and decides to take it on a trip she has planned to a science fiction convention that weekend. As she walks back out into her living room she is scared half out of her wits by a man sitting in strange looking clothes on her couch. Here is, were her story begins, the man is Lorgin ta’al Krue from another universe. He is on a quest that he will not divulge to her at this time, but vows to protect her because he feels she needs protecting. When she turns on the microwave things really get interesting because he takes out something looking like a light saber and demolishes it, thinking the microwave is attacking her. She thinks that her friends that are meeting her at the convention have sent him as a joke. Lorgin won’t leave her side which Deana finds quite irritating and forcing her to take him on the trip with her. Where after dinner he sees the necklace that she bought at the junk shop on her and realizing what it is he makes his oath to her and asks for and oath in return she still thinking it is some kind of joke agrees. Once they are back in the hotel room he opens a portal and sweeps her off to his universe. Where she is totally taken aback and starts learning things may not always be what they appear to be. Lorgin takes her for much more than she thinks she and he refuses to believe her in this matter. She helps Lorgin to see things in his world that he would not see without a females touch otherwise.

Dara Joy has woven a wonderful futuristic romantic tale between these two star-crossed lovers. I look forward to reading more of her books. She takes you on a delightful journey through worlds that you never thought possible. When you finish reading this book you will want to read more.

Magic Bites

2007-06-01T16:33:00.000-07:00

Magic is a part of Kate Daniels everyday life during the time of the day when magic makes technology go awry, cars won’t start and guns don’t want to fire. All sorts of magical things start to appear and rouge mages are able to use their magic. But when technology is able to work again Kate is there to clean up the problems that magic has left behind. She is a mercenary of sorts that helps take care of all sorts of paranormal problems. Greg Feldman was Kate’s guardian and the Knight-diviner. He has been taking care of her since her parents died. When Greg is murdered she takes on the case personally which almost proves to be more than she can handle. Each sect blames the other for a group of murders. Greg’s murder could be connected with these murders as well. Thrust into a tug of war like power struggle between the Masters of the dead and the Pack, both sides looking to Kate for answers. She starts to feel like it is a bit over her head but she likes it that way and always has. When she starts really investigating Greg’s murder things get even deeper and deeper. She also stumbles onto a guy that could be Mr. Right, but she doesn’t quite know how to handle Crest. The murders start to emulate an old case but could it be that this the same type of case again? She must look to people that she doesn’t really trust for help to solve the case.

Ilona Andrews weaves a suspenseful page-turner that you won’t want to put down. I found my self so absorbed in this book that it was finished before I knew it. She really knows how to keep your attention I will definitely be buying the sequel to this book or anything else she puts out it was a compelling read.

" I rummaged through Greg’s desk drawer for a mirror. Every self-respecting mage had a mirror close to hand. Too many spells required it. Greg’s was a rectangle set in a plain wooden frame. I caught my image in it and almost dropped the rag. My hair glowed. It radiated a weak burgundy luminescence, which shifted when I ran my hands through it, as if each individual strand of hair was coated in fluorescent paint. I shook my head, but the radiance didn’t dim. Growling at it didn’t help either, and I didn’t have the faintest idea how to get rid of it."

"I hid in the farthest corner of the room, invisible from the door, and opened the file. If you can’t make it go away wait it out."

Literary Forums

2007-05-19T13:30:00.000-07:00

I have the New and improved Literary Forums back up they are still under construction but please go ahead and sign up. Please do note for me if you are a reviewer,author, fan or etc. So that I may put you in the correct category and if you have a website please do note that as well so that you may have it Showcased if you are an author or reviewer or etc. So forth so on. I like to know my friends well.

Aluve' my friends

Zollyanna

The Borderkind

2007-05-15T16:04:00.000-07:00

Golden brings back Oliver, Frost, Kitsune and a whole host of legendary and mythical beings in the Borderkind. Oliver must still reach both kings for his pardons before the hunters reach and kill him. He has since learned that his sister is missing, his father has been murdered, and that the police are looking to question him in a line of murders that are similar to his fathers. Meanwhile, Detective Haliwell and Oliver’s fiancé Julianna, have stumbled into the veil, through a cabin, were they were tracking Oliver on an island in Scotland. They are trying to figure out where they are and what is going on. Oliver figures out with help from his new friends that Collette has been kidnapped by the Sandman. So now, he must not only get his pardons he must rescue his sister. Along the way he comes by a sword that was given to the first lost one that was given a pardon. The sword belonged to King Hunyadi which gave Professor Koenig the pardon. The sword proves to serve Oliver well and helps to get him his first pardon. Oliver and his friends must figure out who ordered the Hunters to hunt and kill the Borderkind. Only after that answer is found and the person or persons responsible have been dealt with can Oliver go on with his life, and possibly return to Julianna and their life together. Oliver find out he is somewhat of a “chosen one” and must help to save the Borderkind.

