Author: Kristen
Worldsoul by Liz Williams Books of 2012: Worldsoul by Liz Williams

Instead of writing one huge post of all the books I’m looking forward to in 2012 with info on them, I had decided to highlight some of these books in their own posts throughout the rest of 2011. I’ve decided to carry this feature forward into this year as I discover new books coming out this year that sound interesting and continue with books of 2013 as it gets closer to the end of the year. I can’t find a […]

Dragon Sword and Wind Child by Noriko Ogiwara Review of Dragon Sword and Wind Child by Noriko Ogiwara

Dragon Sword and Wind Child is the first book in the Tales of the Magatama trilogy by Noriko Ogiwara, who won the New Writer’s Award from the Japanese Association of Children’s Writers for this book. This novel and the middle volume, Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince, both have English translations by Cathy Hirano, but the third volume is only available in Chinese and Japanese right now. Having not yet read it, I can’t speak for the second book, but the […]

Of Blood and Honey by Stina Leicht The Leaning Pile of Books

So… I was really hoping to get up a review of Dragon Sword and Wind Child by Noriko Ogiwara this past week, but I’m still working on it. I was just wiped out all week long so trying to review it after work in the evenings wasn’t getting me anywhere. Now that I have a sore throat, I suspect being exhausted was due to fighting off a cold all week. Just great… Anyway, I am going to try to get […]

Songs of the Earth by Elspeth Cooper The Leaning Pile of Books

This week brought one ARC and one review copy. I’m looking forward to both of them, but I’m especially excited about the first one since it’s one I’ve been interested in for a little while now. Songs of the Earth by Elspeth Cooper This is a debut novel and the first volume in a new series, The Wild Hunt. Songs of the Earth was released in the UK last year, and it is going to be released in the US […]

Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor Laini Taylor Fans, Rejoice!

Today Laini Taylor announced the title of the sequel to her fantastic novel, Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Days of Blood and Starlight – I love it! It is supposed to be published in the fall of this year, meaning I now have a new very highly anticipated book of 2012 to look forward to. Daughter of Smoke and Bone was one of my very favorite novels of 2011 (review). There is a description for it that is also wonderful: […]