Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and is a fun way to check out the upcoming books we’re excited for! Click on over to Breaking the Spine to link up your own WOW post, or check out other bloggers’ picks. My pick this week is a vampire story that sounds extremely creepy: […]
Alienated (Alienated #1) by Melissa Landers Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction Publisher: Disney Hyperion Release date: February 4 2014 Source: e-ARC via NetGalley Pages: 352 The nitty-gritty: A funny and sometimes charming story that shines a light on some important issues, but ultimately felt more like a middle grade book to me. From the moment […]
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, and is a fun way to share your book haul for the week. I got some books from Amazon delivered this week, and there’s another batch on the way, which I’ll share next time. I also have a few new NetGalley titles, all of them Waiting on […]
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 […]
It’s time for another poll, folks! A few weeks ago I wanted to know who was stopping by to read this blog. The results surprised me a bit. I thought most of my audience would be other bloggers, but in fact, book lovers (non-bloggers) ranked higher! Here are the results of that poll: (Unfortunately, I […]
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: […]