Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Darkside, by S. K. S. Perry
Originally, this was supposed to be a review of Cory Doctorow’s latest novel, Little Brother. Unfortunately, he decided to do something rotten like take his newborn kid to visit the family, so he hasn’t had time to release the online Creative Commons (read: free) version of the novel and I haven’t read it yet. (This [...]
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Farthing, by Jo Walton
This novel was one of the first few that Tor sent out in their current campaign of sending out free e-books. I’m hoping it’s a prelude to them having all these books available on their website, also for free, like yesterday’s Baen. So while I can’t give you a direct link to this book it’s [...]
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
Sympathy for the Devil, by Holly Lisle
This book is available at the Baen Free Library, directly here. I’ve read a few other books by Holly Lisle, including the other one available at the Baen Free Library, and enjoyed them in the past, so I thought I’d give this one a try. Generally speaking, I’m not the world’s biggest fan of Baen [...]
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
Free (Legal) Books on the Internet
Welcome to Free Books on the Internet week! There are, surprisingly, many places to find free books on the internet. I’ll go through a few of them — even a few more interesting ones — in this entry. Don’t worry; I’ve merely delayed the posting of the book review by one hour. You’ll still have [...]
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, book 1), by Patricia Briggs
Patricia Briggs has written, in addition to this series, several highly-rated high fantasy volumes, and she was also on my list of ‘writers I’d get around to reading eventually’. The Mercy Thompson books, which are urban fantasy, came recommended by other review sites, and ‘eventually’ came around. Briggs lives in the Pacific Northwest, and has [...]
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Worldweavers: Gift of the Unmage (book 1), by Alma Alexander
This novel is the first in a trilogy; Alma Alexander, I have to admit, was not an author I’d heard of prior to a few months ago, but it seems she’s published five or six books prior to this one. According to her back-of-the-book bio, she was born in Yugoslavia, grew up in the UK [...]
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
What the Mouse Found, by Charles de Lint
Recently I’ve been reviewing old favorites by Charles de Lint, but today’s entry — a collection of short stories published by Subterranean Press — is a brand-new book. So new, as a matter of fact, that it won’t be released until either May, if you look at the back of the ARC, or October, if [...]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, book 3), by Rick Riordan
First, happy Earth Day!
Second, look! I’m reviewing a book that isn’t an old favorite! Unfortunately, I read it about two weeks ago, so the question is, can I remember it properly? I can easily remember that Rick Riordan has written two previous books in this series, and that they come highly recommended for boys and [...]
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Trader, by Charles de Lint
I love Charles de Lint’s works, which shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone reading this. While Old Favorites Week ended last Friday, circumstances have forced me to review another Old Favorite for Monday. Don’t worry; things should be back on track by tomorrow. For those who haven’t heard of him, de Lint is Canadian, writes [...]
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
A Ring of Endless Light, by Madeleine L’Engle
The final book in Old Favorites Week is by Madeleine L’Engle, and most readers would expect this to be a review of A Wrinkle in Time. As much as I loved that book, though, A Ring of Endless Light is the book that had more of an impact on me. I originally wrote this review [...]