Posted in Books, Contemporary, Fantasy, Historical, New Books, Romance, Young Adult, tagged vampires, Patricia Briggs, werewolves, Karen Chance, Keri Arthur, Charlaine Harris, Melissa De La Cruz, Revelations, Blue Bloods 3: Revelations, Destiny Kills, Inkdeath, Cornelia Funke, Midnight's Daughter, King of Sword and Sky, C. L. Wilson, Deirdre Martin, Power Play, Laura Lee Guhrke, Secret Desires of a Gentleman, Carrie Vaughn, Wolfsbane and Mistletoe on 30 September 2008 | 2 Comments »
A few books I missed in September:
Inkdeath
By Cornelia Funke
Hardcover released September 26
Book 3 of the Ink Trilogy
Publisher–The Chicken House
Young Adult Fantasy
Several members of my family enjoy this series.
Secret Desires of a Gentleman
By Laura Lee Guhrke
Paperback released September 30
Publisher–Avon
“Maria Martingale was going to elope. But Phillip Hawthorne, Marquess of Kayne, put a stop to those plans [...]
Posted in Books, Historical, Review, Romance, tagged Dangerous Joy, Jo Beverley on 27 September 2008 | 2 Comments »
Title: Dangerous Joy
Author: Jo Beverley
Copyright: 1995
Genre: Historical Romance
Setting: Ireland and England in winter 1816
Publisher: Zebra
Part of a series? yes, Fifth in “Company of Rogues” series
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I first read this book a few years ago and I read it again this week. Jo Beverley is one of my favorite historical romance authors. She has written at least [...]
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Historical, New Books, Romance, Young Adult, tagged Brisingr, Christopher Paolini, Duainfey, Faefever, Hostage to Pleasure, Jo Goodman, Julia Quinn, Karen Ann Moning, Kristin Cast, Lisa Kleypas, Mr. Cavendish I Presume, Nalini Singh, P.C. Cast, Seduce Me at Sunrise, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, The Price of Desire, Untamed on 26 August 2008 | 5 Comments »
More good books coming in September! What September books are you looking forward to?
Duainfey
By Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
Hardcover released September 2 (already available at Amazon)
First in new series
Publisher–Baen
“The husband-and-wife writing team, authors of the “Liaden Universe” series (e.g., I Dare), begin a new series that blends the fantasy and romance genres in one [...]
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Historical, New Books, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult, tagged vampires, Colleen Gleason, Ann Aguirre, urban fantasy, Rachel Caine, werewolves, Caitlin Kittredge, Stephenie Meyer, Suzanne Enoch, Jeanne C. Stein, Legacy, Pure Blood, Wanderlust, The Book of Scandal, Julia London, Bitten to Death, Jennifer Rardin, When Twilight Burns, Gale Force, Breaking Dawn, Countdown, Michelle Maddox, Before the Scandal on 25 July 2008 | 1 Comment »
Many good books to look forward to in August! I’ve also included a few released the end of July.
I want to remind everyone about Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs, too, which will be released on July 29. I mentioned it last month, but I’m very excited about it. I’ve pre-ordered it and can hardly wait [...]
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, New Books, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult, tagged Patricia Briggs, Rhys Bowen, Kelley Armstrong, Delicious, Sherry Thomas, Linda Howard, Shades of Dark, Linnea Sinclair, Cry Wolf, Never Romance a Rake, Liz Carlyle, Eoin Colfer, The Time Paradox, Eve Kenin, Hidden, Death Angel, A Royal Pain, My Lord and Spymaster, Joanne Bourne, The Night Bird, Catherine Asaro, The Summoning on 28 June 2008 | 4 Comments »
Lots of great books coming out this month!
The Summoning
By Kelley Armstrong
Darkest Powers, Book 1
Hardcover released July 1
Publisher–HarperCollins
New YA urban fantasy trilogy set in the same universe as the Otherworld series
“All I wanted was to make friends, meet boys, and keep on being ordinary. I don’t even know what that means anymore. It all [...]
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, New Books, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult, tagged After the Kiss, Blue Smoke and Murder, Caroline Linden, Duchess by Night, Elizabeth Lowell, Eloisa James, Feast of Fools, Hawkspar, Holly Lisle, Margoirie M. Liu, Moonstruck, Murder on Bank Street, Rachel Caine, Rake's Guide to Seduction, Susan Grant, Suzanne Enoch, Tanya Huff, The Iron Hunt, Valor's Trial, vampires, Victoria Thompson on 27 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
I forgot this first book in my May list of books:
Blue Smoke and Murder
By Elizabeth Lowell
Hardcover released May 27
Publisher–William Morrow
From author website: “Jill Breck was just doing her job as a river guide when she saved the life of Lane Faroe, son of two of St. Kilda’s Consulting’s premier operators. But when a string of [...]
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Historical, Review, tagged Colleen Gleason, Gardella Vampire Chronicles, Rises the Night, The Rest Falls Away on 24 May 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Rest Falls Away, Book 1 of the Gardella Vampire Chronicles
Beneath the glitter of dazzling 19th-century London Society lurks a bloodthirsty evil…
In every generation, a Gardella is called to accept the family legacy of hunting vampires, and this time, Victoria Gardella Grantworth is chosen, on the eve of her debut, to carry the stake.
Rises the [...]
Posted in Books, Historical, Miniseries, Television, tagged PBS, Masterpiece Theater, Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford on 10 May 2008 | No Comments »
The second installment of Cranford (on PBS’ Masterpiece Theater) continues tomorrow, May 11 (Sunday) night. Cranford is based on three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.
If you can’t watch this series on TV the installments are available online for a limited period of time. Episode 1 is available now and Episode 2 will be available online beginning [...]
Posted in Books, Historical, Review, Young Adult, tagged Donna Jo Napoli, Hush on 7 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
Melkorka is a princess, the first daughter of a magnificent kingdom in medieval Ireland–but all of this is lost the day she is kidnapped and taken aboard a marauding slave ship. Thrown into a world that she has never known, alongside people that her former country’s laws regarded as less than human, Melkorka is [...]
Posted in Books, Historical, Television, tagged Masterpiece Theater, Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford, North and South, Wives and Daughters on 4 May 2008 | 5 Comments »
Masterpiece Theater is showing a 3-week series–May 4, 11 and 18–called Cranford starting tonight. Cranford is based on three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865). Elizabeth Gaskell wrote a number of novels and short stories in the mid 1800’s in Victorian England including two which have already been adapted for the screen–North and South and Wives [...]
