The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

I just discovered the most wonderful short film that I have ever seen, thanks to Biblio. It even had me tearing up in the end. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore from Moonbot Studios on Vim...

Friday Finds

Friday Finds Hosted by Should be Reading I can't remember where it was that heard about this book (I really need to start keeping track) but whatever it was that I read it was flattering enough that I immediately added The Troupe to my wishlist. The Troupe by Robert Jackson Bennett George Carole ran away from home to join the Vaudeville circuit. Sixteen years old, uncommonly gifted at the piano, he falls in with a strange troupe -- even for...

Words without translations

When I was about eight years old I suddenly became preoccupied by the desire to find something in the world that hadn't yet been named, and to name it myself. Unfortunately every time I asked my parents what a particular item or idea was called they were able to give me answer, and eventually I gave up on my quest. A couple of days ago Publisher's Weekly  tweeted a link to a blog post on ALTA highlighting ten words that they consider to be...

The Big Over Easy (Nursery Crime #1) by Jasper Fforde

Thursday Next, the protagonist of Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series, is one of my favorite book heroines. And while I've really enjoyed all of the books that I have read by Fforde so far, I've held off from reading his Nursery Crime series because its protagonist is so different from Thursday that I was afraid I would be disappointed. But when my e-library recently got in a copy of The Big Over Easy I decided it was time to bite the bullet and...

New Scifi & Fantasy Releases: Week of February 12- 18

Science Fiction Ashes of Candesce (Virga, #5)Karl SchroederPublisher: TorRelease Date: February 14 A world of endless sky, with no land, no gravity: this is Virga. Beginning in the seminal science fiction novel Sun of Suns, the saga of this striking world has introduced us to the people of stubborn pride and resilience who have made Virga their home; but also, always lurking beyond the walls of the world, to the mysterious threat known only as Artificial...