Gideon’s Sword by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (Feb. 2011) Review galley courtesy of NetGalley Introducing Gideon Crew: trickster, prodigy, master thief At twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a world-class mathematician, accused of treason and gunned down. At twenty-four, summoned to his dying mother’s bedside, Gideon learned the truth: His father was framed and deliberately slaughtered. With her last breath, she begged her son to … Continue reading
The Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Publisher: Little, Brown, Young Readers Release Date: May 2011 Review copy courtesy of Book It Forward Tours In the heart of Calcutta lurks a dark mystery…. Set in Calcutta in the 1930s, The Midnight Palace begins on a dark night when an English lieutenant fights to save newborn twins Ben and Sheere from an unthinkable threat. Despite monsoon-force rains and terrible danger lurking … Continue reading
Giveaway: Mind Games or Double Cross by Carolyn Crane! Congrats to Diana Ramsay! Giveaway: An Artificial Night and Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire Congrats to April! Winners were chosen using Random.org and have been notified!
Giveaway: Shifters of 2040 by Ami Blackwelder 3 species. Divided lovers. The race is on for planet Earth. Before April fell in love with Robert and Arken in the Hunted of 2060, her human mother Melissa played an important role in the SCM, the military responsible for the massacre of her ancestors. Dive deep into the motivations behind Melissa, Bruce, General Raul, and the Colonel Marn. Discover new characters in … Continue reading
The wonderful folks at Zeitghost Media have offered up this great book trailer for the upcoming Invincible by Sherrilyn Kenyon (March 22nd) as well as an excerpt! Enjoy, and keep an eye out for my review of Infinity: The Chronicles of Nick! **Note to Dark-Hunter fans. The Chronicles of Nick *is* Nick’s real and true past. “Nick Gautier’s day just keeps getting better and better. Yeah, he survived the zombie … Continue reading
Possession by Elana Johnson Publisher: SimonPULSE (YA) Release Date: June 7th, 2011 Review copy courtesy of Book It Forward Tours Vi knows the Rule: Girls don’t walk with boys, and they never even think about kissing them. But no one makes Vi want to break the Rules more than Zenn…and since the Thinkers have chosen him as Vi’s future match, how much trouble can one kiss cause? The Thinkers … Continue reading
I’m so thrilled to have the uber talented Sara Creasy, author of Song of Scarabaeus, and the upcoming Children of Scarabaeus (due March 29th!!), on the blog today! Sara has also generously offered up copies of both books to one lucky winner! **Giveaway Details*Giveaway is now CLOSED. Thanks to everyone that entered! Thanks so much for dropping by the blog, Sara! It’s a pleasure to have you here!For those that … Continue reading
Song of Scarabaeus by Sara Creasey (HarperCollins, April 2010)- Song of Scarabaeus opens with Edie Sha’nim being kidnapped by pirates, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing for her. They want her to use her talent to help them release a couple of Crib serfs, so she goes along for the ride. Then she founds out they’ve created a mental leash between her and one of the serfs, Finn, and her … Continue reading
The wonderful Chelsea of Vampire Book Club is running a very cool feature this week called Reading Escapes, featuring fellow bloggers and highlighting their favorite booky escapes. I was lucky to be featured in today’s post, but if you’ve missed out on Monday’s and Tuesday’s, please hit those up too! Click HERE to visit today’s post!
I have a winner in my giveaway for The Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein! Congrats to: Danah! Winner was chosen using Random.org and has been notified.