Golden continues to build a wonderful world with the Borderkind with his exemplary writing. He delves into the psyche of Oliver, Frost and Kitsune thereby helping you to understand them better. The Borderkind is a wonderful story and another for the keeper shelf. I will be picking up any books that he writes. He is a wonderful and very refreshing author that brings life to his work.

Love and tragedy: those were things she appreciated most in the movies. Some of them had monsters, but all of the monsters were human. She’d never had an interest in the other sort… could not invest any real fear in them, because she did not believe.

But Collette believed in monsters now.

Myth Hunters

2007-05-15T15:57:00.000-07:00

Imagine all your favorite legends coming to life right before your eyes: Jack Frost, The Sandman, etc. What if one night you met one of these legendary beings and he asked you for help? What would you do? That is what happened to Oliver one winters night and, here is where our story begins. Oliver Bascombe is a lawyer with the family law firm and is set to get married in the next few days. When a very bad snow storm blows in, bringing a hurt legend with it, who turns out to be Frost. Oliver can’t believe what he sees and it takes him even longer to understand what is going on. Frost must take Oliver across the Border between both our world and theirs which is called the Veil and, by doing so saves both their lives. Once Oliver crossed into the veil he became a lost one and was no longer able to go home to his world. Frost explains that all of the Borderkind are now being hunted and now that Oliver has helped Frost he will be hunted too. He also explains that the Borderkind are the Legendaries that can cross through the veil between both worlds at will. Oliver meets a host of legendaries and Borderkind some that he remembers the legends of and some he does not. They learn very quickly who they can and cannot trust. Oliver vows to help Frost find out who is hunting the Borderkind so that he may someday be able to stay or go home to his fiancé, Julianna. But first he must get a pardon from both Kings of the veil before the hunters reach and kill him. While the detective that has been assigned to solve the case, Ted Haliwell, and Julianna, Oliver’s fiancé search for him they stumble onto the veil and become two of the lost as well. They must now find a way to follow Oliver and his new friends and find out what is going on.

Christopher Golden does and excellent job of weaving this legendary tale of myth, magic, wonder and excitement. Golden did a wonderful job of describing each char, down to every last detail, including what Frost looks like. You will be able to picture him in your mind completely right down to the last icicle and its tinkle. Golden helps to create a wonderful mythological world in your mind that you will want to daydream in. Myth Hunters was a real page turner and is definite keeper.

As he ran for the door a rush of wind rushed past him, nearly knocking him over again, and blew it shut.

Oliver stood unmoving in the middle of the parlor, staring at the door. There had been a purpose behind the wind. He was not alone. The storm was here, but it was more than just a storm.

He turned slowly. The vortex in front of the dark fireplace was changing, taking shape. Through the snow churning within that whirlwind, Oliver could see a figure, the same as he had seen outside moments ago. A man or so it seemed, made from ice, his body all perilously sharp edges, dagger fingers, and hair that swung and tinkled musically like crystal chandelier.

Happy Mothers Day

2007-05-13T13:49:00.000-07:00

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mothers out there and to all the ones that pose as our mothers too!

Aluve' my friends
Zollyanna

Zollyanna's Reading List Graphic

2007-05-03T19:43:00.000-07:00

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Kiria Speaks will look different I am going to be changing hosts for ease of use and I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised. The front page will change looks again but it will be that way for a while. The good thing will be that my old Kiria Speaks page will be gone for good. I will make a final post to let the people know that just keep hanging on there know they need to make their final transfer because it will be gone. So on my final note. Please feel free to stop in my main page and to grab the graphic that is what it is made for.

Aluve' my friends
Zollyanna

What is your vampire name

2007-05-01T10:39:00.000-07:00

Your Vampire Name Is...

