When I finished The Blue Blazes, I realized my rating system wasn’t going to cut it this time. Why? Because The Blue Blazes is beyond a five-star review. It surpassed my established system, and now I have to come up with a different way to rate it. Instead of doing the obvious—giving it six stars—because […]
Reboot by Amy Tintera Genre: YA Science Fiction Publisher: HarperTeen Release date: May 7 2013 Source: e-ARC from Publisher Pages: 352 In a word: A fascinating spin on “rising from the dead,” suspenseful, characters you will love and pitch perfect dialog. I always like to see how writers handle characters that show little or no […]
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, and is a fun way to share your book haul with other bloggers! Luckily, I had a very light week in new books. I’m incredibly far behind as it is, and I’ve been pretty good about cutting way back on NetGalley and Edelweiss requests! Here’s what’s on […]
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and is a great way to share upcoming releases that you’re excited about with other bloggers and readers. I have a really good one today, a book I’ve been dying to read since I finished the last page of Stormdancer: Kinslayer (The Lotus War #2) by […]
The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu Genre: Adult Science Fiction Publisher: Angry Robot Release date: April 30 2013 Source: ARC from publisher Pages: 375 In a word: an ingenious concept, flawed but likable characters, exciting action sequences, with an emotional payoff at the end. This whole alien-in-his-body was starting to sound better and better. […]
I’m thrilled to welcome Douglas F. Warrick to the blog today, author of Plow the Bones, which I recently reviewed here. This amazing collection of stories is the first book in the Apex Voices series, which highlights up-and-coming writers of genre fiction. Books, Bones & Buffy: First off, welcome to Books, Bones & Buffy! I […]
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and is a great way to share your book haul with other bloggers and readers! I had originally intended to also link up to In My Mailbox over at The Mod Podge Bookshelf as well, but I can’t figure out whether it’s happening or not. Does anyone […]
It’s not a secret that book bloggers are also book hoarders. We blithely add books to our TBR piles on a daily basis, often without consulting the Big Picture, which is this: How many promises have we already made to authors and publishers, and will we even be able to get to those new books […]
I’m very happy to be participating in the release event for Laura Howard’s new book. I will be on one of her blog tours next month, and I’m excited to read this book because I keep hearing great things about it. Keep reading, because not only can you read an excerpt, but I have an […]
Plow the Bones by Douglas F. Warrick Genre: Adult Speculative/Horror Short Stories Publisher: Apex Book Company Release date: May 3 2013 Source: e-ARC from publisher Pages: 228 In a word: hallucinatory, disturbing & unsettling stories, carefully crafted with glimmers of humanity. They have crafted sharp teeth for themselves from the tiny crystal bones of their […]