The 2011 Hugo Award winners were announced at Worldcon in Reno, Nevada, last night. The winners are as follows: Best Novel Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis Best Novella The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang Best Novelette “The Emperor of Mars” by Allen M. Steele Best Short Story “For Want of a Nail” by Mary Robinette Kowal Best Related Work Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, edited by Lynne M. […]
One of my most anticipated books of 2012 has been Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear ever since she mentioned it in an interview I did with her earlier this year. I love her books, and the way she described this novel in the interview made it sound especially fantastic: So I was thrilled to see on her blog today that it now has a cover and blurb in the Winter 2012 Tor Catalog! Here’s what it says about it: […]
The Leaning Pile of Books
This week brought two review copies, one of which I’ve already talked about in my BEA post so I won’t talk about it in detail again (The Magician King by Lev Grossman, which apparently changed significantly between the ARC and finished copy so I’m going to read the final copy instead of my ARC). Also, I raided my local Borders sale and ended up with 4 books I’ve been wanting to read. If I had no self control, I could […]
The Magician King giveaway is now over and random.org has selected a winner. Since I’ve heard back and know where to have the book sent, it’s official that the winner is: Travis from Pennsylvania Congratulations, I hope you enjoy the book!
The Leaning Pile of Books
This week there were three books added to the pile – one bought from the Borders closing sale (wah!), one review copy, and one belated gift that took a while to get here. In other news, there will be a giveaway this week and I’m hoping to finish a review I’m working on today, especially since I now have 4 books to review, but I seem to have a case of review writer’s block this week for some reason. Heroes […]
It’s a little past the halfway point of the year now, but better late than never, right? It’s been a pretty good year for reading, actually. I’ve read fewer books than usual (looking through the list I seem to have also read more lengthy books than usual), but a higher percentage of them were really good and I keep finding more books that I just can’t leave off a list like this one. This list includes all books read in […]
