Saturday Snapshots: Trying out a new meme

I'm really not very good at sticking with memes that I start but I can't resist giving Alyce's Saturday Snapshot feature a try.Here's a bit about the meme, from At Home With Books:To participate in the Saturday Snapshot meme post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky below. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate...

HarperTeen Asks Authors 'Would You Want to Be a Vampire?'

As an interesting way of promoting their upcoming vampire anthology, Teeth, HarperTeen asked each of the authors who contributed to the book to answer two questions: Would they want to be a vampire for a month and which vampire attribute would they be interested in having.Frankly I can't understand why anyone would answer 'yes' to the question about being a vampire since I can't imagine a more miserable existence, but it was fun to watch the authors come up with different answers. Though I was made a little nervous by those authors who responded...

More Fun Stuff From Around The Web

A couple of months ago I had told you about an author name pronunciation guide that had been published in McSweeney’s book review section. Well I just across another fantastic author name guide over at TeachingBooks.net, this one in audio format. This list includes hundreds of author names that when you click on them play an audio recording by the author, instructing you on how to properly pronounce their name. Now that is a clever idea!Check it...

Journal of a UFO Investigator by David Halperin

Danny Shapiro is an awkward teenager boy with a sick mother, a disapproving father and few friends. But Danny’s troubles are set aside as he recounts his adventures as a UFO investigator, beginning with his first encounter with a UFO, in 1962. Realty and fiction blur in Danny’s vivid tale of a secret society, a stolen journal, an alien seductress and the three sinister “Men in Black” who are on Danny’s trail. Journal of a UFO Investigator is a quirky...

New Scifi & Fantasy Releases: Week of February 14

Steven Erikson fans rejoice! The final installment of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series will be hitting bookstores this week. Since I never got past the first book in the series this one isn't on my wishlist but I do have my eye on Green by Jay Lake which looks like a promising fantasy novel. And of course, I'd love to get my hands on Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination by Hugh MacLeod, which might provide some helpful tips...

Another Amazing Post that I Didn't Write But Wish I Did

A recent blog post at Misfit Salon reminded me of this fantastically awesome post I had come across a while ago at the Tor blog entitled How to Lie About Books. Here are just a few tantalizing bits and you will have to read the rest of the post at Tor.com, since, unfortunately, I didn't write this. Alas.Allow me to teach you my five simple rules for lying about books.Change the SubjectWhen engaging in the secret art of literary bullshittery, the goal is to change to subjects as quickly as possible to something you actually do know a lot about....