Since I just missed the last copy of City of Pearl when I made my Clarkesworld Books order, the owner of the store sent me an email to let me know that Eos currently has this available as a free e-book. It will be available through the end of August. They had Robin Hobb’s Shaman’s Crossing up for download a while ago so perhaps they will put up a new book after that. I’ve been looking forward to reading this […]

Witnessby Bill Blais312pp (Paperback)My Rating: 3/10Amazon Rating: 4.5/5LibraryThing Rating: 3/5Good Reads Rating: 4/5 Bill Blais was kind enough to send me a copy of his self-published novel Witness, the first book in the “All Prophets Are Liars” series, to read and review. Intrigued by the series title and the premise of a prophesied hero being killed before fulfilling his destiny, I couldn’t resist. Although there are certainly some interesting ideas building the foundation of this book, they are not interwoven […]

With 2008 halfway over, I reached my goal of 25 books read halfway through the year so I’m hoping to actually finish 50 books this year. I really didn’t think I’d make it that far since I had a bunch of extra work eating into my spare time a while ago and had a month where I didn’t get much reading done because of it so I’m glad it’s working out so far. My favorite new author discovery of the […]

I was very excited last night to find out that Clarkesworld Books, which used to be one of my favorite bookstores before it closed, is temporarily open through July 31. The order minimum is $35, but it’s for a good cause – the owner is trying to free up some space so his two boys can have bigger rooms. So you can always justify your order by telling yourself it has nothing to do with an uncontrollable book buying addiction […]

Blood and Ironby Elizabeth Bear448pp (Paperback)My Rating: 8.75/10Amazon Rating: 4/5LibraryThing Rating: 4.05/5Good Reads Rating: 3.63/5 Blood and Iron is the first book in Campbell award winning author Elizabeth Bear’s urban fantasy series, “The Promethean Age.” The third book in the series will be out on July 1 and a fourth book is scheduled for release on August 5 of this year. With its lush prose, gray characters, and interweaving of mythology, Blood and Iron was a very enchanting story with […]