The Stars Down Under by Sandra McDonald

The Stars Down Under by Sandra McDonald

This is the second book in the trilogy (I think it’s a trilogy) by Sandra McDonald. Book 1, The Outback Stars I reviewed over here: LJ | vox . It’s got multicultural characters, military fiction, and indigenous Australian mythology all mixed up with space opera. I was pretty blown [...]

Dark Legacy by Anna DeStefano

 

Dark Legacy by Anna DeStefano

This book was sent to me by Dorchester as well (yes a string of books from them here lately). I had mentioned my interest in anything like the Shomi line, and this has some science fiction, paranormal and romance elements in it, which seemed to be in the same kind of [...]

The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker by Leanna Renee Heiber

 

The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker

I’ve been eying this book ever since I saw the title; it just WINS. And after seeing the cover (which I really like – simple and atmospheric) and learning that the story was a little steampunk, my little book-I-must-get radar was beeping like mad. If you look around, this book is [...]

Space Opera on TV: Defying Gravity

 

DEFYING GRAVITY

I know this is a book blog, but I think it’s known by those who read it that I’m a fan of space operas and science fiction romance,  and thanks to calico_reaction, I found out about a new show on ABC which I’ve started watching and like so far. It has a few recognizable [...]

The FIre King by Marjorie Liu

 

The Fire King (Dirk & Steele Romance)
Marjorie Liu

This book was sent to me by Dorchester publishing.
 
The Premise: The heroine of this story is Soria, a woman with an extraordinary ability to pick up languages. It’s always been the case since she was a child, and people call her a prodigy. They don’t realize that it’s magic, and [...]

Around the web: Soulless cover art

 

Victorian 2 Piece Traveling Suit alternate view

 

Victorian 2 Piece Traveling Suit

Look familiar? I was surfing the web and discovered Clockwork Couture, A Fine Steampunk Clothier, and their photoshoot for the Victorian 2 piece Traveling Suit ($320) was used for the cover of Soulless by Gail Carriger: “A high Chinese colar and cuffs adorned with black lace, along [...]

Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey

 

Naamah’s Kiss
Jacqueline Carey

This book was sent to me for review by Hachette Books.
 
Premise: This is the beginning of a new series in the same world as the two Kushiel series, but takes place a few generations later. The heroine is Moirin, who was born into the Maghuin Dhonn, worshippers of a great brown bear, a wild people who [...]

Jane Austen in Scarsdale Or Love, Death, and the SATs by Paula Marantz Cohen

 

Jane Austen in Scarsdale: Or Love, Death, and the SATs
Paula Marantz Cohen

This is part of my reading for the Everything Austen Challenge, hosted at Stephanie’s Written Word. I wanted to read this one because it’s set in Scarsdale, New York, which is very close to where I live, and I wanted to see how Westchester [...]

Ten upcoming movies based on books (in order of release)

The Time Travellers Wife – Official Trailer [HD]
1. The Time Traveler’s Wife based on the book by Audrey Niffenegger, comes out August 14th.
 

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs – Official Trailer
 

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs – Official Trailer 2 [HD]
2. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, based on the book by Judi Barrett  (illustrated [...]

Ariel by Steven R. Boyett

 

Ariel
Steven R. Boyett

 I heard of this book through the Hidden Gems Forum of paperbackswap. Someone had posted about this book as a Gem from their childhood and said it was a story about a boy and his unicorn in a post apocalyptic landscape. I was intrigued. This excellent review at Lost Books cinched my wanting to read [...]