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, Fantasy, Review, TBR Day Review, Young Adult, tagged Gillian Summers, The Tree Shepherd's Daughter on 17 September 2008 | No Comments »
Title: The Tree Shepherd’s Daugther
Author: Gillian Summers
Copyright: 2007
Publisher: Flux (an imprint of Llewellyn Publications)
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
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I bought The Tree Shepherd’s Daughter by Gillian Summers last year based on the cool cover. It is one of the best covers I’ve seen in a long time though many young adult fantasies have great covers. However, once [...]
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, Review, Young Adult, tagged Chosen, House of Night, Kristin Cast, P. C. Cast, Untamed, vampyres on 13 June 2008 | 1 Comment »
Note: If you haven’t read the first two books in this series you should read them before reading this book or this review! I have reviewed both Marked and Betrayed.
Bloodlust and dark forces are at work at the House of Night, and fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird’s adventures at the school take a mysterious turn. Those [...]
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, 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, Contemporary, Fantasy, Historical, New Books, Romance, Young Adult, tagged A Lady's Secret, Amanda Quick, C. E. Murphy, Dagger-Star, Dierdre and Don Juan, Ekaterina Sedia, Elizabeth Vaughan, Embrace the Night, Ink Exchange, Jayne Ann Krentz, Jeaniene Frost, Jo Beverley, Karen Chance, Kelley Armstrong, Keri Arthur, Lovers and Ladies, Melissa Marr, One Foot in the Grave, Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, Personal Demon, The Darkest Kiss, The Fortune Hunter, The Queen's Bastard, The Third Circle, urban fantasy on 22 March 2008 | 3 Comments »
What books do you want to buy in April? Here are the April books on my list:
Personal Demon
By Kelley Armstrong
Women of the Otherworld, Book 8
Hardcover on sale March 25
Urban Fantasy
Bitten is one of my all-time favorite books
A Lady’s Secret
By Jo Beverley
Set in the Malloren world
Mass Market Paperback on sale April 1
Historical Romance set in Georgian [...]
Posted in Books, Historical, Review, Romance, TBR Day Review, Young Adult, tagged A Countess Below Stairs, Eva Ibbotson on 19 March 2008 | 4 Comments »
My TBR Day review (see the Avid Book Reader blog for more details) for March 2008:
Book Read: A Countess Below Stairs
Author: Eva Ibbotson
Copyright: 1981 (However, this has been in my TBR pile for only about a year–but long enough!)
Genre: Historical Romance (originally published as an adult romance, now published as young adult fiction)
After the [...]
