I’m very excited to be hosting Eliza Crewe, debut author of the young adult fantasy Cracked, which releases tomorrow from Strange Chemistry! I really enjoyed Cracked and you can read my review here. Eliza was kind enough to answer some questions, and she’s even sharing a photo of her pet hen with us! Strange Chemistry […]
Cracked (Soul Eater #1) by Eliza Crewe Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Publisher: Strange Chemistry Release date: November 5 2013 Source: ARC from publisher Pages: 336 In a word: A hysterically funny main character, whose voice is smart and perfectly written, some unexpected relationships, but with a few minor plot holes. Death is my art form—when […]
Since I had three giveaway hops going at once last month, I thought I’d do an announcement post this time (I don’t normally do this). What a wild and crazy month! Thank you to everyone who stopped by and entered, left comments, tweeted and followed me. I hope some of you found something interesting on […]
October flew by, didn’t it? I can’t believe we’re nearing the end of the year already! So I had a rough October in the reading department. I was super busy in other areas of my life, you know, the non-blogging things I do, so I didn’t read as much as I wanted to. I’m hoping […]
It’s time once again for the Dystopian Giveaway Hop, hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer & My Shelf Confessions! It’s almost like carrying on the spooky sensibility of Halloween for another week…So, for my stop on the hop, I have a selection of dystopians, some of them old and some of them […]
National Novel Writing Month, more fondly known as NaNoWriMo, is back! Writers, both professional and amateur, hunker down for thirty days of exhausting, frustrating and exhilarating madness. Having participated twice before, I’m well aware of the folly of attempting NaNoWriMo. You must be willing to throw caution to the wind, write like a fiend every […]
I’m so happy to be helping Month9Books today with their cover reveal for Secret of the Corpse Eater (Undertakers #3) by Ty Drago! This middle grade series looks like so much fun. This is book three in the series, and I have to say, I absolutely love these covers. I won’t leave you hanging any […]
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. I love the cover of this book, which is one reason I picked it: After the End by Amy Plum. Release date: May 6 2014 (Harper Children’s). Don’t you love the cover? And do you see the wolves?? I really want to read a […]
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, where you can join in the fun of coming up with your own Top Ten List every week! This week’s theme is perfect for Halloween: Top Ten Scariest Book Covers. This is a hard theme to narrow down to ten choices, but here’s what […]
Two Serpents Rise (Craft Sequence #2) by Max Gladstone Genre: Adult Urban Fantasy Publisher: Tor Books Release date: October 29 2013 Source: ARC from Publisher (received at Comic Con) Pages: 352 In a word: A strange and dangerous world, filled with magic unlike anything you’ve read before, and beautifully written with extraordinary imagery. The sun […]