Posted in Elizabeth Peters on March 30, 2007 | 4 Comments »
17 books read during March, which was completely dominated by my Elizabeth Peters’ Amelia Peabody glom!
I read ten Amelia Peabody books during this month - here are my thoughts on the series as a whole.
WARNING: Minor spoilers in the next couple of paragraphs, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know *anything* that happens as the series progresses…
The series started [...]
Posted in Web news on March 29, 2007 | No Comments »
On the heels of the RITA finalists announcement, the Hugo nominations (roughly the RITAs equivalent in the SF/F world) have just been released:
Naomi Novik’s “Temeraire / His Majesty’s Dragon” (depending if you live in the UK or the US) has been nominated for Best Novel. She’s also been nominated for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
Another familiar name [...]
Posted in Thoughts on March 26, 2007 | No Comments »
The list of 2007 RITA finalists has been published - here’s my take on it:
1) I’ve read very few of those books nominated - my comments on finalists I’ve read (or recognise) in the categories that interest me:
Best First Book
I’ve only heard of two of these books previously: Eyes of Crow (Jeri Lynn Smith-Ready) and The Husband [...]
Posted in Coming soon on March 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m on a roll - third post in a day!
It is rather miserable and gloomy out there today, so I figure I may as well spend time on the Internet. Anyway, I’ve been looking at my Amazon wishlist (which I actually use to track upcoming releases that I want), and here are my April books.
Visions of Heat [...]
Posted in Blog, Naomi Novik, Web news on March 24, 2007 | No Comments »
While I was looking for Naomi Novik’s covers for my last post, I also came across the cover for her next Temeraire book, Empire of Ivory, due out 25 September 2007 according to Amazon. I reckon the publisher (Del Rey) is favouring strong colours for this series - the first book was red, the second green, [...]
Posted in Thoughts on March 24, 2007 | No Comments »
Well, it’s not breaking news, but it looks like Borders will be pulling out of the UK. When I first heard this, I wasn’t as upset as I would have been five years back, because I’m now a convert to the joys of Amazon (despite their habit of emailing me ever so often to tell me that [...]
Posted in Lois McMaster Bujold, Thoughts on March 23, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve just updated my TBR Pile and Books Read During March lists on this blog, and realised that my March reading may have been affected by my Amelia Peabody glom. You know how sometimes, a book you would normally enjoy just doesn’t work, because you subconsciously (or otherwise) want to read something else? I’m pretty sure someone [...]
Posted in Anne Bishop, Jacqueline Carey, Laurell K Hamilton, Web news on March 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Anyone for an Anita Blake prequel? There are July plans for a comic, which will be set about a year before “Guilty Pleasures” (via SFBC). According to Ms Hamilton’s blog:
In the comic you will get to see the first time Anita and Jean-Claude meet. Anita’s first time inside Guilty pleasures, her first serial killer case, and a very early [...]
Posted in Elizabeth Peters, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller on March 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m very very sleepy. Two reasons: Firstly, I just started my new job today, which is not something I’ve mentioned here before (I didn’t want to jinx anything!). And for some reason, first days are always exhausting - I’m not sure why! It went pretty well, though, and I’m excited about my new role.
The second [...]
Posted in TBR on March 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Anne Bishop’s “Belladonna” finally arrived from Amazon - together with more of my Amelia Peabody books, so I’m a very happy bunny at the moment. ”Belladonna” was on my must-buy March releases list - as for the rest of the list…
I picked up Lisa Kleypas‘ “Sugar Daddy” the other day - my copy has the UK cover, which I prefer to [...]
