Tough Traveling is a weekly feature, created and hosted by Nathan at the Fantasy Review Barn, in which participants come up with a list of books that follow the fantasy tropes that can be found in Diana Wynne Jones’ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland. Each week, Nathan picks a new subject. This week’s topic, in honor of […]
Please tell me this year is not HALF OVER already… Well, get ready for a book-heavy second half, because my TBR pile is screaming in protest! Seriously, July is an epic month for speculative fiction, and I’m not sure how I’ll fit all these books into my schedule. And looking ahead to August, it’s just […]
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Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and is a fun way to share upcoming books that you’re excited about with other bloggers and readers. I’m so excited that this cover was finally revealed this week: Owl and the City of Angels (The Adventures of Owl #2) by Kristi Charish. Releases in October […]
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish! So, we’re half-way through the year, can you believe it? It’s time to brush off those dusty memories and decide which books would make our Top Ten of the year—if the year ended today. Obviously, this list will change by the time December […]
Publisher Angry Robot sure has been busy lately! I’m honored to be hosting yet another AR author today, and this time it’s Carrie Patel, and the second book in her Recoletta series, Cities and Thrones, is out next week! I’ve had this series on my radar for quite some time but haven’t had time to read […]
Ink and Bone (The Great Library #1) by Rachel Caine Genre: Young adult fantasy Publisher: New American Library Release date: July 7 2015 Source: ARC from publisher Pages: 352 The nitty-gritty: A thrilling, tension-filled start to a new series that fans of The Hunger Games should not miss. Jess slowed to a job as he […]
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Welcome to Over-Booked, my bi-weekly post where I share my latest book acquisitions. I’m linking up with Stacking the Shelves over at Tynga’s Reviews and The Sunday Post at the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. Lots of new goodies arrived this week, in the form of both purchases and review acquisitions. And I received an exciting book […]
I’m very happy to welcome Craig Cormick to the blog today! Craig’s latest, The Floating City (Book Two of the Shadow Master series) comes out in just a couple of weeks (on July 7), and Craig has kindly penned a guest post today to talk about using historical figures in fantasy. After the post, you […]
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and is a fun way to share upcoming books we’re excited about with other bloggers and readers. I’m always on the lookout for new cover reveals, and I believe this one is pretty recent. I just love the sound of this book, about a girl who […]
Darkhaven by A.F.E. Smith Genre: Fantasy Publisher: HarperVoyager Release date: July 2 2015 (e-book only) Source: eARC from publisher via NetGalley Pages: 400 The nitty-gritty: A beautifully written and perfectly paced debut with unique world-building, wonderfully nuanced characters, and oh yes, I cried at the end. There were very few women in Darkhaven; it was […]