Posted in TBR on September 29, 2007 | No Comments »
All complete impulse buys - except maybe one.
Barbara Michaels’ “Smoke and Mirrors” (mystery) - Guess which one wasn’t the impulse buy. Well, I could say that I didn’t go into the bookstore with the express intention of getting a Michaels book… but hey, I wanted one. This is a 1989 book, and set in Washington DC. I [...]
Posted in Reviews, Richelle Mead on September 28, 2007 | 8 Comments »
What with every other book being a vampire/werewolf/demon book, I admit I’m a bit “paranormal-ed” out. I used to be more adventurous and willing to try new authors, but after reading a number of so-so paranormal books, right now, I tend to stick to the authors I’m familiar with.
So when Richelle Mead’s “Succubus Blues” came out [...]
Posted in Coming soon on September 26, 2007 | No Comments »
I was just browsing through new releases - a couple that caught my attention:
Eoin Colfer’s “Artemis Fowl” is being released as a graphic novel. Keishon posted the other day about this trend. I like this YA fantasy series - there’s humour, action, great characters, and a unique take on the whole fey/fairy trend. The following [...]
Posted in Thoughts on September 23, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I finished reading “Driven” by Eve Kenin the other day. I think I got my expectations wrong with this one. It’s very much a romance set in a post-apocalyptic world, as opposed to a SF book with a romance. Does that make sense?
I don’t think I’ve ever read a SF/F romance that I’ve whole-heartedly loved. Sure, I’ve [...]
Posted in Nalini Singh, Patricia Briggs, Web news on September 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I didn’t think I would be interested in this, but after reading Nalini Singh’s “Caressed by Ice”, I just want another Psy/Changeling story - so I’ll be getting the “An Enchanted Season” anthology (out in October). An excerpt from Nate and Tamsyn’s story is up on her website.
Patricia Briggs has posted a update on her [...]
Posted in Barbara Michaels, TBR on September 16, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Here’s what I picked up today:
“The Mirror Prince” by Violette Malan (fantasy). The power of cover quotes! I wouldn’t have given this book a second glance, if the front cover hadn’t had a quote by Charlaine Harris. So I picked it up, glanced at the back - and hey, a Tanya Huff quote (”… given [...]
Posted in Eloisa James, Lois McMaster Bujold, Suzanne Brockmann, Web news on September 14, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Eloisa James has posted the first half of the preface to her next book “An Affair Before Christmas” (second book in the Desperate Duchesses series - coming out November 2007). What I like about Ms James’ books is that they usually take unexpected twists - she manages to turn a traditional romance into something slightly different. [...]
Posted in Nalini Singh on September 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I entered because I was intrigued by the quiz - and really didn’t expect to win, because I don’t win contests… seriously, I don’t.
But you know, doing a quiz to figure out which of Nalini Singh’s Psy/Changeling heroes are for you - that was fun and interesting. And as a way of reminding peeps that “Caressed [...]
Posted in Charlaine Harris, Coming soon, Emma Holly, Jim Butcher, Kelley Armstrong, Lilith Saintcrow, Nalini Singh, Naomi Novik, Rachel Caine, Tanya Huff on September 9, 2007 | 3 Comments »
A bit late with this one, but anyway, here are the books coming out this month that I’m planning on getting / have bought. Not that many this month, really.
“Caressed by Ice” by Nalini Singh (Paranormal romance) - Despite the rather awful cover, I’ve been looking forward to this one. It’s the third in her Psy-Changeling [...]
Posted in Julia Quinn, Reviews, Sarah Monette on September 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
“The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever” by Julia Quinn (historical romance): I’m a bit late with this one - it came out ages ago but I somehow never managed to pick it up. Anyway, it’s Ms Quinn’s first standalone historical for ages - i.e. not Bridgerton-related! Miranda Cheever has been hopelessly in love with her best [...]
