The Incrementalists – Steven Brust & Skyler White

About the Book The Incrementalists—a secret society of two hundred people with an unbroken lineage reaching back forty thousand years. They cheat death, share lives and memories, and communicate with one another across nations, races, and time. They have an epic history, an almost magical memory, and a very modest mission: to make the world…

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Goodreads Mixups: Public Service Announcement

Last night I was emailed by two different authors, one asking if I could please put my review of his book on Goodreads, and the other asking why I took his review down from Goodreads. So, I did some digging, and discovered that there’s a little issue over on that site. I religiously post the…

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Celebrating Female Authors

A sort of interesting thing has been happening to me recently. I’m going through a transformation. There’s this period when you are diagnosed with something like cancer (and then you learn you are *surprise* pregnant and can’t get the treatment you need, and then your back goes out leaving you basically paralyzed, and then you…

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Cover Art Differences: Vicious – V.E. Schwab

I warned you guys earlier this week, I’m really, really into cover art. You guys wanted me to post more cover art, so here I am. These two covers for the same book were pointed out to me on Twitter. A few things caught my attention right away. First, I usually like UK covers more…

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It all starts with an idea…

My husband once told me that the thing he loves about me is I get these ideas that I won’t let go of until I do something about it, usually right away. That’s why I’ve paid to put girls through school in countries where girls don’t go through school, helped run a charity that helps…

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Books I’m Eyeing

Books I’m Eyeing is a (hopefully) weekly series wherein I show you the books that have intrigued me, and the blogs and reviews we can all blame that on. My goal is to make my library hate me because of all the holds I have placed. This feature will show you just how I’m accomplishing that….

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Cover Art Reveal- Orbit’s Turn

Alright, earlier this week I posted the cover art from Tor that has me excited. Now it’s Orbit’s turn. Do any of these covers hit you just right?  — Blaine McFadden survived six years in the brutal Velant prison colony, exiled for murder. When war devastates his homeland of Donderath, it also destroys the intentional…

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An Open Plea

I just got another absolutely sick hate-mail, and I’m done. I’m just damn done. So I’m writing this little ranty diatribe which I may or may not take down soon. Re: The endless author-critic commentary debate raging.  While I think that a lot of what is being during this endless discussion is important, and a…

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The Rose and the Thorn – Michael J. Sullivan

About the Book TWO THIEVES WANT ANSWERS. RIYRIA IS BORN. For more than a year Royce Melborn has tried to forget Gwen DeLancy, the woman who saved him and his partner Hadrian Blackwater from certain death. Unable to get her out of his mind, the two thieves return to Medford but receive a very different…

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