Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and is a fun way to share upcoming books you’re excited about with other readers and bloggers. In celebration of San Diego Comic Con, which begins TONIGHT, I’ve picked a book that I hope to get this week, and even better, author Courtney Alameda will be […]
Invisible Beasts by Sharona Muir Genre: Adult speculative fiction Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press Release date: July 15 2014 Source: e-ARC from publisher via Edelweiss Pages: 256 The nitty-gritty: A strange and magical look at some very unusual animals, a narrator with an insatiable curiosity, no plot to speak of, but beautifully written. Imagine, however, some […]
Welcome to Over-Booked, my version of the book haul! I’m linking up with Stacking the Shelves and The Sunday Post. Go visit their blogs for lots more book haul posts. I have a small haul for the past two weeks, luckily. One is a book that I requested from NetGalley a month ago, and I […]
(Note: all quotes in this post are taken from the sites listed below, and are direct quotes. They have not been altered in any way. Quotes are included in this post as information to support this discussion, and do not reflect my personal opinions on this subject.) There have been lots of discussion posts floating […]
I’m so excited to have the extremely talented Max Gladstone visiting Books, Bones & Buffy today. I had originally asked Max to write a post about the role that gods and idols play in his books. But what I got back was something much more interesting, an endorsement, if you will, from a character who’s […]
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and is a fun way to share the upcoming books we’re excited about with other readers and bloggers. This week I’m really looking forward to this: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard. Releases February 2015 by HarperTeen. I love the simplicity of the cover, and I’m dying […]
I wanted to give a little more love to the books I read each month, so I started this monthly giveaway where you can enter to win one of the books I reviewed the previous month. I only reviewed seven books in June, but some of them were amazing. It’s quite a broad selection […]
Full Fathom Five (Craft Sequence #3) by Max Gladstone Genre: Adult Urban Fantasy Publisher: Tor Books Release date: July 15 2014 Source: ARC from publisher Pages: 368 The nitty-gritty: A world that shimmers with magic, female characters that do wonderful and impossible things, and a layered story that will keep you riveted. They fell through […]
I’m thrilled to welcome Jason Sizemore to the blog again! In case you don’t know, Jason is the editor for all things Apex, including Apex Publications and Apex Magazine. I interviewed him last year about his roles at Apex, and this time around we’re getting a peek into what Jason loves to read. I recently […]
Irredeemable by Jason Sizemore Genre: Adult horror/science fiction/mixed genre short stories Publisher: Seventh Star Press Release date: Available now Source: Finished paperback from publisher Pages: 231 The nitty-gritty: An odd collection of short stories that are by turns violent, hopeless, humorous and perverted, filled with aliens, androids, ghosts and even humans, all of them trying […]