I had to give this one some thought. I don’t really agree, but I see the point that he is trying to make. Reading is certainly using your brain, and reading about other people and their achievements can be inspiring, but at some point, you have to get up and do something! “Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind… Read more
I would think he would need sunglasses to cut the glare…off his abs. Read more
This one looks intriguing! The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo: Li Lan, the daughter of a genteel but bankrupt family, has few prospects. But fate intervenes when she receives an unusual proposal from the wealthy and powerful Lim family. They want her to become a ghost bride for the family’s only son, who recently died under mysterious circumstances. Rarely practiced, a… Read more
And now, the second book from Tor-Forge, Wolfsbane by Gillian Philip: It’s tough being the foretold savior of your race. Rory MacGregor, kept a virtual prisoner in his own father’s dun and hunted by the Sithe queen, needs a break now and then—and what better fun than tearing the Veil no one else can tear and escaping to the Otherworld? In… Read more
This week, I’ve got some new books from the folks at Tor/Forge! First up, Hurricane by Tobias S. Buckell: Prudence “Roo” Jones never thought he’d have a family to look after—until suddenly he found himself taking care of his orphaned teenage nephew. Roo, a former Caribbean Intelligence operative, spends his downtime on his catamaran dodging the punishing hurricanes that are the… Read more
Isn’t this insightful? I can think of so many books that I have read and reread and I always find something valuable in them. That’s a true classic. “A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” – Italo Calvino, Italian journalist and author Read more
Well, that’s not a book I would have picked, but maybe I’d like it better if he read it to me… Read more
Sometimes, those press releases I get come in handy! I recently received this from Galley Books and I was intrigued enough to pick up the ebook. (Those $.99, $1.99 ebooks are going to bankrupt me eventually.) SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois with stories from Diana Gabaldon, Neil Gaiman, Jim Butcher, Marjorie M.… Read more
And the next great book from William Morrow: Season of the Dragonflies by Sarah Creech: For generations, the Lenore women have manufactured a perfume unlike any other, and guarded the unique and mysterious ingredients. Their perfumery, hidden in the quiet rolling hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, creates one special elixir that secretly sells for millions of dollars to the world’s most… Read more
I got my email with the July book offers from William Morrow and WOW what a crop of books! I could have requested every one of them – it was really tough to narrow down my options. Here’s the first to land in my Kindle, Crooked River Still grieving the sudden death of their mother, Sam and her younger sister Ollie… Read more