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Ashes

September 29, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Who watches the Watchers? (a guest post by Ashes author Ilsa J. Bick)

For the last two Saturdays, as part of The Sunnydale Project, I have shared with you some of my favorite Buffy read alikes.  Today, I share with you a guest blog post by an author of another amazing Buffy read alike, Ilsa J. Bick, author of both Ashes and Shadows.  One of the key characteristics of […]

September 3, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: Shadows by Ilsa J. Bick

Shadows is the high octane sequel to Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick. Ashes Review In Ashes, an EMP changed a large portion of the population, turning them into what can best be described as what we call zombies.  The Changed roam and eat the flesh of those that remain unchanged.  At the end of Ashes, […]

May 1, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Top 10 Tuesday: Top 10 Recs of the Week

Every week here at TLT we declare a book our REC OF THE WEEK.  These are our favorites that we recommend you check out ASAP.  And because I like to pretend I am an artist (“I’m not an artist, I just play one on my blog.”), I like to come up with a unique pic […]

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