Tough Traveling is a weekly feature, created and hosted by Nathan at the Fantasy Review Barn, in which participants come up with a list of books that follow the fantasy tropes that can be found in Diana Wynne Jones’ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland. Each week, Nathan picks a new subject. This week’s topic was a little […]
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Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and is a fun way to share upcoming books that we’re excited about with other bloggers and readers. I just saw this cover reveal, and I couldn’t be more excited! I expect this will be on a lot of WoW posts today: City of Blades (City […]
It’s that time of year, time to make all sorts of “best of” lists! I love making lists anyway, but when I get to look back over a year’s worth of reading and rave about the books that really stood out for me, that’s got to be my favorite sort of list-making. This week I’m […]
Since I had so many giveaways last month, I thought I’d post a list of the winners! Thank you to everyone who entered. All entries were randomly selected, by either Rafflecopter or Random.org. Winner of an ARC of Endsinger by Jay Kristoff: Wayne C. Winner of a hardcover copy of The Boy Who Drew Monsters […]
This post is part of the Sci-Fi November event, which celebrates all things sci-fi, hosted by Rinn Reads and Oh, The Books! I’m thrilled to have Robert Jackson Bennett here today to answer some questions. You may know him as the author of American Elsewhere and the recent City of Stairs. I recently reviewed City […]
Thanks to the lovely ladies at Rinn Reads & Oh, the Books!, it’s time for Sci-Fi November! I’m really excited to be participating this year, and you can click on their links, or the banner above, to visit their homepages and check out ALL the many Sci-Fi themed posts from all the bloggers who are […]
Is anyone else surprised that it’s already November? This year is flying by, and with only two more months to fit in books for 2014, I’m going to be reading faster than ever! October was a very dismal reading month for me, not because I didn’t enjoy the books I read, but because I read […]
Hey, this is my first time participating in Tough Traveling, a weekly event created and hosted by Nathan from the Fantasy Review Barn! I’m finally joining the party this week, because the theme is “Monsters,” and I tend to read lots of books with monsters in them. Nathan’s idea for Tough Traveling is to follow […]
Welcome to the Books, Bones & Buffy Book Review Giveaway, where I try to force convince you to read the books I reviewed the previous month! So, I didn’t write that many reviews, only six, but one randomly selected winner will get to choose one of them. This giveaway is international, provided the Book Depository […]
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett Genre: Adult Fantasy Publisher: Broadway Books Release date: September 9 2014 Source: Finished paperback courtesy of Blogging for Books Pages: 464 The nitty-gritty: This book has it all: strong but flawed characters, murder, danger, fighting, humor, and a world that will knock your socks off. Spiral staircases […]