Tracking the Tempest by Nicole Peeler

It’s been four months since Jane helped bring down the murderer who had been after her and the other Halflings and she is now kept busy learning about her new powers and daydreaming about her long-distance vampire boyfriend. Ryu. As Valentine’s Day approaches Jane receives a special gift from Ryu, an airline ticket to Boston, so that she can come visit him. With no additional encouragement needed, Jane is on a plane to Boston, eager to make up for...

Friday Quotes

This week's quotes are mostly from Graceling, which I had read last week and there is one from Charmed Life, the first in Diana Wynne's Jones Chrestomanci series, which I shall review next week. And last night instead of working on reviews or reading some of the many books I'm currently in the middle of, I ended up watching some old Gilmore Girls episodes, which I haven't done in years and is just like picking up a favorite book that you forgot how much you loved. So I have one quote from their as well because Lorelai is just so darn funny.Enjoy...

Favorite Fictional Character: Alanna

Favorite Fictional CharacterHosted by Ryan at WordsmithoniaI've been thinking quite a lot lately about some of my favorite fantasy books from when I was younger, and there is one series of books that stands out in my mind in particular, because of how much I loved its main character, Alanna.I used to read a lot of fantasies in which young boys went out into the world to fight evil and discover their magical capabilities, and sometimes a noble heritage...

Childhood Books Revisited

In my post last week about Diana Wynne Jones I had mentioned that I would try to read, and in some cases reread, as many of her books as I can during the next week or so. And since many of her books were favorites of mine when I was younger, I’m actually quite excited about the prospect of revisiting them. At the same time, I’m also a little nervous. Even though I have been reading fantasy since I was a eleven, I rarely go back and read my childhood...

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Katsa’s eyes, one blue one green, have marked her as Graced since infancy, though it’s when she accidentally kills her cousin, at the age of eight, that the nature of her grace is revealed, that of killing. Katsa’s uncle, the King, quickly takes advantage of Katsa’s newly revealed Grace and turns her into his personal weapon, used to mete out cruel punishments to those who disobey himAs Katsa grows up, friendless and feared by all, she comes to view...

Authors A-Z

AJoe Abercrombie The Blade Itself (The First Law, Book 1)Ann Aguirre Blue Diablo (Corine Solomon, Book 1)Ilona Andrews Bayou Moon (Edge, Book 2) Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels, Bk 4) On The EdgeBGalen Beckett The Magicians and Mrs. QuentKate Bernheimer My Mother, She Killed Me, My Father, He Ate MeHolly Black White CatAlexandra Bracken Brightly WovenSarah Rees Brennan The Demon’s LexiconPeter Brett The Warded Man (aka The Painted Man)Patricia Briggs Moon Called Hunting Ground (Alpha & Omega, Book 2)John Brown...

New scifi and fantasy releases: Week of June 13

After much searching I only managed to uncover two new book releases for this week, Naamah's Curse by Jacqueline Carey and a short story anthology edited by Neil Gaiman. If you are big Gaiman or Carey fan then perhaps this is the week you have been excitedly waiting for, otherwise you'll just have to wait it out until next week when there will be a whole slew of awesome new books hitting the bookstores.I also somehow managed to leave out of last...