Who’s Your Favorite Librarian?

| Jan 27 | 0 Comments

best librarians

Whether it’s in books, comic books, movies or tv shows, librarians can turn out to be the best allies you have. And as such they should be celebrated. io9 has written a great article about “20 heroic librarians who save the world.” I’ll admit, I don’t know most of the ones they list, but they do mention a few of my personal favorites: 1) Giles [...]

MORE

Read An Excerpt From Sookie Stackhouse’s Next Novel ‘Deadlocked’ Now

| Jan 26 | 0 Comments

deadlocked charlaine harris

Even though I have only read the first two books in the series, I couldn’t pass on sharing this excerpt from Charlaine Harris’ new Sookie Stackhouse’s novel Deadlocked. Harris has posted Chapter Two of the novel on her website an early peek at the book which will be released on May 17th of this year. Please note that the excerpt cannot be read on mobile [...]

MORE

New Book Releases: Week of January 24, 2012

| Jan 24 | 0 Comments

book releases 01242012

It’s January and time to pick up some new books to read. This week, the book I am curious about is Stealing Magic, that cover is really pretty, so I might have to pick up the series. But if that’s not your thing, there are plenty to pick from. You can take a look at other titles released this week below. Quiet: The Power of [...]

MORE

Exclusive Interview: Theodora Goss Author of ‘The Thorn and the Blossom’

| Jan 23 | 0 Comments

theodora goss thorn blossom

Theodora Goss is the author of a special and original book The Thorn and the Blossom (read my review here), published by Quirk Books. Instead of a spine, the book is an accordion which opens at both ends with one side telling one character’s side of the story and the other telling the other character’s side. Daemon’s Books had the chance to ask Theodora Goss [...]

MORE

How Many Books Are You Going To Read in 2012?

| Jan 23 | 0 Comments

books 2012

Since setting a goal for myself last year was such a success (I exceeded my comic book goal and almost reached my book goal) and so much fun to keep track, I decided to set a new goal for myself this year. Once again I will be using Goodreads and their 2012 Reading Challenge to keep track of everything. And of course I will be [...]

MORE

Sandrine’s 2011 Year End Book Wrap Up

| Jan 23 | 0 Comments

2011 books wrap up sandrine

I know it’s almost the end of January, but it is still January and so I wanted to take some time to recap last year in reading for me. Back in January 2011, I wrote about my reading goals for 2011, which was to read 48 books and 70 comic books. Thanks to Goodreads’ 2011 Reading Challenge I was able to keep track of things [...]

MORE

The Thorn and the Blossom By Theodora Goss [Review]

| Jan 20 | 0 Comments

the thorn and the blossom book

The Thorn and the Blossom is a book unlike anything that I have ever read before. In fact it was its unusual format that attracted me to it and thanks to the people at Quirk Books I got my hands on a copy. The Thorn and the Blossom tells the story of Evelyn Morgan, a young American studying at Oxford decides to take a short [...]

MORE

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern [Review] – Welcome to The Circus Of Dreams

| Jan 20 | 0 Comments

the night circus book

I need to start by saying that The Night Circus is officially the best book I have read last year and I read 43 books last year, so that’s saying something. I found out about it during the Editors Buzz at this year’s BEA (Book Expo America) and I am so glad I attended because I would have never picked it up otherwise. The Night [...]

MORE

The Death of King Arthur: The Immortal Legend By Peter Ackroyd’s

| Jan 18 | 3 Comments

The Death of King Arthur

I read Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur when I was sixteen and fell in love wtih the book. I’ve always been a huge fan of The Arthurian legend (something I can thank my mother for; we’d listen to the Camelot soundtrack almost daily), and when I was offered the chance to review Peter Ackroyd’s retelling of the classic in The Death of King Arthur: [...]

MORE