With 2008 halfway over, I reached my goal of 25 books read halfway through the year so I’m hoping to actually finish 50 books this year. I really didn’t think I’d make it that far since I had a bunch of extra work eating into my spare time a while ago and had a month where I didn’t get much reading done because of it so I’m glad it’s working out so far. My favorite new author discovery of the […]

I was going to post this last night, but blogger was down when I went to do so. Over at OF Blog, there is a kind of fun reading game if you’re one of those people (like me) who can never get enough of book lists. You list 5 books recently read and one you want to read in the near future. I’ve read a couple of books this year that I would rather forget about, so I won’t do […]

Congratulations to all the winners! Gene Wolfe won the World Fantasy award in the best novel category for the third book in the Latro series, Soldier of Sidon. A list of the winners is available on the Science Fiction Awards Watch blog.

I realized recently that I have only read three books this year that were released this year (The Name of the Wind, Ysabel, and The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadows). To remedy this situation, I recently ordered the following: Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch (#2 in the Gentleman Bastard sequence)The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. TolkienFlesh and Spirit by Carol Berg (#1 in The Lighthouse Duology) Hopefully later this year I’ll be able to get some more […]

Unforunately, I haven’t had that much time lately and am a little behind. I’ve still been reading when I can, though – right after The Name of the Wind, I read The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin and now I am reading The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit, the first book in the Wraeththu trilogy by Storm Constantine. I’ll have to get a review of The Telling up here soon. Wraeththu was highly recommended by a friend and thus […]

Here are some fantasy/scifi books that are fairly new or forthcoming this year. This is based only on what I’ve seen available on Amazon since I have no special insider knowledge about what is coming out, but Amazon is usually fairly reliable. Looking at this list makes me wish I were British, they get all the good books first! New Books Midnight Tides, #5 Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven EriksonAmazon USAmazon CanadaAmazon UK Note: This is new to […]