TammyJo Eckhart PhD

TammyJo Eckhart, Ph.D. is the published author of eight fiction works, one novel, and several scholarly articles. Her fields of study include ancient history, gender studies, folklore, and alternative sexuality. Her fiction ranges from contemporary erotica to innovative horror and science fiction, to solid historical tales and bewitching fantasy.
Dr. Eckhart has been a respected book reviewer for over a decade with a current monthly load of 4–8 books at any time. She is also the founder of The Chocolate Cult, which has done almost a hundred featured reviews of chocolate-related products from around the globe for an ever-growing readership.

Dr. Eckhart is also an excellent RPG Storyteller who runs games in her home and on the science fiction convention circuit. She can be found on a variety of social networking sites all linked from her webpage.

Book Reviews by TammyJo Eckhart PhD

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“Kristen Painter’s new trilogy, House of Comarré, looks like another vampire romance. Don’t let the beautifully crafted cover fool you. This is not just a typical romance. . . .

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“Before you pop another truffle into your mouth. Before you buy another bag of baking chips.

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This is the second volume of John Pelan’s The Century’s Best Horror Fiction covering the years 1951 to 2000.

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“reading to get the chills is a perfectly acceptable use of this anthology . . .”

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Author and editor, Erica Jong, presents us with 29 essays, poems, short stories, and cartoons exploring a wide range of sexuality and sex issues in Sugar in My Bowl: Real Women Write about Real

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Vampires have been the subject of popular literature for well over a century now, but werewolves have continued to wallow in the shadows.

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Trades of the Flesh takes place just over three decades after Faye L. Booth’s debut novel, Cover the Mirrors.

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Think of fiction as falling into two broad categories and leave aside all of the subgenres that you’ll find a book under in bookstores or libraries.

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Where does folklore cross into history or religion? How do you study another culture’s stories, even their beliefs, without sounding like you are belittling them or attacking them?

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Popular psychology books seem to always sell big. In many large bookstores they have their own section labeled self-help or psychology.

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If Vicki León’s name isn’t familiar perhaps some of her books are: the very popular Uppity Women and Outrageous Women series as well as books about animals and aspects of history for both children

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If you are a reader of Maxim, then Gillian Telling’s name may be familiar since she is their sex columnist.

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Vampires are hot. Looking at recent incarnations of them in movies or on television might lead a reader to think this was a new craze. Not true.

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What is terrifying? What makes you feel the hairs on the back of your neck stand up? What makes you repeatedly look over your shoulder?