This is not exactly a review (thus the lack of the word “review” in the title). Since I didn’t actually finish the book, I can write about my impressions, but I can’t really write a review of the entire novel. I tried to decide for a while whether or not to write about it even though I didn’t complete it and decided to go ahead. When I see other people talk about books they didn’t finish, I find it useful […]
Tor.com has an excerpt from The Sea Thy Mistress, the conclusion to Elizabeth Bear’s Edda of Burdens trilogy. I’m reading this right now and I am enjoying it immensely so far. The books in this trilogy are so beautifully written and I love all the Norse mythology. Sadly, Sarah Monette’s cat recently passed away. On February 2, she is holding a memorial fundraiser and the proceeds are going to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital’s Animal Companion Fund. […]
Excerpt and Giveaway: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Courtesy of Penguin/Viking, here is an excerpt from A Discovery of Witches, an upcoming novel by Deborah Harkness. They have also provided one copy to give away to a reader in the United States or Canada. First, here’s some information on the book, which will be released in hardcover and as an e-book on February 8. From the publisher’s website: Excerpt from A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness Reprinted by arrangement with Viking, a member of Penguin Group (USA) […]
The Leaning Pile of Books
This week I have a giveaway, and I’m hoping to revise a draft of a post for the week. Then I’ll move on to reviewing A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge and Dust by Elizabeth Bear (which I just read for this month’s Women of Science Fiction Book Club). I’ll also be writing a review of Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire, but I won’t be posting it until closer to the release date in March. So for now […]
Review of Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
A brief note on the Vorkosigan books before I get into Memory: Memory is the tenth book out of fourteen total in the Miles Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold. That is, it’s tenth in chronological order beginning with the prequels about Miles’s parents and including the books that do not feature Miles. It may seem odd to include the latter two, but they are still in the series omnibus editions along with the other books so I’ve been reading […]
