We’re on our way to yet another occasion where books will be provided. Not just provided, but complete with authors available to sign them, always dangerous for me. Where is the magical place this time? We’re going to the North American Science Fiction Convention, known as NASFiC, which is being held in Detroit next weekend. […]
I was a very good girl at the ALA Conference last week. The only print book I picked up was a signed copy of Laurie R. King’s The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, and I read that long ago (and more than once). There was an author event at the conference I went to JUST so I could […]
This is a week.5 worth of shelf stack. It seems to be a week where it rained and snowed books around here. Even crazier, I’m at the American Library Association Conference this weekend, desperately trying to resist the temptation to pick up even more books. Oooh…shiny… For Review: The Barter by Siobhan Adcock Blade of […]
This is the first time in a while that I’ve had books in every category. I want to read the new Charlaine Harris, but after the way that Sookie went downhill, I decided that borrowing it from the library was sufficient. If I really like it, I can always buy it. Whispers in the Sand […]
Yesterday I discovered that I had completely missed the concept that not all publishers on Edelweiss send a message when they approve your review request. I didn’t miss much, but a couple of books I would like to have had. C’est la vie. And there’s always the library. I am so glad that Diana Gabaldon’s […]
This week, I received a LOT of books for contests that I’m judging, and not much else. Except the second book in Robin York’s awesome Caroline & West series, which I’ve been stalking NetGalley for. I can’t wait! For Review: Country Roads (Whisper Horse #2) by Nancy Herkness Harder (Caroline & West #2) by Robin […]
Not a huge haul for this Memorial Day weekend, and that’s a good thing. Even better, the Bride books were seriously on sale this week. I read the first one in the series (What a Bride Wants by Kelly Hunter) and just couldn’t resist! For Review: The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera […]
In addition to feeding my addiction at both NetGalley and Edelweiss, there were a couple of special purchases I’d like to mention. The wonderful folks at StoryBundle are running a special bundle this week of Science Fiction and Fantasy written during NaNoWriMo. This looks like a terrific punch of new SF/F authors, and I can’t […]
In addition to the usual suspects, this week Library Journal sent me the next Inspector Gamache book to review. It’s a really ugly ARC, and I don’t care. I absolutely adore the series, and I’m thrilled to get the next book in any form available. If you like character driven mysteries, start with Still Life. […]
In addition to my usual roundup of books from NetGalley and Edelweiss, you’ll notice that one of the things purchased is another bundle from the wonderful folks at Story Bundle. This time round, they have a fantastic collection of romance, as they say, from the past, the present and the not-quite-normal. Go to Story Bundle, […]