Happy Sunday to all and to all a good night! Wait. I think I’m getting my greetings mixed up. Oops. Covers, Covers, Covers: Quite a lot has been going on in the world of speculative fiction-fantasy cover-land. Orbit has…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the penultimate stop on the Official Mockingjay 13 District Blog Tour: District 12 Despite this coal mining district’s status as one of the poorest in all of Panem, District 12 has no shortage of…
Joint Review: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Title: The Way of Kings Author: Brandon Sanderson Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: August 2010 Hardcover: 1008 Pages Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently…
Title: Dangerous Neighbors Author: Beth Kephart Genre: Historical/YA Publisher: Egmont USA Publication Date: August 2010 Hardcover 192 pages Could any two sisters be more tightly bound together than the twins, Katherine and Anna? Yet love and fate intervene to…
The Black Prism is fantasy author Brent Weeks’ new book (release date: tomorrow) and as part of their marketing campaign, publisher Orbit came up with an awesome idea: Five blogs had the opportunity to send a few interview questions…
To: The Society of Totally Awesome Books Subject: For your consideration – Jaclyn Moriarty’s books ****** Dear Society of Totally Awesome Books, It is with the utmost delight that I write to you today. I have found a new-to-me…
It is the END, my friends! THE END of YAAM! It was the best of months; we had loads of fun, we nearly collapsed under the stress but we.Did.It. And of course, we loved it! It is with a…
YA Appreciation Month – Guest Author: Karen Healey on Awesome Female Characters
Welcome to our latest guest post in the YAAM – 2010 edition. As part of our celebration of all things YA, we invited authors from different genres to write about the books and the genres they write. Today’s guest…
Joint Review: Plain Kate by Erin Bow
Title: Plain Kate Author: Erin Bow Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Publication Date: September 2010 Hardcover: 336 pages Plain Kate lives in a world of superstitions and curses, where a song can heal a wound and a shadow can…


















