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Relic Master Winner

The Relic Master giveaway is now over and random.org has spoken (or displayed a number anyway).  The winner is: Gina from Pennsylvania, US Congratulations, I hope you enjoy the series! For those of you who didn’t win, there are more chances to win at Janicu’s Book Blog and Grasping for the Wind!

Low Town by Daniel Polansky The Leaning Pile of Books

First, a quick update since it’s been quiet around here lately: Yesterday I finally finished the 1,000 page hardcover behemoth A Dance With Dragons!  That means hopefully I’ll be getting back to writing more here now that I won’t be spending almost every spare moment reading it very slowly and trying to catch as many of the details as possible. This week brought one review copy. Low Town by Daniel Polansky This debut novel is also being released under the […]

A Dance With Dragons Winner

We have a winner!  The winner of the signed copy of A Dance With Dragons is: Ashley from North Carolina, US Congratulations!  I hope you enjoy the book as much as I have been!

A Dance With Dragons Signed by George R. R. Martin The Leaning Pile of Books

This week brought some pretty exciting books since I finally got my copy of A Dance With Dragons, the fifth installment in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.  Better yet, I got it signed along with a new hardcover copy of A Game of Thrones (because I really needed a third copy of this book, but oh well – it’s signed and it’s one of two books in the series I didn’t already have in […]

A Dance With Dragons Book Tour!

GRRM signs the book that you can win in a giveaway below! Yesterday I did something crazy and made the trip from central Maine to Burlington, Massachusetts – all to be at the release day event of the A Dance With Dragons book tour!  Was it worth it?  I think so now that it’s over, but I’m not completely sure since I drove about 8 hours total to spend about 3 and a half hours mostly outside in the heat […]

Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay The Leaning Pile of Books

Due to a busy week, I haven’t had a chance to finish any of those reviews, but I’m hoping to at least finish the one I have started today so I can post it sometime next week.  However, next week is going to be busy as well since John and I decided to drive the 4 hours to go to one of George R. R. Martin’s signings on the A Dance With Dragons tour!  I’m very excited since this has […]