New Scifi and Fantasy Releases: Week of August 8th

As usual, this time of month is a slow one for new releases and although this week's list is pretty paltry there are still a couple of titles here that have caught my interest. The Madman of Venice by Sophie Masson includes both pirates and Venice, two subjects I always enjoy reading about, so I'll probably give this book a try. The Bone Palace by Amanda Downum also looks like a book worth checking out as does Death Most Definite, a new urban fantasy...

Friday's Book Blogger Hop

I haven't done the Blogger Hop in a few weeks and I thought this Friday would be a good time to start up again since I'm on vacation and have more free time than usual to visit other blogs.For those of you unfamiliar with the Blogger Hop, here is the description from the host, Crazy for Books:In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and share our love of the written...

Guest Author Danielle Ackley-McPhail & eBook Giveaway

I'm pleased to present you today with a post from author, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, co- editor of the Bad Ass Fairies anthologies and author of the award winning novel Yesterday's Dreams. Danielle will also be giving away to one commenter a PDF copy of her books Halfling's Court and Yesterday's Dreams.Building with AllusionBy Danielle Ackley-McPhail If there is one defining characteristic of the human race it is the overwhelming need to know why....

Free Audiobooks: The Hunger Games & The Lottery

For one week only, these two awesome audiobooks are available for free download over at Audiobookcommunity.Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called,...

On Vacation

So I was going to write a "going on vacation post" but I didn't get the chance to do so before I took off so instead I'm going to regale you with details of my horrifying twelve hour flight on a plane with three energetic children. Just kidding. I'm sure you don't want to hear about it, or about the fact that my two year old spent half the trip crying, making me the most hated person on the plane. Seriously- I bet there are people from my flight...