Another reason why Peter Brett is totally Awesome

I know that those of you following my blog might be starting to suspect that this is turning into a Peter Brett fan club, and you might not be too far off to mark. But what can I do? The guy is awesome.Not only does he write wonderful fantasy novels but he also makes a large effort to connect with his fans, regularly responding to their comments on his blog and Facebook as well as to personal emails. And now Peter is offering to mail out signed...

Neil Gaiman on his night at the Oscars

Apparently, attending the Oscars is not as exciting as one might think, if you're merely a best-selling author with a couple of made-for-movie books to your name. In his article in The Guardian, Neil Gaiman talks about what it's like to be a "nobody," at the Oscars (his words, not mine). What it's like to be a second-class citizen at one of the biggest events of the year, knowing you're not going to win and wishing you were home with your dog. But thank goodness for TwitterI walk over to the stairs. A nice young man in a suit asks me for my ticket....

Friday Quotes

I've been in a bit of a reading funk lately, picking up one book after another but not getting pulled into any of them enough to really want to stay . And so I'm currently in the middle of reading four different books and listening to three others, which at least means that I'll eventually get a lot of books read, if I finish them all.So this week I put together some random quotes that I like from various SFF authors. And as always, if you know of any good quotes, I'd love to hear 'em.************************************************************************************Among...

What's the deal with book covers?

I managed to squeeze in a bit of time today to catch up on some of the blogs I follow and I came across this article at SF Signal about what makes a good book cover. I found this post particularly interesting because I've personally never paid too much attention to book covers before and I admit to being rather baffled by all the sudden attention that cover art is receiving lately from the book blogging community. It's true that when I browse in...

Audio Book Review: Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch

The Lies of Locke Lamora was a book that I thoroughly enjoyed but I was in no rush to read its sequel, Red Seas Under Red Skies, since many of the reviews I read about it were not complementary. But after recently discovering the joys of audio books I decided to give the audio book version a try, in hopes that I might enjoy it more in this format.Red Seas Under Red Skies opens up with a shocking scene in which Locke discovers that he has been betrayed...

Pirate Humor

Since lately I seem to be reading a number of books involving pirates, this comic seemed somewhat appropriate (plus I love these guy...

Cleaning and Audio books, a great combination!

Shevuah Tov everyone!I didn't find any particular new releases to share with you, for this week but I'm very excited for next week when two books that I've been eagerly anticipating will be released, Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs and Changeless by Gail Carriger. If you are as excited for these releases as I am you might be interested to know that at The Book Depository you can preorder Silver Borne for only $5.24 and Changeless for only $5.99!...

A Book Challenge I can't screw up

After failing to complete every book challenge that I've joined, I came to the conclusion that I'm better off avoiding them. I've made it about a month so far without joining any challenges (which is quite a feat since everyone else is doing it and it's hard not to succumb to the peer pressure) until I came across the Once Upon A Time Challenge at Stainless Steel Droppings.I don't know if it was the pretty picture that did it or that fact that each...