Yep, I’m alive…

Life with a newborn is… well, difficult. Don’t get me wrong, I’m seriously enjoying getting to know my daughter, but holy crap is it a shock to my system. It’s frustrating and amazing all at once. It also throws my schedule completely off in every conceivable way. I’m glad I scheduled reviews to be put up for several weeks….

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With Fate Conspire – Marie Brennan

About the book Seven years ago, Eliza’s childhood sweetheartvanished from the streets of Whitechapel. No one believed her when shetold them that he was stolen away by the faeries. But she hasn’t given up the search. It will lead her across London and into thehidden palace that gives refuge to faeries in the mortal world. That refuge isnow…

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Discussion: Book trailers

Book trailers seem to be getting more and more popular. Almost every book that comes out has some youtube video that goes along with it.  I have to admit, I don’t see the point of these book trailers. I almost never watch them. I can see how they appeal to certain people. I guess I’m…

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Bricks – Leon Jenner

About the book This is the story of a bricklayer.A master of his craft, he keeps its sacred teachings secret. For him a house isthe dwelling place of a soul, and a house must be built in the right spirit orthe soul inside it will suffer. The building of an arch is a ritual to…

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Discussion: Self publishing

I usually don’t accept works from self-published authors to review. The reason why is because there is simply too much published work for me to read, why spend time reading a self-published author’s work. However, recently I’ve seen many discussions about how the publishing world is changing and self-published authors will become more popular and…

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She’s here!

This is going to be short and sweet because I’m about 27 different kinds of exhausted right now.  Fiona Claire was born on Monday, August 15 at 8:06 am. The first cut was done at 8:01am and she came out five minutes later. Then there were about 15 minutes of being sewn back up and…

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Stations of the Tide – Michael Swanwick

About the Book The “JubileeTides” will drown Miranda beneath the weight of her own oceans. But as theonce-in-two centuries cataclysm approaches, an even greater catastrophethreatens this dark and dangerous planet of tale-spinners, conjurers, andshapechangers. For Gregorian has come, a genius renegade scientist and bushwizard. With magic and forbidden technology, he plans to remake the rottingdying…

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Low Town – Daniel Polansky

About the book Drug dealers, hustlers,brothels, dirty politics, corrupt cops . . . and sorcery. Welcome to Low Town.  In the forgotten back alleys and flophouses that lie in the shadows of Rigus,the finest city of the Thirteen Lands, you will find Low Town. It is an uglyplace, and its chamĀ­pion is an ugly man….

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Discussion: TV that’s better than the book

I’m not much of a TV or movie watcher.  I always hear that books are better than their television counterparts and for the most part, from what I’ve seen, I agree. However, that can’t always be the case, can it? There are always outliers to every broad generalization. Hence, this week’s question.  What are some…

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List of scheduled discussions & reviews

Here it is, my epic list of pre-written scheduled reviews and discussions. I’m posting it so this way you’ll know what to expect and when. I doubt I’ll be around throwing direct links to my posts online for a while. I’ll probably pop in and out over the course of this schedule, but this allows…

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