A request for help

  I switched from Blogger to WordPress at beginning of August. And I don’t regret the move. Nope. I love the freedom of WordPress. Except I have been thinking of exactly how many reads this blog.  I had 190 (!) followers in Blogger, that mostly read me through RSS readers, which is totally cool with […]

What Bookstores can do to survive

  I meant for this to go live weeks ago, if not months but I never posted it. But here it is, and it especially vital after Amazon’s announcement that they are launching Kindle Matchbook. A good Integration with the online store No bookstore can keep every title in a series. While most stores offer […]

An open letter to GoodReads

Yesterday Goodreads updated their review  guidelines, and started to enforce them directly. While I am not affected directly by the new guidelines, since my reviews are short, and focused on the book, I am worried by the direction Goodreads have taken. After all the drama recently, and Amazon buying them, it doesn’t feel as if […]

Friday Bargains: Science Fiction and Steampunk

Note: I am lazy today, so no links. But all the deals should be available at all the big stores. Diana Peterfreund’s For Darkness Shows the Stars is 2.99 right now. This has been on my wishlist for ages, so guess if I bought it. Lady of Devices by Shelley Adina is free right now […]

WWW Wednesday September 18

To playalong, justanswer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading? • What did you recently finish reading? • What do you think you’ll read next? I have been awhile since I posted one of these. But here is what I have read for the last week or so. I have been  […]

Friday Bargains: Mostly YA and Dystopians

Note: This time all the links go to Kobo, but I am sure that they are available at Kindle and BN as well. Except for With a bang, which is Kobo exclusive at moment. Shadows by Jennifer Armentrout is free right now.  This is a prequel novella, but I have heard that to avoid confusion, […]

ARC Review: Soul of Fire by Laura Anne Gilman

     Save the world-early and often  Three months ago Jan learned that elves were real, our world wasn’t safe and it was up to her to save her boyfriend-and the world-from being englamoured into slavery. Now Jan has a new deadline-ten weeks, ten days and ten hours. That’s when the truce she arranged between our […]

Embarrassment of riches August roundup:

  First, I know this is late. But on the other hand, Pooks haven’t put up the linky yet.The point of this challenge is to read 50 books fthat have lingered in the TBR pile, and I am slowly working toward that goal. What the three first one have in common is that they were […]

Review: The Sword Dancer by Jeannie Lin

  The Blurb: The Thief Who Stole His Heart Sword dancer Li Feng is used to living life on the edge of the law—a woman alone in the dangerous world of the Tang Dynasty has only her whirlwind reflexes to trust. She will discover the truth about her past, even if that means outwitting the […]