I’m going to try to make this “around the web” a weekly feature on this blog. Recently I joined Twitter. Now, this is both good and bad. Good, because I’ve met some incredible fellow book-obsessed bloggers and bad because it’s easy to loose track of time on there. Anyway, this has opened my eyes to…

It seems like there are a lot of book giveaways going on right now. We all like free stuff, so in (yet another) effort to streamline browsing experiences, here is a list of the ones that I’ve found (thus far). I’m not going into detail with these giveaways. I figure if you are interested you…

My “to be read” pile seems to expand every day. Currently, I’m almost done with “The Darkness That Comes Before” and should have a review of it posted by this weekend at the latest. I’m about half way through “Scarlet,” which is an incredibly fast read. Anyway, with two books nearing the finish line, my…

I’ve seen a few other blogs do this “around the web” thing and I enjoy it because it seems to streamline my browsing experience (while allowing me to delay getting actual work done a little longer). Free Books/Excerpts/Giveaways: 1. Over on DaveBrendon’s Weblog you can read an excerpt of “I am Number Four” by Pittacus…

I wrote in a previous entry about how I won a contest recently (my very first, even). Well, my winnings have arrived! I know this will only excite me, but regardless, I will regale my 3 readers with new prizes. So, I ghetto-smudged my last name out of the picture but other than that, that’s…

I have been procuring books recently. A library sale here, a clearance sale there. It adds up. After picking up four more books today I decided I should blog my cheap finds and see if anyone has read them and, if so, what their opinions are. So, here are my recent four-dollar-and-under finds. Yes, I…

I saw this over on DaveBrendon’s Fantasy & SciFi Weblog and Floor to Ceiling Books. It looked like fun so I decided to bring it on over here. 1) One Book that Changed Your Life I know this may seem kind of ridiculous to a lot of people but this book is really nostalgic to…