August | 2015 | The BiblioSanctum

Audiobook Review: Flex by Ferrett Steinmetz

Posted on August 24, 2015 19 Comments

A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Flex by Ferrett Steinmetz Genre: Urban Fantasy Series: Book 1 of ‘Mancer Publisher: Audible Studios (08/06/15) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating (Overall): 4.5 of 5 stars Narrator: Peter Brooke | Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins Okay, I loved Flex. And not least because […]

Audiobook Review: Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

Posted on August 23, 2015 20 Comments

A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 3 of The Witcher Publisher: Hachette Audio (8/4/15) Author Information: Website Mogsy’s Rating (Overall): 4.5 of 5 stars Narrator: Peter Kenny | Length: 11 hrs 59 min Over the last two months, I’ve been working my […]

Stacking the Shelves

Posted on August 22, 2015 28 Comments

I’m sneaking in an impromptu Stacking the Shelves this week because there some very cool new arrivals to talk about. Actually, I’ve not been requesting books that much for the past few weeks in order to catch up a bit with my TBR, but there are always plenty of surprises in the mailbox. Plus there were […]

Book Review: The End of All Things by John Scalzi

Posted on August 21, 2015 15 Comments

A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The End of All Things by John Scalzi Genre: Science Fiction Series: Book 6 of Old Man’s War Publisher: Tor (8/11/15) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars I won’t lie, Old Man’s War is probably one of my […]

Book Review and GIVEAWAY: Forbidden by Cathy Clamp

Posted on August 20, 2015 7 Comments

*** Be sure to check out the end of this review for details on our US giveaway of FORBIDDEN by Cathy Clamp *** A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Forbidden by Cathy Clamp Genre: Urban Fantasy Series: Book 1 of Luna Lake Publisher: Tor (8/18/15) Author Information: Website […]

Tough Traveling: Major Discoveries

Posted on August 20, 2015 6 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 08/19/15 – King #1 by Joshua Hale Fialkov (writer), Bernard Chang (Illustrator)

Posted on August 19, 2015 6 Comments

Genre: Dystopia, Science Fiction Publisher: Jet City Comics (August 19, 2015) Author Information: Website Tiara’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars Full Disclosure: A review copy of this book was provided to me via Netgalley. I would like to thank the publisher for providing me this opportunity. All opinions expressed from here forward are […]

Waiting on Wednesday 08/19/15

Posted on August 19, 2015 14 Comments

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that lets us feature upcoming releases that we can’t wait to get our hands on! Mogsy’s Pick: Dreaming Death by J. Kathleen Cheney: February 2, 2016 (Roc) At the moment I’m working my way through the books of J. Kathleen Cheney’s Golden City series, so I am no […]

Audiobook Review: The Alchemist and the Executioness by Paolo Bacigalupi, Tobias S. Buckell

Posted on August 18, 2015 2 Comments

Genre: Fantasy, Novella Publisher: Audible Studios (July 7, 2010) Narrators: Jonathan Davis (The Alchemist), Katherine Kellgren (The Executioness) Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins The Alchemist and the Executioness is actually two novellas told in a shared universe. This started as an audiobook, but now you can buy both stories in digital print format separately. In this world, magic is […]

Teaser Tuesday & Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Of Your Auto-buy Authors

Posted on August 18, 2015 15 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 […]