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 [...]
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August 2008 Books
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 »
New Books for July
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 [...]
TBR Reading Challenge for June
Posted in Books, Review, Science Fiction, TBR Day Review, tagged military science fiction, Tanya Huff, Valor's Choice on 18 June 2008 | 3 Comments »
* Book Read: Valor’s Choice, Book 1 Confederation Series
* Author: Tanya Huff
* Publisher: DAW Books
* Copyright: 2000
* Genre: Science Fiction
Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr was a battle-hardened professional. So when she and her platoon were yanked from a well-deserved leave for what was supposed to be “easy” duty as the honor guard for a diplomatic [...]
New Books for June!
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 [...]
May 2008 Books
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, New Books, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, tagged A Fatal Waltz, Anne Stuart, Charlaine Harris, Fire and Ice, From Dead to Worse, Julia Quinn, Loretta Chase, Madeline Hunter, Romancing the Dead, Secrets of Surrender, Stephenie Meyer, Tasha Alexander, Tate Hallaway, The Host, The Lost Duke of Wyndham, Your Scandalous Ways on 29 April 2008 | 3 Comments »
Wow, some good books are coming along in May! I’ve already ordered a few of these and look forward to reading these books.
Fire and Ice
By Anne Stuart
5th and final book in the Ice series
Paperback on sale May 1
Romantic suspense
I have enjoyed all the books in this series.
From Dead to Worse
By Charlaine Harris
Southern Vampire (Sookie Stackhouse) [...]
Review: Grimspace by Ann Aguirre
Posted in Books, Review, Science Fiction, tagged Ann Aguirre, Grimspace on 1 April 2008 | 5 Comments »
Title: Grimspace
Author: Ann Aguirre
Type of book: Science Fiction
Copyright:2008
Publisher:Ace
Why I read this book: I first heard about this book in January at the Dear Author website. They were so enthusiastic about the book I put it on my list of books to buy for February and I’m glad I did. It’s an excellent book!
The book is [...]
Google Image Meme
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Science Fiction, tagged Meme on 24 March 2008 | 3 Comments »
I was tagged by Chartroose for a meme called Google Image Meme. Here are the instructions:
Go to Google Image Search. Type in the name of the last book you really enjoyed (I say that because you may not have enjoyed the last book you read). Perform the search. Now, obviously you’re going to [...]
Favorite Heroes
Posted in Booking through Thursday, Books, Historical, Miniseries, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Television, tagged Agent of Change, Anne Stuart, Bastian Touissant, Black Ice, Carpe Diem, Elizabeth Gaskell, J. D. Robb, Jo Beverley, John Thornton, Liaden Universe, North & South, Richard Armitage, Roarke, Rothgar, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Val Con yos'Phelium on 7 March 2008 | No Comments »
You should have seen this one coming … Who is your favorite Male lead character? And why?
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I’m late with Booking Through Thursday this week, but I’m finally back home and ready to blog! Favorite heroes…I realize I tend to focus on strong female characters rather than strong male characters. I had a hard time deciding [...]
Heading for Home
Posted in Books, Family, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Mystery, Science Fiction, tagged Mark Del Franco, Ann Aguirre, Grimspace, J. D. Robb, Survivor in Death, Unshapely Things, Supermarket, Brian Wood on 4 March 2008 | No Comments »
We had beautiful sunsets, family visits, deer in the yard, sunny days, a little snow and lots of fun, but now it is time to head back to the Midwest.
This will probably be the only blog entry I do this week. We’re leaving Oregon to fly home this week, but it’s a two day [...]
Favorite Heroines
Posted in Booking through Thursday, Books, Contemporary, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction, tagged S. J. Rozan, Elizabeth Moon, Patricia Briggs, Eve Dallas, J. D. Robb, Mercy Thompson, Lydia Chin, Kylara Vatta, Eddi McCandry, Emma Bull, Jennifer Crusie, Sophie Dempsey, Welcome to Temptation, War of the Oaks on 28 February 2008 | 7 Comments »
Who is your favorite female lead character? And why? (And yes, of course, you can name more than one . . . I always have trouble narrowing down these things to one name, why should I force you to?)
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It is hard to come up with just a few female lead characters. I like strong, [...]
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