The Bookman Contest Winner

Before I announce the winner, I want to thank everyone who participated in my contest for The Bookman. I always feel bad at only being able to choose one winner, though I will be having more contests soon so hopefully all of you will eventually get to win something here.And I was flattered by all of the positive feedback I received regarding my mention of a religion. It was really just an idea I was toying with but perhaps I'll have to give the matter some serious thought now...(and I'm thinking "Simcha" would be a great name for it. What do you...

Book Blog Hop

Friday is usually an incredibly busy day for me and I don't often have the time to do much blogging. But I've been wanting to participate in Crazy for Books' Blog Hop for a while, and this week I finally managed to squeeze in a bit of time to make it happen.Here's some info about the Hop from Crazy for Books:In the spirit of the Friday Follow, I thought it would be cool to do a Book Blogger Hop to give us all bookies a chance to connect...

Friday Quotes

I discovered my love for quotes during tenth grade geometry, when I found a book of quotes on the bookshelf that was right by my seat. I started reading this book every day during class and was soon hooked on to quotes (though I fell behind in geometry). I do still enjoy collecting quotes, and so this week I thought I would share some of my favorite non-literary ones with you.Enjoy!*********************************************************************************************Don't...

The Conqueror’s Shadow by Ari Marmell

I’d never heard of Ari Marmell until I saw him mentioned on another author’s blog and his Jewish sounding name immediately drew my attention (what can I say, It’s the way we are. Jews get overly excited to find other Jews in unexpected places, and then we spend hours grilling each other on possible mutual acquaintances). So I followed a link back to Marmell’s website where I discovered that he had just published a book, and it actually sounded really...

Gamestation Customers Inadvertantly Sell Their Souls

I just came across this news item, which although is a couple of weeks old, is still amusing enough to post for those of you that have missed it.**************************************************************************On April 1st, 7,500 Gamestation customers sold their souls while purchasing items from the Gamestation website. On that fateful day, the company's sales contract included a special "immortal soul clause," which most customers did not bother to carefully read:By placing an order via this web site on the first day of the fourth month...

Interview with Peter Brett

I'm delighted to present to you today an interview with one of my favorite fantasy authors, Peter Brett. Peter's newest book, The Desert Spear, was released last week in the UK and will be available in US bookstores tomorrow. The Desert Spear is the second book in the Demon series and since I've already read it I can honestly tell you that it's really fantastic (and I'm not just saying that because Peter's here)So Peter, you’ve been working hard...

Instructions read by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman's children's book, Instructions, is scheduled to be released later this month, and in this delightful video you can listen to the story read by Neil Gaiman himself, as well as watch the drawings come to life as they are colored in by the book's talented artist, Charles Vess....

New Releases: Week Of April 11th

This is a big week for Peter Brett fans as his newest novel, The Desert Spear, will finally be available in bookstores this Tuesday. There are also a couple of new PNR releases, from Gene Showalter and Kelly Armstrong, along with a bunch of new Science Fiction titles that look like they could be interesting.One title in particular that caught my attention this week is A Life in Letters; a collection of correspondences between George Orwell and his...