Mayer Alan Brenner wrote a series of books called The Dance of Gods published in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These books are no longer in print, but Brenner is making them available for free on his website since he feels the books fit in better with today’s popular fantasy authors than what was the norm for the genre when the series was first published. The first book, Catastrophe’s Spell, is currently available for download on Brenner’s site under […]

Last week I received a personalized copy of Midnight Tides and an autographed copy of The Bonehunters I bought from from The Signed Page, one of my favorite recent discoveries. Both are first edition hardcovers. I was psyched, especially since even though I have a few autographed books, I didn’t have any that are personalized. Authors don’t come to Maine for signings very often since it’s not a very populated area. There are still a few signed copies of both […]

The Golden Compassby Philip Pullman399pp (Paperback)My Rating: 7/10Amazon Rating: 4.5/5LibraryThing Rating: 4.3/5Goodreads Rating: 4.25/5 The Golden Compass (known as Northern Lights in the UK and everywhere other than the U.S. from the sounds of it) is the first book in the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. I’ve had the entire trilogy for a few years now but just hadn’t read it for some reason (well, mainly because it takes less time to buy new books than it does […]

The Shades of Time and Memoryby Storm Constantine448pp (Hardcover)Rating: 9/10 The Shades of Time and Memory is the second book in the Wraeththu Histories trilogy by British science fiction and fantasy author Storm Constantine. I would not recommend reading this book (or this review) if you have not read the original Wraeththu Chronicles books and the first Wraeththu Histories book. While The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure, the first of the Wraeththu Histories, filled in some of the gaps in […]

I was hoping to get at least one review up today since it was finally Saturday, but I ended up getting distracted with making the blog a little more interesting… And before I knew it, the day was gone and I hadn’t done much other than some household chores and working on the blog. Oh well, it will be nicer in the long run and I’m excited to see it looking better! I did a few things I’ve been wanting […]

R. A. Salvatore’s newest book, The Orc King, is currently available on The Signed Page. There are only 13 copies of this book signed by both Salvatore and Todd Lockwood (cover artist). It’s $40 and with only a limited number of copies available, making this a rare book, it will go quickly!