The King of the Crags by Stephen Deas

Warning: This review does contain some spoilers of the previous book, The Adamantine Palace. The problem with sequels is that they often seem to serve as little more than a way to fill in the space between the beginning and the end of a series. In almost all of the sequels that I've recently read the stories seemed to drag on without any real purpose, other than to lead us to the next book, with the characters drifting through like forgotten ghosts....

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Readers Gone Wild There has been a lot of talk lately about authors who respond poorly to criticism, openly bashing reviewers and readers alike, but it's not only authors who get a little crazy sometimes. A popular fan fiction writer was receiving so much harassment from readers that she actually faked her own death to avoid them. You’re right, I’m not dead. I want to apologize for hurting as many people as I did. You have to understand that I...

My Excuses

My youngest child just turned three last week and I decided that this would be the week he would conquer the potty- if he likes it or not. So far, things are going pretty well and he's gotten down the basics (don't worry, I won't be going into any details) but the one lesson he picked up on the quickest is the importance of taking a book in with you when you go, even if nothing will actually be happening. My three-year old is doing great at this...

New Scifi & Fantasy Releases: Week of April 4

Whew! There are so many book releases this week that this list took me ages to put together, and I didn't even include everything.One book that I definitely know that I'll be reading is Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick. I actually know very little about it but after reading an enthusiastic review of this book at Fantasy & Scifi Loving News I was inspired to immediately order myself a copy from the Book Depository, which is unusual for me. I usually...