Now that the year is over and I’ve read everything I’m going to read in 2012, it’s time for some favorites of 2012! I actually didn’t manage to read quite as many books this year as a typical year, partially due to the time involved with organizing and running the Women in SF&F event in April, which took up most of my time not at my full time job for several weeks. (Not that I am complaining about the time […]

The Leaning Pile of Books is a feature where I talk about books I got over the last week – old or new, bought or received for review consideration. Since I hope you will find new books you’re interested in reading in these posts, I try to be as informative as possible. If I can find them, links to excerpts, author’s websites, and places where you can find more information on the book are included. Hope everyone who celebrates had […]

Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor is the second book in the trilogy begun with Daughter of Smoke & Bone. This series is difficult to categorize more specifically than falling within the fantasy genre. The first book seems mostly like a contemporary fantasy/paranormal romance blend, and the next book is mainly set both in Morocco here on Earth and in Eretz but does not have a large romantic component, focusing on war instead. These two books can be […]

There are some books coming out in 2013 to be very excited about! I’m sure more will catch my eye throughout the year as I become aware of more books being released—especially since there are some I’m hoping may be announced as coming out in 2013 later—but here are the 10 I find most intriguing at the moment. They’re in no particular order, except for the first three which are the ones that I’m most looking forward to. Cold Steel […]

Every year around this time, Ana and Thea of one of my favorite blogs, The Book Smugglers, host Smugglivus. I look forward to it every year; they get a lot of great author and blogger guests and I love their own end of the year posts, too! Today I’m over there discussing some of my favorite books I’ve read this year and the books coming out next year that I’m most excited about. I definitely recommend checking out some of […]