Books for August

Books I am definitely getting this month:
Patricia Briggs’ “Hunting Ground” (urban fantasy):  Second in the Anna and Charles series. 
Mated to werewolf Charles Cornick, the son—and enforcer—of the leader of the North American werewolves, Anna Latham now knows how dangerous being a werewolf is, especially when a werewolf opposes Charles and his father is [...]

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Diana Peterfreund’s “Tap & Gown”

You know, I came thisclose to ignoring the first book in Diana Peterfreund’s “Secret Society Girl” series.  I can safely say if it wasn’t for the internet, I would never have given SSG a second glance.  However, thanks to a rather serendipitous series of events, I read the SSG excerpt and there was no [...]

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Books for May

So after the fantastic month that was April (no, I haven’t posted my thoughts on any of the April releases in detail, and yes, I still have the Ann Aguirre and Jo Beverley left to read), here are the May new releases I’m anticipating:
 
First up, Diana Peterfreund’s “Tap & Gown”, the fourth and final [...]

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Around the Web

Diana Gabaldon’s posted an excerpt from “An Echo in the Bone”, which, fingers and everything else crossed, will be released in the fall of 2009.  I really really want.  Another recent post of hers touched upon scene-building – a peek into how she writes, which is fascinating indeed.
And while we’re on the subject of author [...]

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Review – Diana Peterfreund’s “Rites of Spring (Break)”

The very fact I’m finding time to post this in the midst of Wimbledon mania is an indication of how much I adored this book. 
A bit of background: I stumbled across the first book “Secret Society Girl” about a month ago and promptly fell in love with Diana Peterfreund’s Rose & Grave series.  I immediately snapped up the second book (“Under [...]

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Books for June

I’m v excited about some new releases due out this month.
First up is Jacqueline Carey’s “Kushiel’s Mercy” (dark fantasy):  This completes the Imriel trilogy (previous books are “Kushiel’s Scion” and “Kushiel’s Justice”).  I admit I had doubts about Imriel as the protagonist for this trilogy, but they quickly faded as soon as I read the [...]

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Review – Diana Peterfreund’s “Secret Society Girl”

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 [...]

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