The Leaning Pile of Books
This week brought a lot of books. For one thing, I was bad and bought 3 myself . Also, I received 4 YA books from Penguin that were a complete surprise, some of which look very good (and one of which prompted that third purchase of the week since I desperately want to read it but it was a sequel). The Native Star by M. K. Hobson This book has already been one I’ve been wanting to read for a […]
If you’re on Twitter, Elizabeth Bear is running a Twitter giveaway for an ARC of The Tempering of Men! The Tempering of Men, the sequel to A Companion to Wolves (co-written with Sarah Monette), will be released in August so this is a good opportunity to read it very early if you win! This year Daniel Abraham has two books coming out from Orbit Books. The publisher recently announced that they will be doing an e-book promotion for these two […]
Review of Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Howl’s Moving Castle is a young adult fantasy novel by Diana Wynne Jones, perhaps one of the best known authors writing fantasy and science fiction with over 30 books published. This particular work of hers is a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, an ALA Notable Book, and an ALA Best of the Best in YA. It has two loosely connected sequels, Castle in the Air and House of Many Ways. These two books both have different main characters than the […]
Release Date for A Dance With Dragons!
No, it apparently still isn’t done yet. However, A Dance With Dragons is close enough that it actually has a release date! George R. R. Martin’s website reports that editors and the publisher have set a date of July 12, 2011 for the fifth book in the Song of Ice and Fire series. Conveniently enough this is just a few months after the beginning of the Song of Ice and Fire HBO series, so we’ll at least remember the first […]
It must be the winter reading doldrums – two slow reading months in a row. This time it was mostly because it took a long time to finish one book since I finished one book the very first day of the month and didn’t finish it until the day before the end of the month. I’m a good percentage of the way through another book now, though, so I’m hoping that means this month will be better, especially since I […]
