George R. R. Martin's versions of popular nursery rhymes

I wonder what kind of kids George R.R. Martin would have had, raised on these kind of nursery rhymes...

Friday Finds

Friday Finds Hosted by Should be Reading I recently read a review of this book at Drying Ink which was so enthusiastic that I went and preorderd it even though I haven't heard of this book or author before.  But I like the cover and a good review and a good cover is enough for me to want to give it a try. The Alchemist of Souls by Anne Lyle When Tudor explorers returned from the New World, they brought back a name out of half-forgotten...

Shadows On The Moon by Zoë Marriott

"On my fourteenth birthday when the sakura was in full bloom, the men came to kill us. We saw them come, Aimi and me. We were excited, because we did not know how to be frightened. We had never seen soldiers before." Suzume is a shadow-weaver. She can create mantles of darkness and light, walk unseen in the middle of the day, change her face. She can be anyone she wants to be. Except herself. Suzume died officially the day the Prince's...

New Scifi & Fantasy Releases: Week of February 5- 11

Science Fiction World Divided: Book Two of the Secret World ChronicleMercedes Lackey, Cody Martin, Dennis Lee and Veronica GiguerePublisher: BaenRelease Date: February 7 After an Earth-scarring apocalyptic battle, the meta-humans have turned back a massive invasion of super-science powered Nazi war machines–and at least driven whoever is in ultimate control of them to pause and regroup. Now meta-hero organizations Echo and sometime Russian ally...