Guest Post by Barbara Chepaitis: The Ordinary Empath
This week I am pleased to be part of the Virtual Book Tour for Barbara Cheapaitis (also known as B. A. Chepaitis), author of The Fear Principle and the rest of the books in the Fear series featuring Jaguar Addams. Tomorrow I’ll have a review of The Fear Principle for you. For today’s post, Barbara shares some thoughts on empathy, an ability that is very important in the series. The Ordinary Empath In my novel The Fear Principle and the […]
Excerpt: Embassytown by China Mieville
Yesterday Embassytown, the latest book by China Mieville, was released, and Tor.com posted an excerpt. I’ve read the first 60 pages or so of this book, which is what I am reading now, and it’s very interesting so far. About Embassytown:
The Leaning Pile of Books
It will most likely be a busy week with last minute preparations for going to Book Expo America next week, but there will at least be a review of The Fear Principle by B. A. Chepaitis this week. I’m hoping to review Eona by Alison Goodman (or maybe Embassytown by China Mieville if I can finish it on time) before leaving as well, but we’ll have to see how it goes – there doesn’t seem to have been as much […]
April Reading
Just like March, I finished one book on the first of the month and just missed 5 books for the month. This is a little late, but I decided to post it anyway since I’ve decided to try to say a little bit about each book in these each month – just in case you don’t want to read the whole verbose review. Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente (Review) It’s Catherynne M. Valente, which means it’s a pretty awesome book […]
Review of Passion Play by Beth Bernobich
Passion Play, a fantasy debut novel by Beth Bernobich, won Best Epic Fantasy in the 2010 RT Reviewer’s Choice Awards and was long-listed for both the 2010 Tiptree Award and the 2011 British Fantasy Awards. It is the first book in the Erythandra series and will be followed by The Queen’s Hunt (in 2012), Allegiance, and The Edge of the Empire. “River of Souls,” a short story set in the same world, is available for free on Tor.com. As the […]
A Dance with Dragons Tour
A couple of days ago George R. R. Martin announced the first few stops for the book tour for A Dance with Dragons, the fifth book in the Song of Ice and Fire series (available on July 12). The first few appearances will be in Boston, New York City, and Indianapolis, and Martin will also be appearing at San Diego Comicon. Those planning to attend this year’s Readercon (July 14 – 17) may be interested in the fact that the […]
