book birthdays

Absolutely Amazing Releases!

So many new and exciting releases out today!!! Awesome to see them already garnering the attention they deserve. I’ve already mentioned about N.K. Jemisin’s THE FIFTH SEASON appearing on Kirkus Reviews’ list of “The Must-Read Speculative Fiction Books Coming Out in August” and Barnes & Noble’s Bookseller’s Picks for August. Most recently, Book Riot calledContinue reading “Absolutely Amazing Releases!”

APEX by Ramez Naam

If you follow me on Twitter, you may be over hearing me crow about Ramez Naam’s fabulous, award-winning sf thrillers NEXUS, CRUX and, now, APEX. But if you’ve read the books…ah, that’s a different story! You’ve probably already begun proselytizing yourself! APEX, the epic conclusion to the series is out today in digital and oneContinue reading “APEX by Ramez Naam”

Exciting things!

I’m time crunched at the moment between the vacation backlog and the final prep work for next week’s London Book Fair, so while I have three amazing book birthdays this week (SHARDS OF TIME by Lynn Flewelling, THE WOLF SIREN by Karen Whiddon and TEACH ME A LESSON by Jasmine Haynes), I’m going to celebrateContinue reading “Exciting things!”

Before I even begin, a HUGE congratulations to Rachel Caine for receiving Romantic Times Magazine’s February Seal of Excellence. According to RT (link here, though I’m not sure you can view if you’re not a subscriber), “Each month the RT editors select one book that is not only compelling, but pushes the boundaries of genre fiction. ThisContinue reading “Book Birthdays”

Happy Book Birthdays and a new Rebel vlog

I’m so thrilled to wish a happy book birthday to Rachel Caine for her amazing Shakespearean novel PRINCE OF SHADOWS — which casts Benvolio as the hero in a trilling and wonderful Romeo & Juliet retelling, which Kirkus Reviews called, “Simply superb” — and to Chloe Neill for her latest Chicagoland Vampires tale, WILD THINGS,Continue reading “Happy Book Birthdays and a new Rebel vlog”

Book Birthdays! Plus Top Ten Things Never to Say to a Writer

So many exciting book birthdays today! There’s BLACK ARTS, the new novel in Faith Hunter‘s New York Times bestselling Jane Yellowrock series, HOWLING FOR YOU, an e-novella in Chloe Neill’s NYT bestselling Chicagoland Vampires series, where we finally get things from Jeff Christopher’s perspective, and GRYPHON PRECINCT, the fourth novel in Keith R.A. DeCandido‘s fantasyContinue reading “Book Birthdays! Plus Top Ten Things Never to Say to a Writer”

Happy Book Birthday, etc.

I have to wish a fantastically happy book birthday to debut author Marie Langager, whose wonderful young adult science fiction novel BEYOND OUR STARS, released today as part of Bloomsbury Spark’s launch line. So exciting! Cover Copy: Fleeing a destroyed Earth, seventeen-year-old orphan Hope grew up living in the confines of a spaceship heading toContinue reading “Happy Book Birthday, etc.”

Book Birthdays and Rebel Reads

It seems the days when I could count on things being quiet enough to post a leisurely blog are far behind me, so I’m a couple of days late posting my happy book birthdays for the week. Here are some great, great reads just out! KICKING IT edited by Faith Hunter and Kalayna Price ThisContinue reading “Book Birthdays and Rebel Reads”

Happy Book Birthdays!

Happy book birthdays to Molly Cochran! That’s right, “birthdays”…plural! The paperback edition of her acclaimed YA debut LEGACY and the hardcover and e-book editions of the sequel, POISON, are both out today from Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books! Overview An “exciting and well-written tale of contemporary witchcraft and romance” that will “please the legions ofContinue reading “Happy Book Birthdays!”

Book birthdays!

Posting tomorrow’s book birthdays today! (In reverse order from my last week’s “yay, they’re coming!” sort of post.) BAD BLOOD by Lucienne Diver (Samhain), Latter-Day Olympians, Book 1 Tori Karacis’s family line may trace back to a drunken liaison between the god Pan and one of the immortal gorgons. Or…maybe it’s just coincidence that herContinue reading “Book birthdays!”