Ebook Reader Envy – and a Tiny Haul

I was killing time in Waterstones today, and started playing around with the Sony Reader Touch they had on display.
Bad, bad move.  I now really want.
I had convinced myself that I was perfectly fine with my PRS-505 but oh, the touchscreen.  It was beautifully responsive, and I found navigation completely intuitive (although bear in [...]

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A Belated Thank You

To Nath, who went to Kelley Armstrong’s signing in Montreal earlier this month (and did a very detailed write-up of the Q&A session with Ms Armstrong).
Guess what arrived in the post a couple of weeks later?

 
Yes, Nath very kindly got ME a signed book.
There was much “OMG I don’t believe this” when the parcel [...]

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Books for October

A bit late with this post, but September had so many releases I wanted – I’m determinedly not thinking of the number of books I added to my TBR pile last month.  And October is shaping up to be just as good.
 
First up, Sharon Shinn is flooding the New Releases shelf – I’m not [...]

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A This and That Post

So many things, so little time.  A few things that have caught my eye this week:
For those UK readers considering the Kindle (and yes, that would include me), NextRead has an excellent post summarising what you will and won’t get.  After shipping and taxes, the cost is around $387 according to this MobileRead post.
I’ve decided [...]

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Lisa Lutz’s “Curse of the Spellmans”

You know those books by new-to-you authors which make you think “oh, I should really try other books by this author”, but it’s not quite I-need-to-go-and-order-other-books-by-this-author-NOW?  And then you never actually get around to trying their other books.
Lisa Lutz is one of these not-so-new-to-me authors.  I came across a mention of her Spellman books that [...]

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Books for September

September is an excellent month for new releases – books I want:
Diana Gabaldon’s “An Echo in the Bone” (umm… I’m going to say historical fantasy): I can’t believe that we are finally getting the next book in Ms Gabaldon’s Outlander series.  It’s been way too long since the last one (and no, I’m not doing [...]

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Around the Web

A couple of quickies – new author sites and updates:
Juliet Marillier has relaunched her website.  I’m finding it slightly graphics-heavy, but it looks good.  There’s a RSS feed for news updates which is always useful.  She talks about her website redesign on Writers Unboxed – it’s pretty interesting stuff.
Mercedes Lackey has a Facebook page (and [...]

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New Amelia Peabody!

Not exactly breaking news, but Elizabeth Peters’ website is announcing a new Amelia Peabody book “River in the Sky” to be released April 2010.
After some frantic Googling, here’s a blurb courtesy of Simpleng Kaligayahan:
Still banned from exploring the Valley of the Kings, Egyptologist Radcliffe Emerson and his intrepid amateur sleuth wife Amelia are spending a [...]

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MIA but in a Good Way

I haven’t been blogging much (again) but this time it’s because I’ve been reading.  I’m glad it’s Bank Holiday weekend, because I needed that extra time to catch up on my sleep, I’m been staying up way too late to finish “…just one more chapter”.
So an overview of my recent reads (pretty much spoiler-free as [...]

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A Few of My Favourite… YA Books

I’ve been horribly remiss at not mentioning The Book Smugglers’ YA Appreciation Month previously, but hey, I’m guessing you all know about it already (and if not, there is still a week to go!).
Anyway, today, they have invited all and sundry to join the party – if you’ve a YA-related post, just go over [...]

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