Posted in Anne Bishop, Diana Gabaldon, Web news on February 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Diana Gabaldon posted the news that she put up a sample script and page from her graphic novel on her website. I think it’s rather cool to have a behind-the-scenes peek at the novel and the process of putting it together. I’ve said before I’m not a graphic novel fan (I think I focus too much [...]
Posted in Blog on February 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve changed the header - old image:
New image:
More personalised, I think (or well, as personalised as clipart from Word can be!).
Posted in Tor, Web news on February 22, 2008 | No Comments »
I mentioned the Tor ebook giveaway last week, and had a bit of a grumble that they were using PDF format (non-DRM’d admittedly, but still…). Well, I wasn’t the only one - and this week’s free book (John Scalzi’s “Old Man’s War” - good book, btw) is provided in PDF, HTML, and Mobipocket. Nice.
Next week’s [...]
Posted in Blog on February 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I had a bit of spare time today, so decided to play around with my blog template. I’ve changed it - don’t all rush to see it at once, because it’s not that exciting! I think I need to come up with a nice picture for the top.
I may actually swap back - mainly because [...]
Posted in TBR on February 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I couldn’t resist - I bought two books today.
“Young Warriors: Stories of Strength” (YA anthology, edited by Tamora Pierce and Josepha Sherman): A review by Thea over at The Book Smugglers reminded me of how much I like Tamora Pierce’s work (and inspired me to start a reread of ”Trickster’s Choice” - I know, like I [...]
Posted in Sharon Shinn, Web news on February 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Sharon Shinn will be writing one more book in her Twelve Houses series - “Fortune and Fate”, out Fall 2008. Also in the pipeline is an anthology with stories set in the world of “Archangel” (yay!), “Heart of Gold”, “Summers at Castle Auburn” (double yay!), and “Mystic and Rider”. Bad news? This is only due [...]
Posted in Ebooks, Tor, Web news on February 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Tor is offering free ebooks if you sign up for a mysterious online project (via SF Signal). First up is “Mistborn” by Brandon Sanderson (a B+ for me), while next week’s will be ”Old Man’s War” by John Scalzi (I gave this a B - ah, the days when I actually wrote reviews!). Anyway, I received the link [...]
Posted in Covers, Ebooks, Elizabeth Vaughan, Kelley Armstrong on February 10, 2008 | 6 Comments »
It’s been, oh, a week since I last mentioned my ebook reader so…
It’s the little things that add to the experience, like when I press the Bookmark button on my Sony Reader, it changes the top right corner of the page so that it looks as though I’ve folded the corner of the page. Rather [...]
Posted in Jo Beverley, Julia Quinn, Patricia Briggs, Web news on February 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Looks like I’m not the only one out there struggling with the ever-growing TBR pile. If you think you need a bit of a kickstart, go read Keishon’s blog. She’s suggesting monthly TBR Wednesdays (exact day TBC) where you post a review from your TBR pile - copyright 2006 or earlier. I’m so completely up [...]
Posted in Julie Hyzy, Reviews on February 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
You know that feeling when you’re a couple of chapters in and just *know* it’s going to be a good book? That’s how I felt when I was reading Julie Hyzy’s “State of the Onion” yesterday.
It’s a cosy mystery - this is one of the genres where I’m always looking for new authors. And if [...]
