I’m a bit puzzled as to why this stack ended up being almost entirely at the front of the alphabet. I did not plan it that way. All of these books look fascinating! Of course they do or I wouldn’t have picked them. But seriously, there are a couple I really want to highlight. First, […]
There are, as always, LOTS of interesting looking books on this week’s Stacking the Shelves. But the one I want to bring your attention to, especially if you are a science fiction and/or fantasy reader, is the one I picked up from Amazon this week. It’s the annual Some of the Best of Tor.com collection, […]
After a certain amount of wailing and gnashing of teeth, I do have a committee appointment again this year. This will be my last year on the ALA Reading List Committee, otherwise known as the Overachievers Book Club. Quoting from the ALA website, “The Reading List seeks to highlight outstanding genre fiction that merit special […]
This week’s stack is just a bit shorter (smaller, less tall) than usual for this time of year. Normally I’m gearing up for a committee and getting a bunch of things that are going to be part of that work. Howsomever, at the present moment I’m in limbo, not certain which committee I’ll be on […]
We have company this weekend, which is definitely a YAY! It’s the first time since the “before times” we’ve had someone come to stay for the weekend. The book in here that I’m most looking forward to is The Jade Setter of Janloon. I wasn’t ready to let go of that world when I finished […]
Looking at this list made me check to see what’s the furthest out book on my calendar. And it’s The Last Dreamwalker, which won’t be published until late September. And yet, it’s done and I have an eARC. Who knows what the world will be like in September? So far, very little in the last […]
There are BOOKS again on NetGalley and Edelweiss. Seriously. Wonderfully. And they all look bright and shiny and I want to read every single one of them. Which is impossible and yes my virtually towering TBR pile is ginormous. As addictions go, reading is much safer than a whole lot of other possibilities. Thank goodness! […]
It’s pretty clear that the publishing industry has woken up from its holiday doldrums. NetGalley and Edelweiss have both been chock full of excellent new books! And doesn’t the Kelly Barnhill book, When Women Were Dragons, have the best title EVER? For Review: Booth by Karen Joy Fowler Engines of Empire (Age of Uprising #1) […]
Wherever you are, it’s New Year’s Day – unless it’s already the day after. So HAPPY NEW YEAR! Whatever 2021 was, at least it’s over. Here’s hoping that 2022 is better. Or at least not any worse. It hasn’t even felt like winter here, at least until now. We’re supposed to get a “cold” snap […]
In the immortal words of John Lennon, “So this is Christmas…” So Merry Christmas or Happy Christmas to those of you who celebrate this holiday, and Happy Holidays to everyone! Not a lot of books came in this week, and I expect next week to be just as sparse. A lot of people have the […]