Now that the year is over and I’ve read everything I’m going to read in 2012, it’s time for some favorites of 2012! I actually didn’t manage to read quite as many books this year as a typical year, partially due to the time involved with organizing and running the Women in SF&F event in April, which took up most of my time not at my full time job for several weeks. (Not that I am complaining about the time […]

Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor is the second book in the trilogy begun with Daughter of Smoke & Bone. This series is difficult to categorize more specifically than falling within the fantasy genre. The first book seems mostly like a contemporary fantasy/paranormal romance blend, and the next book is mainly set both in Morocco here on Earth and in Eretz but does not have a large romantic component, focusing on war instead. These two books can be […]

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 consideration. 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. Hope everyone who celebrates it […]

Instead of writing one huge post of all the books I’m looking forward to in 2012 with info on them, I had decided to highlight some of these books in their own posts throughout the rest of 2011. I’ve decided to carry this feature forward into this year as I discover new books coming out this year that sound interesting and continue with books of 2013 as it gets closer to the end of the year. I discovered Laini Taylor’s […]

Today Laini Taylor announced the title of the sequel to her fantastic novel, Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Days of Blood and Starlight – I love it! It is supposed to be published in the fall of this year, meaning I now have a new very highly anticipated book of 2012 to look forward to. Daughter of Smoke and Bone was one of my very favorite novels of 2011 (review). There is a description for it that is also wonderful: […]