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House of Shadows by Rachel Neumeier Guest Post by Rachel Neumeier (with International Book Giveaway!)

Today I am pleased to welcome Rachel Neumeier, author of the Griffin Mage trilogy, The Floating Islands, and The City in the Lake. I recently read her latest fantasy book, House of Shadows and enjoyed it immensely due to the beautiful writing, charming characters, and delightful magics. I’ll tell you more about why I loved it tomorrow in my review, but first I’m going to let Rachel tell you about the book and her writing process. Also, she has a […]

The Tainted City by Courtney Schafer The Leaning Pile of Books

The Leaning Pile of Books is a feature where I talk about books I got over the last week – old or new, bought or received for review. Since I hope you will find new books you’re interested in reading in these posts, I try to be as informative as possible. If I can find them, links to excerpts, author’s websites, and places where you can find more information on the book are included. This week brought six review copies, […]

Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire Review of Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire

Ashes of Honor is the sixth book in the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire. The first five books in this urban fantasy series are as follows: Rosemary and Rue A Local Habitation An Artificial Night Late Eclipses One Salt Sea All links go to reviews so if you are not caught up on the series, you can read about one of the previous books. I would suggest avoiding this review if you do not want events in any of […]

Giveaway Winners, Hugo Awards, and National Buy a Book Day

The giveaway winners for Containment by Christian Cantrell have been selected and contacted. The winners are: Elise Ben Renee Congratulations and I hope you each enjoy the book! The 2012 Hugo Award winners were announced Sunday night. Best Novel went to Among Others by Jo Walton and Game of Thrones took Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form. I was especially pleased to see the wonderful blog SF Signal won Best Fanzine. A complete list of the winners along with a few […]

Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton The Leaning Pile of Books

The Leaning Pile of Books is a feature where I talk about books I got over the last week – old or new, bought or received for review. Since I hope you will find new books you’re interested in reading in these posts, I try to be as informative as possible. If I can find them, links to excerpts, author’s websites, and places where you can find more information on the book are included. Last week there were no books […]