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2009 Hugo Nominees

The Hugo nominations are in! How exciting! The full list of nominees was originally found at AnticipationSF. Some of these are available as free downloads so you may want to head over and check that out. Special thanks to A Dribble of Ink for the heads up since that’s where I first saw this list.Best Novel Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Morrow; Atlantic UK) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury) Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Tor) Saturn’s Children by […]

2009 Book List

This is really just for my own benefit since I want to keep a list of books read in 2009 (I’m obsessive that way). I’ll update this as I read more. Last updated: May 17 Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold (space opera) Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey (fantasy) Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke (science fiction) Inside Straight edited by George R. R. Martin (science fiction) The Charmed Sphere by Catherine Asaro (fantasy) Dead Witch Walking by Kim […]

Update

Well, I was starting to get caught up on reviews… Then I got sick the beginning of last week and haven’t really felt up to concentrating well enough to write a coherent book review (although I got lots of reading done last weekend). So I’m not sure when I’ll get the rest of those reviews written, but I’m hoping I’ll feel up to writing one or two this coming weekend. Sadly, this means I missed the Blogger Book Club last […]

Blue Diablo Virtual Tour and Blowout

One of my most anticipated new releases of 2009 is the first book in Ann Aguirre’s new Corine Solomon series, Blue Diablo. To celebrate its April 7 release, Ann Aguirre will be doing a virtual blog tour, which I’m very happy to say includes a guest post here on April 2 to give away a copy of the book to one lucky winner. Also, don’t miss the Blue Diablo Blowout run by the author herself – the grand prize is […]

Guest Review of Ender in Exile

Ender in Exileby Orson Scott Card377pp (Hardcover)My Rating: 6.5/10Amazon Rating: 3.5/5LibraryThing Rating: 3.82/5Goodreads Rating: 3.86/5 Though I am usually a rational sort of person (in a fluffy, out of touch with reality sort of way) I am also sometimes a bit of a sucker. One of the ways I’m sometimes a sucker is my habit of being loyal to authors and stories that have been good to me in the past even when they don’t necessarily deserve it any more. […]