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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Ebook Reader Envy – and a Tiny Haul
Posted in Ebooks, Kristin Cashore, TBR on October 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »
A Belated Thank You
Posted in Kelley Armstrong on October 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Books for October
Posted in Coming soon, Juliet Marillier, Kelley Armstrong, Laurell K Hamilton, Sharon Shinn on October 12, 2009 | 7 Comments »
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 [...]
A This and That Post
Posted in Ebooks, Ilona Andrews, Jo Beverley, Mary Jo Putney, Web news on October 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Lisa Lutz’s “Curse of the Spellmans”
Posted in Lisa Lutz, Reviews on September 20, 2009 | 9 Comments »
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 [...]
Books for September
Posted in Ann Aguirre, Charlaine Harris, Coming soon, Diana Gabaldon, Ilona Andrews, Lisa Kleypas, Meljean Brook, Nalini Singh, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller on September 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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 [...]
Around the Web
Posted in Juliet Marillier, Mercedes Lackey, Web news on September 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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 [...]
New Amelia Peabody!
Posted in Elizabeth Peters on September 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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 [...]
MIA but in a Good Way
Posted in Jo Beverley, Patricia Briggs, Richelle Mead, Robin McKinley on August 31, 2009 | 7 Comments »
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 [...]