Toads and Diamonds by Heather Tomlinson

It is common knowledge to those familiar with fairy tales that if you meet an elderly woman along the way who requests something from you it is best to give it to her graciously. If you do so, you will likely be rewarded, and if not, you will be sure to regret it.Stepsisters, Dirbani and Tana live together with Dirbani's mother in a village, struggling to make ends meet after the death of their father. One day Dirbani goes out to collect water from...

New Scifi and Fantasy Releases: Week of August 22

I was going to skip this week's listing of new releases because I have a pretty busy day today, as I'm flying back to Israel this evening, but I just couldn't bring myself to do so since this is the week of two highly anticipated new releases, Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins and The Black Prism by Brent Weeks. I also thought I would throw in a book from last week's releases that looked interesting, The Last Page by Anthony Huso. And since I had so...