The Leaning Pile of Books
After a couple of weeks without books (!), this week brought 1 ARC, 1 finished review copy, and 3 I bought myself with a gift card. Both the review copies are books I’ve already talked about since I picked up copies of each at this year’s Book Expo America. So if you are interested in reading more about Blood Rights (House of Comarre #1) by Kristen Painter or Theft of Swords (Riyria Revelations #1) by Michael J. Sullivan, there’s more […]
The 2011 Hugo Award winners were announced at Worldcon in Reno, Nevada, last night. The winners are as follows: Best Novel Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis Best Novella The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang Best Novelette “The Emperor of Mars” by Allen M. Steele Best Short Story “For Want of a Nail” by Mary Robinette Kowal Best Related Work Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, edited by Lynne M. […]
Review of The Tempering of Men by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear
The Tempering of Men is the second book in the Iskryne series co-authored by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette. The first book is A Companion to Wolves, which began as a fun parody of the concept of animal companions and evolved into a novel. A third book, An Apprentice to Elves, is supposed to be released in 2013. The Tempering of Men was released today as a hardcover and an ebook. Since this is a review for the second book […]
Review of Naamah’s Blessing by Jacqueline Carey
Naamah’s Blessing is the final book in Jacqueline Carey’s companion trilogy to the first two trilogies comprising Kushiel’s Legacy, which began with Kushiel’s Dart. This newest trilogy takes place well after the end of the first two and can be read without first reading the books that came before (I’ve only read Kushiel’s Dart myself, although I really enjoyed it and should get on reading the rest of them). The books in the Naamah trilogy before this one are Naamah’s […]
One of my most anticipated books of 2012 has been Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear ever since she mentioned it in an interview I did with her earlier this year. I love her books, and the way she described this novel in the interview made it sound especially fantastic: So I was thrilled to see on her blog today that it now has a cover and blurb in the Winter 2012 Tor Catalog! Here’s what it says about it: […]
