I’m so excited to be participating in a double cover reveal for two upcoming Angry Robot titles! Angry Robot continues to be one of my favorite publishers, and if you love science fiction and fantasy, you should definitely check them out, if you haven’t already. Both books being revealed today just happen to be Book […]
I recently had the opportunity to read and review Wesley Chu’s amazingly inventive and hysterically funny debut, The Lives of Tao, published on April 30th by Angry Robot (you can read my review here). I was very happy when Wesley agreed to answer a few questions about his book and give us a peek into […]
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, and is a great way to share your book haul with other bloggers! I’m being pretty good about staying away from NetGalley and Edelweiss, and I’ve only slipped up a couple of times (!!). I really am trying to be good and catch up. It’s been a […]
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! It’s hosted, as always, by The Broke and the Bookish. I love this week’s theme, because I always look forward to sharing books I’m excited to read. I’m going literal here, and only including books that will be released in June, July and August of this year. A couple of […]
Welcome to Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! I’m sad to say I’m one of those bloggers who lives on the West Coast, and so it’s very hard to even think about attending BEA. I did get to attend BEA once, back in 2008 when it came to Los Angeles for some reason. I […]
Another Wednesday, another book on my TBR pile! Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and is a fun way to highlight and share the books you’re excitedly “waiting” on. I’ve been so impressed lately with the quality of books that Angry Robot and Strange Chemistry (their YA imprint) are publishing. Recently I’ve […]
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 […]
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. […]
Welcome to Stacking the Shelves! Brought to you by Tynga’s Reviews, it’s a fun way to share the books you’ve acquired over the past week with other readers and bloggers. This week I received (click on book covers to go to Goodreads): For Review from NetGalley: The Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig. Release date: May […]
Black Feathers (The Black Dawn Volume One) by Joseph D’Lacey Genre: Adult Fantasy/Horror Publisher: Angry Robot Release date: March 26 2013 Source: ARC from publisher Pages: 427 In a word: a dangerous and violent quest, a world on the brink of collapse, and a boy and girl who might be able to save it. I […]