Lenore of Persia

What's Your Vampire Name?

Dead and Dateless

2007-04-26T17:32:00.000-07:00

If you like vampires and werewolves with a bit of murder and mystery and just a touch of comedy then Dead and Dateless is the book for you. Kimberly Raye takes the Paranormal and these other components and mixes them together with just the right touch of comedy that is sure to leave you in stitches.

Dead and Dateless is about a five hundred year old vampire named Lil Marchette that runs a dating service for the normal and paranormal. When one of her clients ends up dead and, I mean the not coming back kind of dead, Lil turns out to be the prime suspect for the case. Lil couldn't bite someone if her life depended on it. She would prefer her blood to come from a bottle. If that wasn't enough for her to deal with she has a set of customers, well you might want to call them a pack of customers, that need mates before the full moon wanes. She must also find out who the killer is along with dealing with her own midnight fantasies of a vampire/bounty hunter named Ty Bonner and maybe make stake a claim on her own true love.

Kimberly Raye will take you on a fun ride with Dead and Dateless. It has such vivid action that I felt as if I was right there in the middle of the story with Lil. Just when you think you have the mystery solved Kimberly turns it around on you. You will be pleasantly surprised with this story, I know I was. This author is on my must by list.

"Neither do we. There are a total of fifty-two members of our organization, nearly half of whom have mates and don't need your services. I'm here on behalf of the single, uncommitted, aging NUNS. Unlike you vamps, we only have a small window for procreation fifty years to be exact. Desperation always makes one less choosy. Besides, male werewolves are bossy and overbearing and extremely territorial. You have their child and bam, they're ready to pee on every tree in your front yard. While I wouldn't mind of I found the right male werewolf, I haven't and I seriously doubt I'm going to in the next two weeks."
"Why not just go to a sperm bank?"
"We ovulate during an actual sexual encounter. Our reproductive system requires a barrage of stimuli. One can't kiss or touch or nibble a turkey baster dear."
"I see your point."

Light My Fire

2007-04-26T17:03:00.000-07:00

Aisling is back for another encore this time in London, England. She has moved in with her guardian mentor and she is still finding it hard to be a Demon lord, Guardian and a Wyvern's mate all at the same time. Things are still not good between Drake and Aisling since she left him in Budapest. Drake shows up in London and she soon finds out that her presence at a Sept meeting is required and as Drakes mate and she must show up.

Rene again shows up to take his cousin's place for a third time which now really makes her even more suspicious of him. Also Aisling has the whole imp nation after her because Jim, her little demon sidekick, ate their monarch by accident. It also doesn't help that attempts have been made on her life. Drake will probably want to protect her which is the way he is being a wyvern. It looks like war will break out and all hell is about to break loose.

Katie MacAlister packs action, romance and comedy together to make a wonderful book. It held my attention very well and I couldn't help but wonder what was going to happen next. It was a wonderfully captivating addition to the series. When the next book in the series Holy Smokes comes out in November of 2007 I will be sure to pick it up for my collection.

She pointed at a rat that peeked out from under a stack of garbage. "Draw a binding ward on that rat."
"Ok."I took a deep breath, and focused, and drew a symbol in the air that would when combined with my force of will, bind the rat to the spot.
The ward glowed red in the air for a second, then faded into nothing. The rat gave a squeak of surprise as it tried to scurry away. I started to turn away but, a slight flicker caught my eye. To my surprise, fire suddenly flared to life in the form of the ward I'd just drawn, sending the rat beneath it into a frenzy of horror.
"Oh, my god!" I ran over, ignoring my dislike of rodents to snatch the rat out of harm's way, swatting out the fire after I released the terrified rat. "I had no idea! I didn't see any fire with the blight hounds but the one on the furniture..."

Fire Me up

2007-04-26T16:54:00.000-07:00

Our Guardian Aisling Grey is on a trip to Budapest and to a convention of supernatural beings. She is still working for her uncle as an antiquities courier and must deliver an antique amulet to a hermit. She finds out much to her surprise that Drake Vireo, the wyvern of the green dragons is staying in the same hotel she is. Rene cab driver extraordinaire also shows up to take his cousins place again which perks up her curiosity as well.

