Friday Quotes

This week I finally received my copy of Gail Carriger's Changless, which I finished up in just two sittings, and enjoyed the whole way through. You'll have to wait until next week for the review, but I included here are couple of great quotes from the book.I also finished Jasper Fforde's First Among Sequels, which I reviewed this past week and I'm making some real headway with Gardens of the Moon, which I may actually finish soon. I have also started...

Doing the Blog Hop

I had a great time participating in the Blog Hop, this past week, and discovering some new blogs, and so I've decided to take part again this week.For those unfamiliar with the Blog Hop, here is a description, from Crazy for Books, the host of this weekly event: 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 and find new blogs that we may be missing...

The Joys of Book Lending

I like to consider myself a bit of a matchmaker. There are few pleasures in life greater than assisting a person in finding the perfect book for them, and perhaps helping them discover a new favorite author as well. I regularly lend out my own books to both friends and acquaintances, and I feel real satisfaction when that person ends up loving the book as much as I had anticipated. And so, considering how much I enjoy lending out my books, I was rather surprised to discover that many other people don't feel the same way. In a recent discussion...

Ever want a spaghetti tree?

A 1957 BBC news segment about how to harvest spaghetti from trees.  This was meant to be an April Fools joke, but apparently most people at that time were not familiar with spaghetti, and so BBC received many phone calls from excited viewers wanting to know how they could acquire spaghetti trees of their own. I thought this was cute. For more fun facts, visit http://omg-facts.c...

First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, 5) by Jasper Fforde

For me, reading a Thursday Next novel is like getting together with a good friend. Since I discovered this series last year, Thursday has become one of my favorite book characters; someone who I enjoy spending time with regardless of my opinion of the book itself (though I usually really like the books too). So it was a bit odd that I had allowed First Among Sequels to sit on my shelf unread for two months after finishing the previous book, Something...

Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs

* Warning: Review may contain some spoilers from earlier books in the seriesIt’s been a few months since Mercy’s eventful showdown against Marsilia, the vampire queen, and things have quieted down enough for Mercy to really focus on her relationship with Adam. But not everyone is pleased with having a coyote in the pack, and Mercy soon discovers that someone is trying to sabotage her, using pack magic. Samuel, Mercy’s long-time friend and housemate,...

New Scifi and Fantasy Releases: Week Of April 18

This is a pretty slow week for new releases so I've included two books that were released last week but I had neglected to mention. Tome of the Undergates is the debut novel of new author, Sam Sykes, and it sounds like a very promising read (Sykes' blog is also worth checking out as his posts are pretty amusing). The second book, The King Of Crags, is one that I've never heard of before but it has a pretty cool cover that makes me want to find out...