Friday Quotes

I haven't done a Friday Quotes post in a while because I just haven't come across any quotes in my reading that I thought were particularly memorable. This week, ,though, I have some quotes to share with you that I really liked, from two of my recent reads:The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois MacMaster BujoldIf you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door. The deadly weapon seemed unnaturally light and easy in his hand. Something that lethal should have more...

Free eBook: Penelope & Prince Charming by Jennifer Ashley

I don't really follow Amazon's free ebook offerings (though I know I really should) but this fun looking romantic fantasy caught my eye, so I thought I'd share it with youPenelope & Prince Charming by Jennifer Ashley After two disastrous betrothals, which earned her the nickname “Twice-a-Jilt,” Penelope Trask concluded that the only “Prince Charming” she would ever encounter would be in the pages of the fairy tales she collects. Then Prince...

BBAW Topic: Books I think are Overlooked

Today's BBAW topic is overlooked books: Sure we’ve all read about Freedom and Mockingjay but we likely have a book we wish would get more attention by book bloggers, whether it’s a forgotten classic or under marketed contemporary fiction. This is your chance to tell the community why they should consider reading this book!Wow, where to start? In general I just wish that more bloggers made an effort to review older books and not just new releases....

SciFi for Beginners: The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold

Normally I wouldn't even consider reading a military science fiction book, which is a genre completely outside of my reading comfort zone. But after completing all of Lois McMaster Bujold's fantasy novels I was desperate for something else of hers to read and so I had no choice but to start on her science fiction books next.When I started reading Bujold's books I didn't realize how well known she was for her Vorkosigan series, of which three books...

BBAW Interview Swap With Eden from Story Snoops

For day-two of Book Blogger Appreciation Week, participating bloggers will be interviewing each other as a way to discover new blogs and learn more about the bloggers who run them.I had the good fortune of being assigned to interview Eden at StorySnoops, a blog that I wasn't familiar with before but which I'll now be visiting often. Eden and three of her friends run a wonderful blog and website geared to helping parents select appropriate books...

Free Music: Sci​-​Fi Songs by John Anealio

John Anealio is now offering his album of scifi & fantasy songs to be downloaded for whatever price you are able to afford, even if it's nothing.From Scifi Songs Blog: That's right. Sci-Fi Songs is now available as a pay what you want album. If you're broke, you can still get it for free. Just click the Buy button on the player below and enter 0. More than anything, I want you to enjoy my music, even if you can't pay. If you can, by all...

Book Blogger Appreciation Week: Day One

Book Blogger Appreciation Week kicks off today by posing this question to all participating bloggers:For those of you who participated in BBAW last year, what’s a great new book blog you’ve discovered since last year’s BBAW? For those you new to BBAW, what was the first book blog you discoveredWell this is my first year participating in BBAW, and it's been just over a year now that I first started blogging. I kind of fell into blogging accidentally...

Scifi & Fantasy Releases: Week of September 12

Although there aren't any particular books that I have been looking forward to this week, while compiling this list I did come across a number of books that caught my interest. The Vaults by Toby Ball looks like it could be good, especially as it reminds me of Carlos Ruiz Zafón's The Shadow of the Wind, at least from the description. Will Power, by A.J Hartley, sounds like a fun book and makes me want to check out the previous book in the series...