Today I have a guest post by C.J. Hill, the author of the new book Slayers. Since her book is about dragon slayers, this post is all about dragons – dragons in different cultures, favorite dragons, and why she featured them in her book. Hope you enjoy it! For a creature that never existed, dragons certainly get a lot of publicity (I would have said air-time, but it seemed a bit much to put a pun in the blog’s first […]
The two winners of Slayers by C. J. Hill have been chosen by random.org. They are: Kirsten from Texas Sabrina from Washington Congratulations, and I hope you both enjoy the book!
Today I saw a lot of interesting SFF book related news and thought I’d share it with you. Publisher’s Weekly has an article today about Bitterblue, the forthcoming novel from Kristin Cashore that is connected to her novels Graceling and Fire. There’s now a cover and a release date – May 2012. I enjoyed Graceling and I LOVED Fire, so I’m excited to see it will be coming out next year! Jacqueline Carey posted an excerpt from Saints Astray, the […]
The giveaway for Daughter of Smoke and Bone is now over and random.org has selected the magic number. The winner is: Jen from Wisconsin Congratulations, and I hope you love this book as much as I did! For the rest of you, there will be another chance for two people to win a book tomorrow.
The Leaning Pile of Books
This week was a balanced week – I bought two books and received two review copies. On Thursday, I went to see Catherynne M. Valente talk and ended up buying two signed books. One I already have and have already reviewed, so instead of talking about it again, I’ll just direct you to my review of The Habitation of the Blessed if you want more information about it. Of course, I rather liked it since I bought a second copy […]
Today I am pleased to have a guest post by Lev AC Rosen, author of the new book All Men of Genius (which was just released yesterday!). The book is a steampunk adventure inspired by William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde – specifically, their respective plays Twelfth Night and The Importance of Being Earnest. As you may have seen, I was quite interested in this book. I ended up starting it as soon as I finished what I had been reading […]
