Soulless by Gail Carriger

Alexia Tarabotti is a 26 year old spinster with a featherbrained mother, a dead Italian father and no soul. When Alexia finds herself attending yet another tiresome ball, she retires to the library to enjoy some refreshments, only to be rudely attacked by a vampire. Luckily for Alexia, her lack of soul neutralizes the vampire, vanishing his fangs and giving her the opportunity to eliminate her foe with a wooden hatpin.Unfortunately, the perennially...

Ever wonder if a Wookie is kosher?

I just received The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals, by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer, and I'm having a lot of fun going through it. I had seen this book mentioned on SF Signal and I was immediately intrigued, since I myself keep kosher. So I wrote to the publisher, Tachyon Publications, to request a copy for review. I never heard back from them and so it was a delightful surprise to find the book in the mailbox today (don't you love when that happens?)....

It's Tuesday...Where Are You

It's Tuesday...Where are You?Hosted by An Adventure in ReadingI'm in Spain, in 1954, and searching with Daniel for the story behind the mysterious author of the book The Shadow of the Wind. Daniel had discovered The Shadow of the Wind when he was just 11, and ever since, he has been curious about the book's author, Julian Carax. But Daniel's interest in the book and it's author has drawn the attention of a frightening, faceless stranger who for some...

The Monthly Book Giveaway

Enter to win the book of your choice from our online bookstore, by recommending a book that you have enjoyed.Just fill in this form with the title and author of the book, and a comment about why you enjoyed it, and you will be entered into the drawing. With each recommendation you provide, you will receive one entry. At the end of each month we will randomly select one winner who can choose for themselves any one book from the bookstore.Visit our...

Contest Winners Announced

Congratulations to the winners of my recent book giveaway:Bryce Lee Ramona Lazar Esther Shchory All of the winners of have been contacted by email and your books are on the way.Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest. I really enjoyed seeing the different books that you all would have chosen, had you won. It was an interesting mix of new releases and some older classics. I also loved hearing from all you scifi and fantasy fans in Israel.And if you didn't win this time, don't give up. I will soon be having another book giveaway, so...