Books in the Wild: UK's Books Swap

This sounds so unbelievably amazing that I'm tempted to hop on a plane to the UK right now so that I can participate. From the Guardian: The Guardian is launching its six-week autumn books season by setting 15,000 titles free in the wild this weekend. From fiction to design, and children's books to science, the Guardian has gathered thousands of books from publishers and authors and is distributing them around the country for free. Books will...

Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

After finishing Brandon Sanderson's The Way of Kings (to be reviewed next week, hopefully) I was reluctant to start on another book because I knew that whatever I read next would seem mediocre and dull in comparison. But since not reading is not an option, I figured my best bet was to choose a book as different from The Way of Kings as possible, and I had just the book in mind. I had just gotten The Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life out of the library...

Book Magic in Edinburgh

I came across this article today about these fantastical paper sculptures that have been mysteriously appearing in various literary and artistic institutes around Edinburgh. This "PoeTree" was left on a table in the Scottish Poetry Library in March. In June the National Library of Scotland found this paper sculpture of a gramophone and a coffin, carved out of a copy of Ian Rankin's Exit Music And then this amazing paper sculpter of a cinema...

Back to Books Giveaway Winner

Congratulations to the winner of the Back to Books Giveaway... Hannah @ Once Upon a Time Thank you to everyone who participated in the giveaway....

The Girl in the Flammable Skirt by Aimee Bender

I've never been a big reader of short stories but after listening to a review of The Girl in the Flammable Skirt on one of my podcasts I just had to read this book. The stories that the reviewer described just sounded so provocative and unusual that I needed to read them for myself, especially after he read the opening lines to several of the stories. The Rememberer: My lover is experiencing reverse evolution. I tell no one. I don't know how...

New Scifi and Fantasy Releases: Week of September 11

Away (The Line, #2)Teri HallGenre: YA DystopiaPublisher: DialRelease Date: September 15 After crossing the Line, Rachel finds herself in a world where survival is never guaranteed - a world where bizarre creatures roam the woods and people have strange abilities. Everything has gone to ruin Away and the survivors have banded into warring clans. Rachel finds her father being held prisoner by a tribe of Others, and she and her new friends set out...