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Comic Stack 02/11/14

Posted on February 11, 2015 2 Comments

This week I met Poe, a young boy born with black feathers whose destiny seems to rest in a game played by omnipresent beings, Laney Griffin, a man who has a chance encounter in the woods after deciding to do whatever necessary to help his dying son, Kate Kristopher, who has to return to her fantasy […]

Waiting on Wednesday 02/11/15

Posted on February 11, 2015 18 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: Dark Ascension by M.L. Brennan: August 4, 2015 (Roc) In August, Fortitude Scott returns in book 4 of Generation V. OMG, can it be August already? “As the “wickedly […]

Book Review: The Eterna Files by Leanna Renee Hieber

Posted on February 10, 2015 14 Comments

The Eterna Files by Leanna Renee Hieber Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 1 of The Eterna Files Publisher: Tor (February 3, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars It’s Great Britain versus the United States in this paranormal historical novel about the search for immortality. After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his widow Mary Todd Lincoln is […]

Book Review: Cherry Bomb by Kathleen Tierney/Caitlín R. Kiernan

Posted on February 8, 2015 17 Comments

Cherry Bomb by Kathleen Tierney/Caitlín R. Kiernan Genre: Urban Fantasy Series: Book 3 of Siobhan Quinn Publisher: Roc (February 3, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars The Siobhan Quinn series is the dark underbelly of urban fantasy you never get to see, a project that began as the author Caitlín R. Kiernan’s (writing as Kathleen Tierney) […]

YA Weekend: Half the World by Joe Abercrombie

Posted on February 7, 2015 33 Comments

Half the World by Joe Abercrombie Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Series: Book 2 of The Shattered Sea Publisher: Del Rey (February 17, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars You gotta hand it to Joe Abercrombie. Knocking it out of the park on his first venture into Young Adult territory could be seen as a fluke, but […]

Book Review: The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes

Posted on February 6, 2015 10 Comments

The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 1 of Bring Down Heaven Publisher: Orbit (January 27, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars The City Stained Red is the start of Sam Sykes’ new series called Bring Down Heaven and it takes place in the same “universe” as his Aeon’s Gate trilogy. Happily, […]

Waiting on Wednesday 02/04/15

Posted on February 4, 2015 19 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: Tower of Thorns by Juliet Marillier: November 3, 2015 (Roc) Do I really need to explain why I’m looking forward to this? Tower of Thorns is book two of Juliet […]

Book Review: Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear

Posted on February 3, 2015 29 Comments

Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear Genre: Steampunk, Fantasy Series: Book One/Stand Alone Publisher: Tor (February 3, 2015) Author Information: Website Mogsy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars “You ain’t gonna like what I have to tell you, but I’m gonna tell you anyway. See, my name is Karen Memery, like memory only spelt with an e, and I’m one of the girls what […]

Backlist Burndown: Sevenwaters 1 & 2 by Juliet Marillier

Posted on January 30, 2015 31 Comments

As a book blogger, sometimes I get so busy reading review titles and new releases that I end up missing out on a lot previously published books, so one of my goals for this year is to take more time to catch up with the backlist, especially in my personal reading pile. And it seems I’m […]

Waiting on Wednesday 01/28/15

Posted on January 28, 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: Cold Iron by Stina Leicht: June 23, 2015 (Saga Press) As you may recall, a couple weeks ago we posted a list of our 2015 Most Anticipated Science Fiction […]