July was a slight improvement – four books read! Two of them were actually fairly long so I was happy with that number, especially considering nearly every weekend in July was taken up by new home related things. Now if only I were caught up on reviews… Books read in July are: 27. The Devil in Green by Mark Chadbourn (Review)28. Lord of the White Hell: Book One by Ginn Hale29. Naamah’s Curse by Jacqueline Carey30. The Last Stormlord by […]
The Devil In Greenby Mark Chadbourn368pp (Trade Paperback)My Rating: 6.5/10Amazon Rating: 3/5LibraryThing Rating: 3.94/5Goodreads Rating: 3.79/5 The Devil In Green is the first book in The Dark Age trilogy by Mark Chadbourn. The Dark Age follows the Age of Misrule trilogy, which tells of the sudden appearance of magic in the world and how it affected humanity. Even though The Devil In Green was just released at the end of May, the middle book (The Queen of Sinister) is already […]
Thanks to Joe from Adventures in Reading, I came across this interview with Elizabeth Bear over at tor.com. She’s one of my favorite authors and I thought this was a great interview covering topics such as her books and what she’s working on, how her background influences her writing, her author inspirations and diversity in speculative fiction. Reading this did make me sad that I still have a couple of books that I haven’t read by her (as well as […]
The Reluctant Mage giveaway is now over. The winner is: Lisa R. She’s already written back with her address, so sorry everyone else, but the extra copy of the book has found its new home. Congratulations, Lisa, and I hope you enjoy the book!
Unfortunately, it may continue to be a bit quiet around here a little longer while I’m still spending most of my time not at my job moving and unpacking (and any time not doing either in an exhausted haze). In the meantime here are a couple of new books that showed up in the mail this week. Curse of the Wolf Girl by Martin Millar The sequel to Lonely Wolf Girl is available on Amazon, although the letter I received […]
