Life- Changing Books: Are they for real?

I often see book bloggers refer to certain books as "life-changing" and I've begun to wonder what this means exactly. How can a book really change a person's life? While I have certainly learned a lot from many of the books that I have read, and some of them may have influenced me in small ways, I wouldn't be able to point to a single book and say that it actually changed my life. After wondering about this for a while I decided to ask around and see if anyone else could shed some light on this matter for me. And so I contacted a few different...

Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal

Although I'm not usually drawn to books that are compared to works by Jane Austen, the elegant cover, delectable title and promise of magic all combined to make Shades of Milk and Honey a book that immediately intrigued me.From the Publisher: Shades of Milk and Honey is an intimate portrait of Jane Ellsworth, a woman ahead of her time in a version of Regency England where the manipulation of glamour is considered an essential skill for a lady of...

New Scifi & Fantasy Releases: Week of October 4

If you like the romantic side of speculative fiction than this is a good week for you with a new scifi romance from Lexxie Couper and a romantic steampunk novel from Meljean Brook, along with the usual plethora of paranormal romances. There is also a paranormal romance anthology, Never After, which includes stories from many of the top authors in the genre.There is really only one book that caught my attention this week and that's Bloodthirsty by...