Once again things start going all awry and she finds herself in the middle of trouble all over again. Mortal men start falling at her feet, which she feels quite embarrassed over, and can't figure out why they are doing it. She is at the conference to find a Guardian mentor to help her learn her powers and maybe control the powers she does not know. You would think that would be easy but each guardian she comes into contact with turns up dead which is getting very upsetting.

Katie MacAlister delights us with another in the Aisling Grey Guardian series. It is a spectacularly written story that adds to the Aisling and Drake relationship. It keeps you guessing what Aisling and her demon are going to do or get into next. I can't wait to read the next book in the series. You will be pleasantly surprised at this addition and will want the whole collection as I do.

I nodded. “It’s pretty obvious that it has masculinity issues, which means it values its manly bits. A little flick of the knife in the demonic happy zone and voila! Instant compliance.

Nora shook her head, a slight smile on her face. “I don’t believe I have ever seen anyone control a demon using on the threat of emasculation. It is unprecedented. It is… quite an odd method of control.”

“Aisling is a very unique woman,” Drake said as he walked by holding a smoking, quivering tablecloth full of imps. “It is one of her many charms.”

I grinned at him.

You Slay Me

2007-04-11T11:29:00.000-07:00

Award winning and New York Times bestselling author Katie MacAlister writes romance, mystery, and non-fiction books. Her book You Slay Me is a wonderfully written story about an antiquities courier named Aisling Grey that finds out she is a Guardian, a keeper to the Gates of Hell, after she travels to Paris to deliver an antique golden dragon statue for her uncle. Everyone she comes in contact with seems to realize that she is a Guardian. Including a very good looking real life dragon named Drake Vireo who steals the statue out from under her and leaves her with the dead body of her customer and a very confused French inspector. It seems the only person that doesn't realize she's a guardian is Aisling herself.

In trying to clear her name of the murder Aisling also discovers she is to be the mate of the dragon that stole the statue from her. She vows to get the statue back with or without Drake's help to help clear her name. In doing so she conjures up a demon in the form of an irritating shaggy dog along with dealing with Drake and her new found title as well. She makes a host of friends including a taxi driver and healer who offer to help her clear her name.

Plot twist after, plot twist make this a very exciting read. I did not want to put this book down. Katie did a fine job of character development. I was falling out of my chair laughing at the comedic parts of the book and you will as well. Katie does an amazing job of weaving a murder mystery that that will keep you guessing. I plan to read the whole Guardian Series to find out what she has in store for our Guardian next. I was most intrigued with this book and Katie MacAlister will be added to my must buy list.

“Bonjour. I see you have successfully summoned ... a demon?"
I upped the wattage of my smile, painfully aware of the blush that rode in my cheeks. "Yes, well, the summoning went a bit ...awry. This is Jim."
"Yeah, Hi, whatever, I'm not allowed to speak unless Her Holiness there permits me....Fires of Abaddon! Baby, baby, baby!" Jim's eyes almost bugged out of its furry black head as Cecile waddled into the room. Jim did an odd little shimmy toward the surprised looking Corgi. "Are you one hot looking mama, or what? Hey, baby, who's your daddy?"

The Literary Forum

2007-04-07T17:04:00.000-07:00

I hope we see some readers using the literary forums soon I would love to even see just some offers to read a book to review in the general section. Authors you too if you like my review work I will even make that a section. If you want me to review a book for you request it in the review section of the Literary forums. I will get add it to my list Authors also make sure to send me an e-mail for quote requests as well.

Zollyanna

Reading and Reviews

2007-04-07T15:04:00.000-07:00

I have been a bit behind in my writing but not in my reading but in a way they go hand in hand. You will see I do have a review up. Three more scheduled to be put up and,another I am currently reading to review after those . Hold your breath here, then still four more to review after that one. No, make that 6 I have one that is in electronic format and another that is sitting in a bag that my sweet husband bought me. Plus 2 that are on my to be bought list when they come out this year that go with a collection I already have. So if you like to read keep watching that sight I have a ton of reviews coming at you you may be wanting to pick them up at your local bookstore or online with the one in electronic format.

