Friday Finds

Hosted by Should be Reading I really like the sound of this book, and not just because it involves chocolate (though that does help). The plot sounds creative and I really look forward to reading it when it comes out in September. All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin In 2083, chocolate and coffee are illegal, paper is hard to find, water is carefully rationed, and New York City is rife with crime and poverty. And yet, for Anya Balanchine,...

Cordelia’s Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold

About two years ago, shortly after I started this blog, I approached Lois McMaster Bujold for an interview. To my delight Bujold agreed and I decided that before I put together the interview questions I would read a few of her Vorkosigan books, which is the series that she is particularly well-known for (until then I had only read her fantasy books). Unfortunately getting a hold of these books was a lot more challenging than I had expected it to...

Free Audio Books from Random House

Random House is currently offering three free audiobooks to anyone that signs up for their newsletter (though I think you can actually download the books without signing up for it). The books being offered are: White Cat by Holly Black ( I read this one and enjoyed it) Nate the Great Goes Undercover by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Survival by Louis L'Amour For more information visit the Random House websi...

Cosplay Fever: Raise Your Glass

This made me smile (and want to dress up in a costume and dance)  ...

The Company We Keep: A Husband and Wife True Life Spy Story by Robert and Dayna Bear

Robert Baer was known inside the CIA as perhaps the best operative working the Middle East. But if his career was all that a spy might aspire to, his personal life was a brutal illustration of everything a spy is asked to sacrifice. Dayna Williamson thought of herself as just an ordinary California girl. But she was always looking to get closer to the edge. When she joined the CIA, she was initially tasked with Agency background checks, but...

New Scifi and Fantasy Releases: Week of July 17

Beautiful Beings Kailin Gow Genre: YA Paranormal Romance Publisher: theEdgebooks Release Date: July 18 An ethereal exclusive boarding school with unearthly beautiful students... Lux, a rebel girl, who has been seeing demons and angels since she was two... Asher, the bad boy on a motorcycle who sketches angels... Brax Kingsley who instantly captures Lux's eyes when she moves into the neighborhood... And the Hatchett twins whose parents...