By Tia Nevitt, on March 17th, 2010
First, I’d like to offer a rather delayed congratulations to Deborah Blake, frequent commenter and occasional reviewer here, for signing with an agent! We have a lot of aspiring authors hanging out here, and it’s wonderful to see when they hit a milestone like this. It makes the rest of us think, yes, we can [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on March 17th, 2010
Elder Scrolls
Morrowind and Oblivion
Bethesda Softworks
I’ve been a fan of the Elder Scrolls computer game series since the days of Daggarfall. I love the single-player role playing game because it seems like in multiplayer games, you’re limited to games like Diablo, which to me seem nothing but hack and slash.
My husband and I both [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on March 16th, 2010
If You Follow Me: A Novel
by Malena Watrous
Harper Perennial
Trade Paperback – $14.99/$16.99 Can.
General Fiction
Hoping to outpace her grief in the wake of her father’s suicide, Marina, a recent college graduate, has come to the small, rural Japanese town of Shika to teach English for a year. But in Japan, as she soon [...]
By Raven, on March 15th, 2010
Soulless
By Gail Carriger (website)
Orbit
Mass market paperback, $7.99
Reviewed by Raven
Soulless was a fun novel. Mix Victorian England with vampires and werewolves and a coy sense of humor, and this book is the result. I think I can safely recommend it for fans of urban fantasy and Jane Austen (I know, Jane Austen is Regency, but still).
The [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on March 14th, 2010
Tor has offered to give away a copy of Spellwright by Blake Charlton, which Superwench reviewed (and loved!) below. To enter, either:
leave a comment (making sure you enter your accurate email address), or
send me an email to tia dot nevitt at gmail dot com. If you email me, please also include [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on March 11th, 2010
The River Kings’ Road
by Liane Merciel
Gallery Books
Hardcover – $26
I was excited to hear about Liane Merciel’s The River Kings’ Road because it has been a while since I’ve seen any debut epic fantasies by women.
The River Kings’ Road centers around a handful of characters. Brys is a mercenary, mostly motivated by his own self-interest, but [...]
By superwench83, on March 10th, 2010
Spellwright
by Blake Charlton
Tor Books
Hardcover – $24.99 (discounted at Amazon and elsewhere)
Reviewed by Superwench83
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Not so in Blake Charlton’s world. In his novel Spellwright, not only can words break your bones, but they can chop off your limbs, stab your heart, and create all [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on March 9th, 2010
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
by N.K. Jemisin
Orbit Books
Trade Paperback – $13.99
Epic Fantasy
Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky – a palace above the clouds where gods’ and mortals’ lives are intertwined.
There, to her shock, Yeine is [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on March 8th, 2010
For the Love of Pete, Don’t Mix Your Genres;
Or… The New York Times Book Review Hates YOU, but I Don’t;
Or… Why Where Your Book Gets Shelved Determines Your Intelligence, Work-Ethic and Value to Society
- Read Part 1 at SFSignal -
Part 2: The New York Times Book Review Hates YOU, [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on March 7th, 2010
I’m back in full blogging mode again this week, after reading a novel, getting most of a Debut Showcase prepped and arranging for an author guest post. So all of that is coming this week, plus I’ll reveal the source of a recent distraction.
I want to send some kudos to Angry Robot Books. They have [...]
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