Poison Dance: A Novella (Midnight Thief 0.5) by Livia Blackburne Genre: Young Adult Fantasy/Historical Publisher: Lion’s Quill Press Release date: September 24 2013 Source: eBook from author Pages: 86 The nitty-gritty: A short but powerful introduction to Midnight Thief, with a compelling and very focused story that made me ache for more of this world. […]
I’m happy to be participating in Holly Schindler’s cover reveal today for her upcoming YA horror/thriller novel, Feral, which will be published by HarperCollins on August 26th 2014. You may recognize Holly’s name, as her new middle grade novel The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky was just released. Feral sounds very creepy, which is just […]
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and is a fun way to share the books you’ve received with other bloggers and readers. Despite my efforts to stay away from NetGalley/Edelweiss, I seem to have a fair amount of new review books this week, but I’m so excited about each and every one of […]
Hang Wire by Adam Christopher Genre: Adult Urban Fantasy Publisher: Angry Robot Release date: January 29 2014 Source: ARC from publisher Pages: 384 The nitty-gritty: A three-ring circus of craziness and complex world-building with a mystery that reveals itself gradually. Highwire belongs to the circus, is part of it. That Highwire knows nothing of his […]
I’m thrilled to have Marc Pastor visiting the blog today. He is the author of the prize-winning Barcelona Shadows, which won the Crims de Tinta award in Spain in 2008, and has since been translated from the Catalan into several languages, including English, thanks to small publisher Pushkin Press. Barcelona Shadows was dark and edgy […]
Last month I posted eight reviews here on the blog, and so this month I’m giving you a chance to win one of those books. I had an awesome month, I think, with three five-star and two four-and-a-half star reviews. So in my opinion you have lots of great choices! My favorites of the month: […]
One of the cool things about being a book blogger is the opportunity to connect with the very people who supply those books to us voracious readers—the authors! I’ve been fortunate enough to interview many awesome writers-of-books, and today I have another one. Please welcome Rachel Neumeier to the blog! Rachel is a seasoned writer […]
Happy February, everyone! Already the year feels as if it’s zooming by. I didn’t get to all the books I wanted to last month, which bums me out a bit. I’m trying to stay on schedule with my review pile as much as I can, but it looks like I’ll have some catch-up to do […]
Welcome to my stop on the Share the Love Giveaway Hop, hosted by Herding Cats & Burning Soup! I love the idea of this hop: instead of promoting yourself, the idea is to promote some of your favorite authors or bloggers instead. Great idea, right? I’ve chosen to feature some of my favorite authors, ones […]
You know me as an avid reader and blogger, but below the surface, well, let’s just say there’s more than meets the eye. I’ve seen these personal top ten posts floating around, and after reading Kimba at the Caffeinated Book Review’s post, I knew I had to post one of my own. Thanks for the […]