Title: The Hero of Ages Author: Brandon Sanderson Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor (US)/Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: October 2008 (US)/February 2010 (UK) Paperback: 784 pages Stand alone or series: Book 3, final volume of the Mistborn trilogy How did we…
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Guest Author and Giveaway: Lori Brighton on Inspirations and Influences
“Inspiration and Influences” is a new series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspiration and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go…
Title: Blood Promise Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Razorbill (Penguin) Publication Date: August 2009 Hardcover: 512 pages Stand alone or series: Book 4 in the ongoing Vampire Academy series How did I get this book:…
Title: Unclean Spirits Author: M.L.N. Hanover Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Pocket Books (Simon & Schuster) Publication Date: December 2008 Paperback: 357 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in The Black Sun’s Daughter series How did I get this…
Title: The Dragon Book Author: Edited by Jack dann and Gardner Dozois with stories by Garth Nix, Tad Williams, Jonathan Stroud, Tamora Pierce, Diana Wynne Jones, Sean Williams, Greg Maguire, Kage Baker, Peter S. Beagle, Bruce Coville, Andy Duncan,…
Title: Elegy Beach Author: Steven R. Boyett Genre: Fanatsy, Post-Apocalypse, Urban Fantasy Publisher: Ace Publication Date: November 2009 Hardcover: 384 Pages Stand alone or series: Sequel to Ariel (1983) How did I get this book: Review Copy from Publisher…
Today, for our last guest of the season, we have the incomparable Katie(babs) of Babbling About Books, And More!. Katie has decided to write a little bit about some of the scariest places to visit, in Travel Channel fashion!…
Last year, we covered Vampires, Shapeshifters, Ghosts and Slashers…and we ran out of time before we could get to an important list – I’m talking about International Horror Films. American cinema is all fine and dandy, but European, Asian,…
7 Rated Books Book Reviews Halloween Week
Halloween Week Anthology Review: Malpractice: An Anthology of Bedside Terror
Title: Malpractice: An Anthology of Bedside Terror Author: Anthology, edited by Nathaniel Lambert Genre: Horror, Anthology, Short Fiction, Flash Fiction Publisher: Necrotic Tissue Publication Date: March 2009 Paperback: 240 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone anthology How did…
8 Rated Books Book Reviews Halloween Week
Halloween Book Review: Dying to Live: Life Sentence by Kim Paffenroth
Title: Dying to Live: Life Sentence Author: Kim Paffenroth Genre: Horror, Zombies, Post-Apocalyptic Ficiton Publisher: Permuted Press Publication Date: October 2008 Paperback: 232 pages Stand alone or series: Sequel to Dying to Live, but can be read as a…
4 Rated Books Book Reviews Halloween Week
Halloween Week Book Review: Never Slow Dance with a Zombie
Title: Never Slow Dance With A Zombie Author: E. Van Lowe Genre: YA (Horror) Publisher: Tor Teen Publishing Date: August 2009 Paperback: 256 pages Stand alone or series: Stand Alone Why did I read the Book: It is a…
Disclaimer: Halloween is totally a Thea thing when she hijacks the blog and makes me watch and read all sorts of stuff that are way outside my comfort zone (I am SO NOT a horror/Halloween fan). Last year, it…
Welcome to another Guest Dare – the October edition. For those new to the feature, our Guest Dare is a monthly endeavor in which we invite an unsuspecting victim to read a book totally outside of their comfort zone.…
Title: Heart’s Blood Author: Juliet Marillier Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Roc (US) / Tor (UK) Publication Date: November 2009 (US) / October 2009 (UK) Hardcover: 416 pages (US) / 560 pages (UK) How did I get this book: Review Copy…
Title: Firethorn Author: Sarah Micklem Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult (US Hardcover) / Spectra (US Mass Market) / Voyager (UK) Publication Date: June 2004 (US Hardcover) / April 2009 (US Mass Market) / March 2006 (UK) Mass…
This Saturday, and every Saturday for the duration of the TV season, we bring you On The Boob Tube with The Book Smugglers: In which we talk about all those water cooler moments of the past week’s episodes, raving…
5 Rated Books 7 Rated Books Book Reviews Joint Review
Joint Review: Worldweavers – Gift of the Unmage by Alma Alexander
Title Gift of the Unmage – Worldweavers Book 1 Author: Alma Alexander Genre: YA (Fantasy) Publisher: Harper Teen Publishing Date: March 2007 Hardcover: 400 Pages How did we get this book: Ana bought her copy. Thea received a review…
Title: Prospero Lost Author: L. Jagi Lamplighter Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: August 2009 Hardcover: 352 pages Why did we read this book: We had seen glowing reviews for Ms. Lamplighter’s debut effort all over the blogosphere…
For the past few months, we have been including an “On our Radar” section in our weekly stash for books that have caught our eye; books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular…
Title: Pastworld Author: Ian Beck Genre: YA (Fantasy/Dystopian) Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books/ Bloomsbury PLC Publishing Date: Sep 29 (US) / Oct 5 (UK) Hardcover: 368 pages Stand alone or series: At the moment, stand alone but the author…
Title: The Ask and the Answer Author: Patrick Ness Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Walker Books (UK) / Candlewick Press (US) Publication Date: May 2009 (UK) / September 2009 (US) Hardcover: 528 pages (US) Stand alone or…
For the past few months, we have been including in our weekly stash an “On our Radar” section for books that have caught our eye and attention; books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from…
Title: Ark Author: Stephen Baxter Genre: Science Fiction, Post-Apocalypse Publisher: Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: August 2009 Trade Paperback: 416 pages Stand alone or series: Book 2 in a duology, following Flood. Why did I read this book: Despite a…
Title: Fire Author: Kristin Cashore Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Dial (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: October 2009 (US) / September 2009 (UK) Hardcover: 480 pages Stand alone or series: Fire is the prequel/companion novel to Graceling, but…
Title: Ariel Author: Steven R. Boyett Genre: Speculative Fiction (Sci-Fi/Fantasy), Post-Apocalyptic Publisher: Ace Publication Date: January 1983 (original) / August 2009 (re-release) Paperback: 448 pages Stand alone or series: When Ariel was first published in 1983, it was intended…