Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and is a fun way to share upcoming books that we’re excited about with other bloggers and readers. I think I’m jumping the gun a bit on this one, but I was so excited to see a cover and title for the sequel to the amazing […]
Welcome to the Spooktacular Giveaway Hop, hosted by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer! Each stop on this hop will have all sorts of book related spooky giveaways, just in time for Halloween. For my giveaway, one international winner will get to select from one of the four books below (provided the Book Depository […]
Welcome to the Books, Bones & Buffy Book Review Giveaway, where I try to force convince you to read the books I reviewed the previous month! So, I didn’t write that many reviews, only six, but one randomly selected winner will get to choose one of them. This giveaway is international, provided the Book Depository […]
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and is a fun way to share upcoming books that we’re excited about with other bloggers and readers. Hop on over to see more WoW picks! This week I’m featuring another new Tor title, and I cannot even express how excited I am to read this […]
So, I’m doing this big thing this week. My daughter’s high school vocal music association has a huge fundraiser next weekend called Burroughs on Broadway, and I’m a co-chair for the event this year. So unfortunately, with a gazillion details that need to be taken care of before next Friday’s show, I won’t have much […]
Welcome to What’s On My Plate, my monthly post where I attempt to organize my review books for the coming month, as I try desperately to read them on time. What usually happens is that I bite off way more than I can chew (although in the next few months I should be able to […]
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and is a fun way to share upcoming books you’re “waiting on” with other bloggers and readers. Oh you guys, I’m so excited about this week’s WoW pick: Last First Snow (Craft Sequence #4) by Max Gladstone. Releases from Tor Books in July 2015. So, those of you […]
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett Genre: Adult Fantasy Publisher: Broadway Books Release date: September 9 2014 Source: Finished paperback courtesy of Blogging for Books Pages: 464 The nitty-gritty: This book has it all: strong but flawed characters, murder, danger, fighting, humor, and a world that will knock your socks off. Spiral staircases […]
Falling Sky by Rajan Khanna Genre: Adult fantasy/steampunk/dystopian Publisher: Pyr Release date: October 7 2014 Source: ARC from publisher Pages: 255 The nitty-gritty: A rollicking adventure tale, in the air and on the ground, an unpredictable main character, and lots of humor to keep things grounded. I stare into a woman’s face. Brilliant blue eyes, […]
Several years before I took the plunge and started this blog, I participated in Elle Magazine’s Elle’s Lettres Reader’s Prize, a book review program whereby Elle solicited interested readers to read and write short reviews of three current books, either fiction or non-fiction. You had to send in an application with a sample book review […]