A Bit of Online Window-Shopping

Just doing some on-line "window shopping" and I now realize that my life will never be complete without this alien-abduction lamp. I wonder what's going to happen to that poor cow when she makes it up there.And I NEED one of these...At least cheap toothbrushes are easily attainable, so I'll be able to make some of these cool toothbrush bracelets with my kids....

River Marked (Mercy Thompson, Bk 6) by Patricia Briggs

Car mechanic Mercy Thompson has always known there was something different about her, and not just the way she can make a VW engine sit up and beg. Mercy is a shapeshifter, a talent she inherited from her long-gone father. She’s never known any others of her kind. Until now. An evil is stirring in the depths of the Columbia River—one that her father’s people may know something about. And to have any hope of surviving, Mercy and her mate, the Alpha...

A Brief Encounter With a Childhood Friend

When I was about 5 years-old my favorite book was about a group of rabbis who take on a coven of evil witches, and rids the nearby village of their wicked tormentors. But while I loved having the book read to me as I looked at the watercolor illustrations, each night I would have terrifying nightmares about the witches from this book. Most of the nightmares ended with my being dangled miles above a boiling cauldron, and then let go, and I would...

Matched by Ally Condie

My introduction to dystopian fiction through forced readings in high school of Brave New World and 1984, convinced me that this was not the genre for me. But reading The Hunger Games last year was an eye-opening experience that suddenly had me eager to read all of the dystopian books that I could get my hands on, both YA and adult. Since then I have discovered some other wonderful treasures in this genre, though I’ve also sifted through quite a bit...

"waiting Sucks"- Footage from True Blood, Season 4

While this isn't the most informative preview it does at least tell us that Season 4 of True Blood will be based on the fourth book in the Sookie Stackhouse series, Dead to the World. This is the book in which Eric gets amnesia and is forced to rely on Sookie to care for him, and it's by far my favorite book in the series. I'm now really excited for the upcoming season of True Blood, especially after the last season was such a disappointment. While I usually enjoy the way Alan Ball reworks each book to make the story his own, in this case I really...

Recent Scott Lynch Interview

There is an interesting audio interview up at the Orion website (which I discovered via Fantasy Book Review) with the somewhat-reclusive fantasy author, Scott Lynch. I'm really excited about Lynch's upcoming release of The Republic of Thieves, the third book in his Gentleman Bastard series, and I listened to this interview in the hope of finding out more about this much-anticipated book.Lynch does talk a bit about what we can expect to find in The Republic of Thieves; most importantly, he confirms that Sabitha will finally make an appearance and...

New Scifi & Fantasy Releases: Week of March 6

Yay, Thursday's back! Jasper Fforde's newest Thursday Next book is being released this week and I can't wait to get a hold of it. If you haven't yet checked out this series then I highly recommend that you do so because it's just so much fun. I can't recommend these books enough.Oh, and there are some other new releases here as well...Have a great reading week!************************************************************************************Afterlife...