June | 2015 | The BiblioSanctum

Bookish Bingo Finale, Audiobook Month Finale, & Miscellaneous Updates

Posted on June 30, 2015 6 Comments

Bookish Bingo This challenge is Bookish Bingo hosted by the ladies at Great Imaginations and changes every three months. This board encompassed April, May, and June. When I participate starting next month, I’ll try to be more focused… or not… I knew I wouldn’t read all the books that I chose for the challenge, but it did […]

Teaser Tuesday & Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten (Audio) Books I’ve Listened To So Far In 2015

Posted on June 30, 2015 19 Comments

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! […]

Nightlife Gets Bigger and Even More Frightening – An Interview with Author Matthew Quinn Martin

Posted on June 29, 2015 2 Comments

For Halloween of 2013, author Matthew Quinn Martin introduced us to the little town of New Harbor and the very frightening world beneath it–read my co-review with Mogsy here, and our first interview with Matthew here!) Now, his NIGHTLIFE series is expanding to bring you NIGHTLIFE: HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, a novella that I reviewed here, and the […]

Audiobook Review: The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord

Posted on June 28, 2015 15 Comments

A review copy was provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord Genre: Science Fiction Series: Book 2 of The Best of All Possible Worlds Publisher: Audible (April 23, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating (Overall): 3 of 5 stars Narrator: Robin Miles | Length: 11 hrs 12 […]

Audiobook Review: The Element of Fire by Martha Wells

Posted on June 28, 2015 7 Comments

Genre: Fantasy Series: Book #1 of the Ile-Rien Series Publisher: Self-Published (November 13, 2006) Author Information: Website | Twitter Tiara’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble Narrator: Derek Perkins | Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins | Audiobook Publisher: Tantor Audio (September 16, 2013) | Whispersync Ready: Yes The […]

YA Weekend: Alive by Scott Sigler

Posted on June 27, 2015 12 Comments

A review copy was provided to me by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Alive by Scott Sigler Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction Series: Book 1 of The Generations Trilogy Publisher: Del Rey (July 14, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars I’ve been dreading the thought of […]

Voice of Gold: An Interview with Award-winning Narrator Simon Vance

Posted on June 26, 2015 8 Comments

It’s no secret that we at BiblioSanctum are fond of audiobooks and the many narrators who bring those stories to life. It’s also no secret that one of our favourite narrators is the amazing Simon Vance, whose award-winning work encompasses almost a thousand different books over the past 30 years. We are thrilled that Mr. Vance […]

Backlist Burndown: Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire

Posted on June 25, 2015 14 Comments

As book bloggers, sometimes we get so caught up reading review titles and new releases that we end up missing out on a lot previously published books. As a result, one of my goals this year is to take more time to catch up with my backlist, especially in my personal reading pile. And it […]

Tough Traveling: Fathers

Posted on June 25, 2015 27 Comments

The Thursday feature “Tough Traveling” is the brainchild of Nathan of Review Barn, who has come up with the excellent idea of making a new list each week based on the most common tropes in fantasy, as seen in (and inspired by) The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynn Jones. Nathan has invited anyone […]

Comic Stack – 06/24/2015: Graphic Novel Review: Gotham Academy Vol. 1: Welcome to Gotham Academy by Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher

Posted on June 24, 2015 3 Comments

Full Disclosure: A review copy of this comis was provided to me by DC Comics via NetGalley. I would like to thank the author(s) and the publisher for providing me this opportunity. All opinions expressed from here forward are my own. I know I said that I was going to start my House of M reread […]