Mogsy’s Book Haul

Operation Shield – it was a great fortnight for books! Kicking of the list is Operation Shield from Pyr, the newest Cassandra Kresnov novel. I read the previous book 23 Years on Fire last year when it came to me unsolicited and that was how I discovered this wonderful series (and even though it was book #4 I was able to enjoy it without having to catch up with the ones that came before, double score!) so I’m looking forward to continue.

The Tropic of Serpents – I am loving these Lady Trent books because they have everything that makes an awesome series: an intelligent and strong female protagonist with true conviction, the passion for science and natural history, and of course dragons! I’ve been admiring the beautiful illustrations in all their glory in this hard copy, my deepest gratitude to Tor Books. Be sure to keep an eye out for my review, which should be coming right up.

The Goblin Emperor – this arrived from Tor last week as well, and I thought it was great! Be sure to see more of my thoughts in my recent review.

The Oversight – this ARC arrived unexpectedly from Orbit, and boy am I glad. At the time of this writing, I am just over three-quarters of the way through this book and I’m enjoying the hell out of it! I’ve been chasing my next five star read for a while now, and don’t want to jinx anything but this might be it.

Hollow World – until now I’ve only had the copies of this book from Michael J. Sullivan’s Kickstarter campaign. The book was released by publisher Tachyon last week though, several weeks ahead of the official date. This was such a wonderful book and I’ve been dying to share my thoughts on it for so long, and at long last my review finally went up this week. The coolest thing? I was thrilled to see I got blurbed in this print edition!

The Crimson Campaign – it was a great week for the digital pile as well, kicking off with an eARC of book two of The Power Mage trilogy by Brian McClellan.

The Three – OMG OMG OMG I couldn’t believe it when I won an e-copy of this from a giveaway held by Little Brown. I’m positively itching to dig right in.

Soulwoven – this is another book that first began life as a Kickstarter campaign. I received an e-copy for review this week from author Jeff Seymour, who apparently was quite a fan of MMO games as well! Hooray for gamer writers!

Gemsigns – a copy of this book that was supposed to arrive with my print edition of the sequel Binary still hasn’t turned up yet, and I fear it may be lost (it’s so heartbreaking when that happens) but Jo Fletcher Books has kindly helped out by providing me with a digital copy for now and I couldn’t be more grateful!

Damoren – I always get excited whenever I get a new book to review from Ragnarok Publications. They are still new but already they’ve put out so many good titles I’ve enjoyed, and this debut from Seth Skorkowsky had me at “Exorcise” and “Demons”.