Title: Triumff, Her Majesty’s Hero Author: Dan Abnett Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Angry Robot Publishing Date: Oct 1 2009 Paperback: 352 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Summary: Sir Rupert Triumff. Adventurer. Fighter. Drinker. Saviour? Pratchett goes swashbuckling in…
Fantasy
Joint Review: Soulless by Gail Carriger
Title: Soulless Author: Gail Carriger Genre: Romance, Horror/Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Publishing Date: September 29, 2009 Paperback: 384 pages Stand Alone or series: Book one in a planned series, titled The Parasol Protectorate. Summary: (from amazon.com) Alexia Tarabotti is laboring…
Title: Fire Author: Kristin Cashore Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Dial (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: October 2009 (US) / September 2009 (UK) Hardcover: 480 pages Stand alone or series: Fire is the prequel/companion novel to Graceling, but…
Welcome to another Guest Dare – the September edition. For those new to the feature, our Guest Dare is a monthly endeavor in which we invite an unsuspecting victim to read a book totally outside of their comfort zone.…
In anticipation for the release of the long awaited Elegy Beach, Steven Boyett’s much loved fantasy-post-apocalyptic tale Ariel has been re-released. And, after reading and enjoying Ariel, we’ve decided to hold a giveaway! More About the Book: At four-thirty…
Title: Ariel Author: Steven R. Boyett Genre: Speculative Fiction (Sci-Fi/Fantasy), Post-Apocalyptic Publisher: Ace Publication Date: January 1983 (original) / August 2009 (re-release) Paperback: 448 pages Stand alone or series: When Ariel was first published in 1983, it was intended…
Title: The Drawing of the Three Author: Stephen King Genre: Fantasy/Horror Publisher: New English Library Publishing Date: New Edition – 2003 Paperback: 496 pages Stand alone or series: book 2 in the Dark Tower series Summary:Roland of Gilead, the…
It is no secret that we love Neil Gaiman (heck, we even had a full on “Neil Gaiman Appreciation Week” last year). When The Graveyard Book was first released last year (in Hardcover) , we bought it as soon…
Today the BBAW suggested daily topic is: Reading Meme We encourage you to be creative with this! Please choose one or two questions to answer or try to answer all the questions in five words or less. Or choose…
Title: Forest Born Author: Shannon Hale Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Publication Date: September 15, 2009 Hardcover: 400 pages Stand alone or series: Book four in the Books of Bayern series. Why did I read this book:…