Aluve' my friends

~Zollyanna

Succubus Blues

2007-03-26T15:05:00.000-07:00

Richelle Mead encompasses romance, mystery, comedy and paranormal romance in her writing. I found myself having a hard time putting down Succubus Blues because each page will leave you wanting more. It is a wonderful tale of a woman who has given up her mortal life for the immortal life of a Succubus. The story is set in modern day Seattle and our Succubus, Georgina, works for a bookstore in the mortal world while collecting souls for the immortal world. Georgina, her vampire and imp friends must deal with her archdemon boss and his angel cohort because of a problem that threatens the balance of the immortal world. To make things worse she also has to cope with her emotions for an attractive writer, Seth Mortensen, which she would like to get her hands on.

The plot in Succubus Blues takes twists and turns you will not expect. Just when you think you have figured out part of the mystery a plot twist takes you in another direction. Richelle’s writing style brings her characters to life and makes you feel like you are right there amongst them. She loves the wacky and humorous and sets that tone in this book. With each chapter you are drawn into a wonderful world of paranormal romance and mystery with a bit of comedy thrown in for dessert.

I know I will definitely be picking up more of Richelle Mead’s books because she writes with a spice and flavor that anyone, young or old, would enjoy. Succubus Blues is a must read on my list.

"All you need to know is that you should be careful, Georgie. Extremely careful. I am not joking about this."
I swallowed hard, hearing the iron in the demon's voice. "But I'm not a vampire."
"I don't care. These hunter types sometimes follow vampires around, hoping to find others. You could be implicated by association. Lay low. Avoid being alone. Stay with others --- mortal or immortal, doesn't matter. Maybe you can follow up on your favor for Hugh and score some more souls for our side while your at it."
I rolled my eyes at that as the two walked to the door.
"I mean it. Be careful. Keep a low profile. Don't get involved with this."
"And," added Carter with a wink,” say hi to Seth Mortensen for me."
With that, the two left, closing the door gently behind them. A formality really, since either of them could have just teleported out. Or blown my door apart.
I turned to Aubrey. She had watched the proceedings cautiously from the back of my sofa, tail twitching.
"Well," I told her, reeling. "What am I suppose to make of that?"

Literary Forums

2007-03-26T14:00:00.000-07:00

You may notice that we now have a Forums section to the right please check it out. I am hoping it will attract current published authors as I do reviews about them, and all of us up and coming authors can use it as well to ask them smart questions as well. I will moderate it and maybe get someone to help me moderate it when I can't. Hopefully I can get back to writing my book when I get a bit booked out so to speak from all of the books I have bought. Maybe they will help me to be able to get rid of the writers block that I have... *giggles*

Aluve'
Zollyanna

My celebrity look-alikes version 3

2007-03-19T17:27:00.000-07:00

http://www.myheritage.com

this is the third type of picture I tried the difinitive is that I look like Terri Hatcher , Christina Applegate and Lucille Ball there were alot of other girls I didn't use either. Play with this and Have fun I did.

Aluve' My friends
Kiria

second Celebrity lookalike pic set

2007-03-19T17:21:00.000-07:00

http://www.myheritage.com

this was with another set it added another 4 pictures

My celebrity look-alikes

2007-03-19T17:13:00.000-07:00

http://www.myheritage.com

this one was done with one picture

My new reads

2007-03-19T14:51:00.000-07:00

My new reads lately thanks to my husband are Paranormal romance books lately. I have already read Michele Bardsley's "I'm the Vampire, That's why", she is wonderful had me laughing through the whole book I could not put it down although I had too because I was at work. I picked up four more paranormal romance novels today. Three of them are in a set by Katie MacAlister and looks promising I think I will always be biased to Michele and her vampires in the Consortium though. The other is called "Succubus Blues" which is by Richelle Read I decided to read it first to keep into my vampire craving right now. I am a vampire freak love them... all the mystery and magic and etc. what can I say it is just neat ya know. But dragons and the like are also my style before these I was into R.A. Salvatore and the Icewindale Trilogy and the books that followed it . I am still collecting and reading his books. He is a great author although the Star Wars book he wrote I wasn't happy when he killed off Chewy but anyway. I will let you know what I think about these books as I finish reading them I am off of work for the next 3 days.

Aluve' My friends
Zollyanna

Pirates of the Caribbean

2007-03-16T19:31:00.000-07:00

Ok everyone anyone that knows me knows that I love the Pirates movies and I am following Disney's set up of the game well they have put out a special little snippet that as soon as it goes live on the web you will be able to see the Trailer for the movie Right here on my site http://kiria-silverbow.com/serendipity so keep. Sunday 3/18 is when it is suppose to go live So keep watching for this sweet little trailer.

