5 out of 5 stars. Wow. Just WOW. I finally picked up the sequel to Rachel Hawkins Hex Hall (which I adored), and I devoured it in a single sitting. If you liked the creepy-factor, spunky heroine, and super sexy Archer from the first book, then you will be blown away by book 2. Sophie […]
♥ Here you go, Adriana. I’ll put up book recommendations on Sundays. JUST FOR YOU. ♥ 5 out of 5 stars. This book (and it’s sequel, Court Duel, which is now sold with book 1) is AMAZING. Sherwood Smith is one of my favorite writers–she is a true master of her craft–and this YA fantasy […]
Yesterday, the sequel to the amazing YA paranormal Deception by Lee Nichols came out. It’s called Betrayal, and somehow it manages to be even more awesome and fast paced than the first book! The summary from Goodreads sums up the story rather nicely (oh yay for flap copy editors!): Emma Vaile is the most powerful […]
And so, my clockwork friends and tinkering colleagues, steampunk month comes to a close. But I must say, it was an enormous success!! Lots of participation, lots of interest, and best of all, lots of fodder for future steampunk KAPOW! During the month, all sorts of new Steampunk Stuff crossed into my radar–some came from […]
~~~ A copy of Arthur Slade’s The Hunchback Assignments (it’s labeled as a YA steampunk, but it felt more MG to me) reached my fingertips after lots of great comments hit my ears. Well, I loved it too, so I shall very soon be moving on to book 2, The Dark Deeps. Ugly Modo is […]
Let’s kick off this Steampunk Month with some GIVEAWAY AWESOMENESS–whadaya say? ♥ And what’s more steampunky to giveaway than Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan? ♥
5 out of 5 stars. I first read Patricia C. Wrede’s and Caroline Stevermer’s Sorcery and Cecelia almost fifteen years ago (as young Yahong kindly pointed out recently, I am old) when it still had the cover you see to the right. It has since been reprinted, given a snazzy new cover (see below), and […]
5 out of 5 stars. Because I was heading to Egypt and wanted to build up my anticipation, I decided to read a book set in Egypt. After some Amazon browsing, I settled on Elizabeth Peter’s Crocodile on the Sandbank… And devoured it. So I moved on to Curse of the Pharaohs and then The […]
POLL TIME AGAIN. Why? Because it’s fun. Plus my buddy Madeleine specifically asked me to. In case you’re wondering who I’ve shown above, we’ve got Princess Leia from Star Wars, The Bride from Kill Bill, Rogue from X-men, and Zoe from Firefly. (Oh, and I just had to include some pictures of cute guys. I […]
5 out of 5 stars. John Marsden’s Tomorrow When the War Began is a super famous Australian novel (recently made into a movie, I might add). Why it’s not more famous in the US, I will never understand. BECAUSE IT’S AWESOME. Seriously: sometimes frightening, sometimes shocking, and always exciting. Ellie and her best friends head […]