Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and this week we are asked to pick ten books that we would read in one day. I interpret this as books that are so engaging that I can’t stop reading! If only I still had time to read a book in a day…I […]
Some of you may already know that I loved Cinder by Marissa Meyer, and gave it a gushing review. Yesterday, a very nice publicist from Macmillan Audio contacted me and asked if I would also promote the audiobook version. And of course I said yes! The sample below is from Chapter One and will give […]
In lieu of recommending a new book this week, and in the spirit of the holiday season, I would like to introduce you to Worldbuilders, and by extension introduce you to Patrick Rothfuss. Patrick Rothfuss is the author of a couple of hefty fantasy novels which you may or may not have heard of: The […]
“The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do.” I read A Monster Calls and Brian Selznick’s Wonderstruck back-to-back, and they seemed eerily similar in more ways than one. My original plan was to review them together, but after writing my review for Wonderstruck, I realized that although A Monster Calls is also a […]
A long time ago, maybe in the early 90’s, I received a catalog in the mail from this guy named Mark V. Ziesing. I can’t remember now how I got on his mailing list, but it was a good thing I did, because I proceeded to buy books from him, slowly at first, and then […]
Back when I first started collecting books, these two guys were some of my favorite writers in the fields of horror and science fiction. Their books were often published in collectible editions by small presses such as Dark Harvest, and in beautiful editions from British publishers like Kinnell and Headline. This month they both have new […]
…I love to read, I love to write, I love “Buffy” and “Bones,” science fiction, fantasy, and horror. I’ve been a book collector for about 25 years. There’s lots of other stuff I love, like my family, of course, and my dogs. I’m not going to promise never to talk about them, but my main […]