Aluve' my friends

Zollyanna

see http://kiria-silverbow.com/serendipity

to get your pirate player it is a bit big for this site. you can go see the trailer see it turn into the trailer on 3/18

Happy Valentines Day

2007-02-14T19:17:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentines Day today!
Aluve'
Zollyanna

On Valentines Day

2007-02-09T18:48:00.000-08:00

What do you think of when you hear the words Valentine's Day? I think of Roses, Candy, Diamonds, Candlelit dinners for two, etc, etc.... the list could go on and on. But what does it really mean to women it means a chance to see how much her partner really loves her. To a man it is a chance to freak out over the right gift for a woman or his partner in this day and age. For old times sake lets just say our couple is a man and a woman like my husband and I we don't usually freak out over our gifts well sometimes I do stress over his a bit. But it is not the major things that he has gotten me that have stuck with me it is the little things that he has done. The small insignificant things that I remember more than the diamonds or pearls that he may lavish over the years oh don't get me wrong ladies I do love the diamonds and pearls etc. etc. "Keep them coming hun" I have already gotten one of my Valentines presents my "I love my geek t-shirt" cause he knows I love my geek. But I digress, as I was saying it is the little things that they will remember the small things like dinner that you made and added the candles yourself maybe in their favorite color and their favorite dinner. Rose petals littering the floor to the bathroom that is filled with candles and a nice warm bubble bath in her favorite scent. Send the kids off to a friends or the grandparents house for the night or even a couple of hours for just a couple of hours alone and if you have a real patient spouse do a hide and seek for their present a kind of treasure hunt, with clues to find their present and if your really good each present. the champagne glasses or each glass and then the bottle and then etc. etc. you figure it out. But as I said it is the little things they will remember not the big things maybe just a saying or how you did something that they will remember not how wonderful your present was. Maybe just the thought you put into the present So think of something small this year not something that is going to knock them off their feet but something they will remember for years to come.

Happy Valentines day
Aluve' my friends
Zollyanna

Your first Snippet of my writing

2007-01-27T19:55:00.000-08:00

What happens when good falls in love with evil? Does the evil try to be a little good or does the good turn out to be a little evil? There in lies our story, so lets start with with the good side. Our angel was taking a break from Heaven walking down the street in a little country town on earth she had chosen. She chose this little country town because it was not so large as some towns that she had been in lately. She had finished the cases that she was on and was on vacation. She had rented a small apartment on the north side of town and had it furnished modestly. She also had her favorite angelic cat with her for company. She loved all cats but this one was a dear to have around on earth. Although she did have to remind him to keep his wings in while on earth, yes angel cats do have wings too. She was out on this modestly warm autumn day, looking for a new toy for her angelic companion. Looking at the trees and smelling the wind as angels often do when she bumped into a handsome young man carrying his groceries in on hand and looking at his phone in the other. "Oh I am so sorry! I should have been more careful where I was going" she said as she helped him pick up his groceries smiling very sweetly at him. He was quite miffed but when he caught a glimpse of her sparkling blue eyes and the sparkle in them the quip he had ready for her quickly faded and it changed from "Stupid women never watch where they are going" to "That is ok I am sure those beautiful blue eyes were a bit blinded by the sun." She smiled and giggled and said " Why thank you. I am truly sorry maybe we shall meet again one day. next time without you dropping your groceries." She handed him her card and went on to finish looking for her kitty's toy. He looked down at the name on the card grinning evilly, "Yes my dear I am sure we will meet again, and next time we meet it will be more on my terms" he said as he stuck the card in his pocket flames lept in his eyes...

This is just the first little snippet of a book I am working on or maybe short story let me know what you think
Zollyanna

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2007-01-27T13:42:00.000-08:00

Comming soon will be the start of a Reading list that I will hope to be able to bring to you in hopes to enrich the site some. In addition to this it will be linked with where you can buy the book at a good price online or I will let you know a good store where I bought the book.. So look here soon to get the scoop on some good books.I will also be trying my hand at some writing so you will be the ones to get it first hand here, and be able to let me know what you think.

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Zollyanna

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