Today I have a guest post about where characters come from by Lory S. Kaufman, author of The Lens and the Looker, to share with you.  The Lens and the Looker is the first book in the Verona trilogy, a YA science fiction trilogy in which three teens from the 24th century are sent back to 14th century Verona. “Where do characters come from?” You might as well ask, “Is there life on other planets?” This is a question to […]

This week brought a lot of books.  For one thing, I was bad and bought 3 myself .  Also, I received 4 YA books from Penguin that were a complete surprise, some of which look very good (and one of which prompted that third purchase of the week since I desperately want to read it but it was a sequel). The Native Star by M. K. Hobson This book has already been one I’ve been wanting to read for a […]

If you’re on Twitter, Elizabeth Bear is running a Twitter giveaway for an ARC of The Tempering of Men!  The Tempering of Men, the sequel to A Companion to Wolves (co-written with Sarah Monette), will be released in August so this is a good opportunity to read it very early if you win! This year Daniel Abraham has two books coming out from Orbit Books.  The publisher recently announced that they will be doing an e-book promotion for these two […]

No, it apparently still isn’t done yet. However, A Dance With Dragons is close enough that it actually has a release date! George R. R. Martin’s website reports that editors and the publisher have set a date of July 12, 2011 for the fifth book in the Song of Ice and Fire series. Conveniently enough this is just a few months after the beginning of the Song of Ice and Fire HBO series, so we’ll at least remember the first […]

It must be the winter reading doldrums – two slow reading months in a row.  This time it was mostly because it took a long time to finish one book since I finished one book the very first day of the month and didn’t finish it until the day before the end of the month.  I’m a good percentage of the way through another book now, though, so I’m hoping that means this month will be better, especially since I […]

This week I received two review copies of books coming out in March. Dante Valentine: The Complete Series by Lilith Saintcrow This is a massive omnibus containing all five of the books in the Dante Valentine series: Working for the Devil, Dead Man Rising, The Devil’s Right Hand, Saint City Sinners, and To Hell and Back.  Totaling around 1300 pages, the trade paperback edition containing the complete urban fantasy series may be a little too large to hold up well […]