I am a book blogger and the owner of Bookworm Blues - a popular speculative fiction book review website. I have been a compulsive reader all my life. Early on found my reading niche in the fantastic genre of Speculative Fiction. I blame my active imagination for the hobbies that threaten to consume my life. A freelance writer and photographer, world traveler and recent college graduate, I'm also a new mother, cancer fighter & survivor. In my ideal world, I'd do nothing but drink lots of tea and read from a never ending pile of speculative fiction books. Respected as a reviewer, I receive book ARCs from all of the major and most minor publishers in science fiction and fantasy. But given my love of stories, I've always wanted to be a part of the creative process, and editing is my first step in that direction.

The Sea Thy Mistress – Elizabeth Bear

About the Book This direct sequel to Elizabeth Bear’s highly acclaimed All the Windwracked Stars picks up the story some fifty years after Muire went into the sea and became the new Bearer of Burdens. Beautiful Cathoair, now an immortal warrior angel, has been called back to the city of Eiledon to raise his son–Muire’s son as…

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GIVEAWAY: Among Others – Jo Walton

The lovely people at Tor sent me a brand new hardcover copy (complete with a snazzy matching bookmark) of Among Others by Jo Walton. Seeing as how I already have the ARC version of this book, I’ve decided it’s time for me to do another giveaway, only this time it’s open to readers in the…

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Tome of the Undergates – Sam Sykes

About the Book Lenk can barely keep control of his mismatched adventurer band at the best of times (Gariath the dragon man sees humans as little more than prey, Kataria the Shict despises most humans, and the humans in the band are little better). When they’re not insulting each other’s religions they’re arguing about pay…

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Nyphron Rising – Michael J. Sullivan

About the Book War has come to Melengar. To save her realm, Princess Arista must reach the leader of the Nationalists and convince him to join forces. She turns to two trusted mercenaries to provide escort, but finds the team on the verge of dissolution. Hadrian is tired of his lecherous profession and longs for…

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Internet Silence

Hey all,  I feel like I’ve been saying this a lot recently but I’m doing it again. I’m going silent for a few days. I won’t post or be active on facebook, twitter or here until after Monday.  All I’ll say right now is that another huge bomb was dropped on me when I was…

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Soul Born – Kevin james Breaux

About the Book All Opal wanted was to be respected as a wielder of magic, but her teachers passed her over time and time again. When a mysterious warlord embarks on a conquest to destroy the lands of Illyia Opal seizes an opportunity to step out from the shadows of her instructors and take her…

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2011 Goals

Well, it’s that time of year again – the time to set goals and pretend like we are going to stick to them. Some of us will manage it, others won’t. Most of us will fall in the space between where we accomplish some, but not others. I always kind of enjoy reading New Years…

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Dragon Prince – Melanie Rawn

About the Book Melanie Rawn’s best-selling debut is a novel of love and war, magic and madness, and deadly dangerous dragons that hold the secret to unimaginable wealth that could prove key to mutual peace-or a bloody tyrant’s reign. And among it all, an idealistic young ruler struggles to civilize a culture that understands the…

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What to expect through January

Because I love my readers, I figure I should be honest and let you guys know what to expect from me in the next little bit – as I have some issues that have (and will) come up that are going to affect my blogging and reviewing frequency. I guess I am also painfully open…

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The Dark Mirror – Juliet Marillier

About the Book Bridei is a young nobleman, a fosterling of one of the most powerful druids in the land, Broichan. All of Bridei’s earliest memories are of this dark and mysterious man he trusts above all others. Broichan seems to have plans for Bridei, seems to be training him for a special purpose the…

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