The brevity of this list reflects the fact that no one in publishing does much of anything the week between Xmas and New Years. And possibly that we are all still in shock over the sudden death of Carrie Fisher as well as her mother Debbie Reynolds. 2016 needs to die in a fire before […]
Happy Chrismukkah! Today is Christmas Eve for those who celebrate that holiday, and tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. My Hanukkah present this year was a new-to-me car, but I also picked up a few books that I’ve had my eye on, accounting for the larger than normal number of books from Amazon. Including […]
I’ve started gathering the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews. I know I read the first couple/three, but then I ran out of time. So many people have recommended them, that I’m planning to start over from the beginning and get caught up. Two titles in this list are seriously calling my name to read […]
In every list, there’s always at least one book that’s burning a hole in my virtual pocket. On this one, it’s The Liberation by Ian Tregillis. I adored the first two books in the Alchemy Wars trilogy, The Mechanical and The Rising, and I just have to squeeze this one into the schedule before the […]
This is what I get for skipping a week. Now I have a serious haul. As interesting as so many of these books look, the one that is making my heart go pitter-patter is Cold Welcome by Elizabeth Moon. I loved her Vatta’s War series. I read it and Tanya Huff’s Confederation/Valor series at about the […]
There are “perfect” numbers for the “Create Gallery” function in WordPress. One of those numbers is lucky seven. I added seven new books this week. Well, kind of this week. I picked up Spin by Robert Charles Wilson earlier in the month as part of the free Tor Books “eBook of the Month” Club. I’m […]
This has turned out to be a week where I would have gladly dug a hole and pulled it in after me. Instead I retreated into a couple of good books. We all deal with grief in our own ways. The publishers, at least as represented by what’s turned up on Netgalley and Edelweiss, are […]
The U.S. election is on Tuesday. If you are eligible to vote and have not yet done so, be sure to vote. It isn’t fair to criticize the outcome if you don’t participate in the process. Unless you are under 18 and can’t vote yet, but are definitely going to be stuck with the consequences, […]
October is almost over. The holiday season is about to commence! Or has already commenced, depending on one’s perspective. Personally, I am not looking forward to two solid months of Xmas carols and Xmas advertising. I don’t often miss the so-called “good old days”, but I do miss the days when Xmas advertising didn’t go […]
This is the first time in a long time, possibly ever, that I have more purchased books and library books in the stack than I do review books. I still think that this slump in review books is brought to you by the months of December and January. Not a lot happens in the depths […]