Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme being hosted by Tynga's Reviews, while Mailbox Monday is being hosted by Suko’s Notebook this month (see Mailbox Monday for each month's host). Both memes are all about sharing the books you've added to your shelves - physical and virtual, borrowed and bought. It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey, and it's focused on what's in your hands, as opposed to what's on your shelf.Sadly,...
Friday, 30 November 2012
Thursday, 29 November 2012
While The Best Weapon is by no means light-hearted or humorous, I had a lot of fun with the tale that David Pilling and Martin Bolton spin. They managed to hook me right from the start, with a darkly surreal glimpse of two Lords of Hell, desperate to play out one last scheme in order to save their immortal skins. Their high-stakes game provides a unique frame for the story, adding a mythological element to the mortal struggles above.Similarly,...
18 and Over Book Blogger Follow is a weekly feature that begins on Fridays and runs through the weekend hosted by Crystal from Reading Between the Wines. This one is aimed primarily at bloggers and books for the 18 and over crowd.Question of the Week: What are the Top 5 Books that you are looking forward to in 2013?Only 5? Wow, tough job condensing a wishlist down to just 5, but here goes:A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan &...
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Joining us today is Wayne Mallows, author of Whitechapel Road (out now) and Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary (coming soon). Before we get into things, let's take a quick look at the first of his Vampyre Tales:Whitechapel Road is the story of Aremis, a young man living out his simple existence in the South of England in the 1870's, when he is suddenly and viciously attacked and left for dead. After being nursed back to health by his sister,...
Solaris has announced an exciting new addition to the best-selling world of King Rolen’s Kin, an ebook exclusive from Rowena Cory Daniells entitled The King’s Man.Returning to the world she created for the best-selling series The Chronicles of King Rolen’s Kin, Rowena Cory Daniells has crafted a brand new novella – available next week from Solaris!In the Chronicles of King Rolen's Kin trilogy everyone believed Garzik had been killed....
Not really having any expectations going in, I was pleasantly surprised by On the Matter of the Red Hand (Judicar's Oath). This was a gritty, intriguing fantasy that managed to establish the rough boundaries of a new fantasy world, while telling a self-contained tale within it. Clearly, there is far more to the story than is being told in this slender volume, but it certainly serves to whet the reader's appetite for more.Thom is a fantastic...
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:Quintessence by David WaltonQuintessence is an Alternate History/Fantasy set 500 years ago in the Age of Exploration, full of arcane science, alchemy, human dissection, sea monsters, betrayal, torture, religious controversy, and magic. Scientists...
Monday, 26 November 2012
Despite being a book I wanted to enjoy, A Bridge to Treachery: From Extortion to Terror proved to be a somewhat uneven read. What could have been a strong thriller, a nostalgic throwback to the pulp action thrillers of the 80s, suffers from a lack of world-building to anchor it in the historical and political landscape. Without those details to anchor events, we're left to read it as a contemporary thriller, which creates some issues with...
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that is designed to provide some much-appreciated exposure to the bloggers participating, and to expand their following. Hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read, each of whom feature a chosen blog for the week, it's an interesting way to get to know one another.Question of the Week: What blog are you thankful for?I've gotta go with a pair of blogs that are definitely outside the mainstream, covering...
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
BOUND BY BLOOD – MY THOUGHTSby Shane KP O’NeillI had so much fun writing this book. I wrote the first chapters back in November 1992, but didn’t touch it again until September 2006. With a complete re-write of the original and an extra seventy chapters of the new, Bound By Blood, is a finished product at last.I have opted to begin the series with this book, Chronicle III. This is where my reader will see Dracula as a vampire for...
From the Night Shade Books Newsletter:NSB is Serving up a Slice of (FREE) Fantasy ... Howdy, pilgrims. The turkey's been carved, the canned cranberry is jiggling, Uncle Joey's just drunk enough to tell a few dirty jokes, and we're all going round the table saying what we're thankful for. Well, when it's Night Shade's turn, we don't just say it, we show it! This month, we'll be showing thanks by giving you three of our most popular Ebooks,...
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:Blood of Dragons (Rain Wilds Chronicles, Book 4) by Robin HobbWhile there's no official blurb yet, Robin Hobb had this to say about the saga, and its final book:YES! There is a fourth books that concludes the Rain Wilds Chronicles....
Monday, 19 November 2012
While intriguing, and with enough moments of inspired darkness to keep me curious, Legends of Darkness (Remnants of Life, #1) was a tale that never really grabbed me.The concept was an interesting one, and I quite liked the transformation of Samoda from average mother and everyday wife to bloodthirsty warrior. The fact that her refusal to let go of her past life had very real consequences for those around her was a nice touch , and probably what...
Sunday, 18 November 2012
Edited by Jonathan Oliver, Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane brings together a wide (and surprising) variety of authors from across the world, and across the genre shelves. Advertised as a "perfect read for Hallowe’en and the long autumn evenings ahead," it went right to the top of the review pile when I was fortunate enough to snag an early paperback review copy.This is a very dark, very grim collection of tales. It's also a very...
Something for all you Tom Clancy, Larry Bond, Patrick Robinson, and Michael DiMercurio fans out there! Spent a chilly, but sunny, Sunday afternoon watching the cold war Oberon Class submarine, HMCS Ojibwa, making its way through Lock 3 on its way to the Elgin Military Museum of Naval History.Two hundred and ninety five foot long and five storeys high, the Ojibwa was the first submarine built expressly for the Royal Canadian Navy. Once it reaches...
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that is designed to provide some much-appreciated exposure to the bloggers participating, and to expand their following. Hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read, each of whom feature a chosen blog for the week, it's an interesting way to get to know one another.Question of the Week: Books are turned into movies all the time! Turn it around. What movie would make a great book?Well, with a 16-month old in...
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