Articles by Christina Durner
Chrissy fell in love with books at an early age. It all started with Judi Barrett’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. At the tender age of five she decided that she wanted to be a writer. Later, she graduated to books like A Wrinkle in Time, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and the Goosebumps series, participating avidly in her school’s Book It program. High school brought on new challenges and loves. She began writing for the school’s newspaper and literary magazine. The works of Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, and Shirley Jackson quickly overran her bookshelves. But when Chrissy was introduced to the world of Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance, a grand love affair was set in motion. She is an avid reader of romance, urban fantasy, horror, erotica, and cozy mysteries. After working for the city library for six years and being surrounded by the works of greatly admired authors, she decided to devote her life to writing full time and hasn’t looked back since. When she is not devouring book after book, Chrissy loves to cook, bake, volunteer at the local animal shelter, and feed her addiction for horror movies. She lives in Maryland with her family and beloved pets.
Review: Colters’ Wife
Author:Maya Banks
Title: Colters’ Wife
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Publication Date: April 6, 2010
Genre: Erotica
Series: Colters’ Legacy Book 1.1
Source: Library Rental
Purchase: Amazon
Colters’ Wife is an extended epilogue that picks up just a few months from where Colters’ Woman left …
Doll Chrissy Reviews Colters’ Woman
Author:Maya Banks
Tittle:Colters’ Woman
Release:April 2010
Series:Colters’ Legacy
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Reviewer:Doll Chrissy
Source:Library Rental
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
Holly Bardwell is running from her past mistakes. Straight into the arms of the Colter brothers.
Adam, Ethan and Ryan aren’t looking for women. …
ARC Review: The Nine Fold Heaven by Mingmei Yip
Author: Mingmei Yip
Title: The Nine Fold Heaven
Release: June 25, 2013
Reviewer: Chrissy
Series: Skeleton Women #2
Source: Publisher
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
In this mesmerizing new novel, Mingmei Yip draws readers deeper into the exotic world of 1930s Shanghai …
Review: The Officer and the Secret by Jeanette Murray
Author: Jeanette Murray
Title: The Officer and the Secret
Release: July 2, 2013
Reviewer: Chrissy
Series: Semper Fi #3
Source: Publisher
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
After a rougher than expected deployment, Captain Dwayne Robertson craves the sense of normalcy that his …
Review: A Wedding in Springtime by Amanda Forester
Author: Amanda Forester
Title: A Wedding in Springtime
Release: May 7, 2013
Reviewer: Chrissy
Series: The Marriage Mart #1
Source: Publisher
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
Five minutes into Miss Eugenia Talbot’s presentation at court, notorious rogue Mr. William Grant made her …
Review: Heart of Iron by Bec McMaster
Author: Bec McMaster
Title: Heart of Iron
Release: May 7, 2013
Reviewer: Chrissy
Series: London Steampunk #2
Source: Publisher
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
In Victorian London, if you’re not a blue blood of the Echelon then you’re nothing at all. The …
The Apple by Michel Faber
Author: Michel Faber
Title: The Apple
Release: September 2006
Reviewer: Chrissy
Source: Library
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
“New Crimson Petal Stories”. In this collection, Michael Faber revisits the world of his bestselling novel, “The Crimson Petal & White”, briefly opening …
Review: The Crimson Petal & the White by Michel Faber
Author: Michel Faber
Title: The Crimson Petal & the White
Release: September 2003
Reviewer: Chrissy
Source: Personal library
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Michel Faber leads us back to 1870s London, where Sugar, a nineteen-year-old whore in the brothel of the …
Review: Son by Lois Lowry
Author: Lois Lowry
Title: Son
Release: October 2012
Reviewer: Chrissy
Series: The Giver #4
Source: Personal library
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a …
Review: Messenger by Lois Lowry
Author: Lois Lowry
Title: Messenger
Release: August 2006
Reviewer: Chrissy
Series: The Giver #3
Source: Personal library
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
Lois Lowry’s Messenger continues the quartet beginning with the quintessential dystopian novel, The Giver, and Gathering Blue, followed by Son.
For …
Review: Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Author: Lois Lowry
Title: Gathering Blue
Release: May 2000
Reviewer: Chrissy
Series: The Giver #2
Source: Personal library
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
In her strongest work to date, Lois Lowry once again creates a mysterious but plausible future world. It is …
Review: Darkness rising by Keri Arthur
Author: Keri Arthur
Title: Darkness Rising
Release: October 2011
Reviewer: Chrissy
Series: Dark Angels #2
Source: Personal library
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Risa will go to any lengths to avenge her mother’s murder—even if it means making a pact with the …
Doll Chrissy discusses her secondary character favs
Secondary characters, we know them, we love them. But very seldom do they receive the true recognition that they deserve. That’s why when Doll Noa approached us with the idea of compiling a list of …
Review: Fire and Ice by Erin Hunter
Author: Erin Hunter
Title: Fire and Ice
Release: June 2004
Reviewer: Chrissy
Series: Warriors #2
Source: Personal library
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
Fireheart could hear a roaring around him, like wind in tall trees. The acrid stench of the Thunderpath stung …
Over 18′s only review: Naughty or Nice by Alison Tyler
Author: Alison Tyler (Editor)
Title: Naughty or Nice
Release: October 2007
Reviewer: Chrissy
Source: Personal library
Purchase: Amazon
A blazing-hot feast of holiday erotica sure to jingle sleigh bells and curl mistletoe.
Replete with visions of sugar plums, big juicy candy canes, …
Over 18′s only Review: The Merry XXXmas Book of Erotica by Alison Tyler
Author: Alison Tyler (Editor)
Title: The Merry XXXmas Book of Erotica
Release: October 2005
Reviewer: Chrissy
Source: Personal library
Purchase: Amazon
In The Merry XXXmas Book of Erotica Alison Tyler brings together 24 playful, pansexual stories to jingle your sleigh bells …
Chrissy on books she’s most looking forward to in 2013
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
There are secrets in the town of Bon Temps, ones that threaten those closest to Sookie—and could destroy her heart…
Sookie Stackhouse finds it easy to turn down the request of …
Chrissy’s favorite (and least favorite!) reads of 2012
Merry Christmas y’all! See, for this Doll (Noa) it’s business as usual today so I’m happy to post and share Chrissy’s literary hits and misses for 2012.
On her naughty but very very nice list:
Saving Sunni …
Chrissy’s favorite books
Chrissy’s choices just go to show – there’s no such thing as one favorite genre. When you’re a booklover anything goes. You’re sure to find a gift on this list!
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine …
Review: Into the Wild by Erin Hunter
Author: Erin Hunter
Title: Into the Wild
Release: January 2004
Reviewer: Chrissy
Source: Library
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by their warrior ancestors. But …
