Posted in Eloisa James, Sharon Shinn, Web news on May 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been madly busy this week, am so glad it’s the weekend!
A couple of (old-ish) updates…
Sharon Shinn has a May update on her News page. Interesting bits:
She has a new YA book called “Gateway” coming out in fall 2009.
She has a short story in a new fantasy/mystery anthology “Powers of Detection II” coming out sometime [...]
Posted in Web news on May 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This is going back quite a few years, but does anyone out there remember LJ Smith?
She wrote urban fantasy aimed at the teenage crowd, and this was before urban fantasy became the next big thing. Before it was even called urban fantasy. I’m talking 1990s here. I was completely in love with her trilogies, “The Secret Circle” and [...]
Posted in TBR on May 24, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Now that I’m trying to buy more books in ebook format, I’d half-forgotten the thrill of having parcels of books arriving on my doorstep (yes, I’m sad).
Amazon and The Book Depository kindly sent my orders at the same time, so sitting in front of me now are:
Eva Ibbotson’s “The Dragonfly Pool” (children’s), which I mentioned [...]
Posted in Diana Peterfreund, Reviews on May 22, 2008 | 14 Comments »
I’ve just finished a book that I really really loved *happy dance* And to make it even better, it was completely out of the blue…
I received the Bantam Dell June Sneak Peeks newsletter yesterday, and quickly scanned it to see if any authors I knew had books coming up. There weren’t any books that I was [...]
Posted in Reviews, TBR Day on May 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This is posted as part of Keishon’s TBR Day challenge, which is aimed at encouraging us readers with the towering TBR piles (you know who you are) to start tackling the books that have been languishing in there for eons.
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Book: Shotgun Bride
Author: Linda Lael Miller
Copyright Date: 2003
Why did I buy this book? You know how sometimes you [...]
Posted in Thoughts on May 18, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Reading:
Ilona Andrews‘ “Magic Burns” (urban fantasy) - Everyone’s been saying this is better than the first book and I agree. B
Mary Stewart’s “Thornyhold” and “Rose Cottage” (romance) - I preferred “Rose Cottage” to “Thornyhold”, but both were good. I really liked the sweet subtle romance of these books, also the post-war settings, and am definitely going to [...]
Posted in Thoughts on May 11, 2008 | 12 Comments »
It’s 27 degrees outside (that’s Celsius, btw - don’t ask me what it is in Farenheit) and not much cooler indoors. This is madness for May weather. It’s not so bad at the weekends when I can just sit outside on my balcony and not do much (okay, not do anything), but getting to work and back tomorrow is [...]
Posted in Anne Bishop, Eos, Web news on May 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
If you’re in the mood for fantasy, Eos is offering Sara Douglas‘ “The Serpent Bride” as its free ebook for May/June. I’ve never read any of her books before, though I have heard of her.
Anne Bishop has posted the cover blurb for her upcoming Black Jewels novel “The Shadow Queen” (March 2009). I’m thinking this [...]
Posted in Eloisa James, Eva Ibbotson, Lois McMaster Bujold, Web news on May 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Times today had a review of Eva Ibbotson’s new YA (children’s?) book “The Dragonfly Pool”. I wasn’t that interested, but I am now after reading the review. Here’s the back cover blurb:
Tally Hamilton is furious to hear she is being sent from London to a horrid, stuffy boarding school in the countryside. And all [...]
Posted in Amanda Quick, Charlaine Harris, Coming soon, Julia Quinn, Laurell K Hamilton, Stephenie Meyer, Tanya Huff on May 2, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Okay, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I will be able to post covers properly for this post. I’m not liking the WordPress upgrade much. (ETA: No, I still can’t insert pictures directly - this is driving me mad!)
Anyway, May books I’m looking forward to:
Charlaine Harris‘ “From Dead to Worse” (urban fantasy) - I’ve been a [...]
