January was even busier than December! *sigh* Here’s what I managed to get read:
The books still in progress:
Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss
Kindred by Octavia Butler
The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferris
Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes
Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
The Gate to Women’s Country by Sheri Tepper
Hypothyroidism by Broda Barnes
December was so busy! I didn’t get all that much read.
Here’s what’s still in progress:
Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss
Kindred by Octavia Butler
The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferris
Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes
Here’s what I managed to finish in December:
These are book-related tweets, many to do with urban fantasy, fantasy, and sf, that I made over a period of time, all brought together (and cleaned up a little).
December 5: Interesting interview with Anne Sowards, Penguin exec editor focusing on #fantasy #sf #urbanfantasy for Ace & Roc.
After reading so much in October, I had a quieter month in November.
Here’s what was still in progress at the end of November:
Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss
Kindred by Octavia Butler
The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferris
Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes
Four books…Two Days…Great Prizes
With this contest, there is something for everyone and it’s SO simple to win!
On November 28 and/or 29, purchase 1 or all 4 of the debut author’s books listed here. Then forward proof of purchase (the receipt Amazon sends you will do just fine) to : motionsrider-at-yahoo.ca and get up to 4 entries into a draw for a $100 Amazon gift card!
These are book-related tweets, many to do with urban fantasy, fantasy, and sf, that I made over a period of time, all brought together (and cleaned up a little).
November 17: 18 interesting-looking new fantasy novels release in November. http://bit.ly/uHlcVk
November 17: November paranormal romance releases incl Nalini Singh, Jennifer Estep, Marjorie M. Lui. http://bit.ly/vlNYJU
In October, I challenged myself to finish one book (or novella or short story — basically, one file on my Kindle) a day. I managed 30 out of 31. Most of those books were ones I had already read part of, although a few were new.
These are book-related tweets, many to do with urban fantasy, fantasy, and sf, that I made over a period of time, all brought together (and cleaned up a little).
October 13: RT @timwaggoner: I Write, Therefore I Am: New blog post on developing an identity as a writer: http://tinyurl.com/3o5vovy
These are book-related tweets, many to do with urban fantasy, fantasy, and sf, that I made over a period of time, all brought together (and cleaned up a little).
October 4: 53 new urban fantasy & paranormal romance books out in October including my favorites Keri Arthur, Kim Harrison, Ilona Andrews, and Nalini Singh. http://bit.ly/nk3aXt
Here are the books, novellas and short stories I read some of in September:
These are book-related tweets, many to do with urban fantasy, fantasy, and sf, that I made over a period of time, all brought together (and cleaned up a little).
September 19: Vampire attack in Florida. http://bit.ly/og3gtc on.msnbc.com/pHdUXI
September 19: Like vampires? You might enjoy Vamps at Sea, a cruise to Alaska specifically for vampire fans. http://yhoo.it/qMVIU9
These are book-related tweets, many to do with urban fantasy, fantasy, and sf, that I made over a period of time, all brought together (and cleaned up a little).
September 13: Paranormal anth. incl one of my faves, Jennifer Estep. Proceeds for breast cancer. http://bit.ly/oImBEv
These are book-related tweets, many to do with urban fantasy, fantasy, and sf, that I made over a period of time, all brought together (and cleaned up a little).
September 6: I’m reading Marked by P.C. Cast. http://bit.ly/qbZj6T
September 6: Drawing for a free copy of urban fantasy novel Hades by Alexandra Adornetto – just 2 days left. http://bit.ly/pHnsjs
These are the books, novellas & short stories I had in progress in August:
These are book-related tweets, many to do with urban fantasy, fantasy, and sf, that I made over a period of time, all brought together (and cleaned up a little).
August 26: Interesting discussion of strong heroines, including urban fantasy heroine Kate Daniels. http://bit.ly/r0nnlk
In July, I had the following books in progress:
In June, I worked on reading the following books & novellas:
In May, I worked on reading the following books:
I’m trying to make this a yearly thing, although I’m a little late this year. Anyway, just like last year, of the books I read in 2007 (which may or may not have been published in that year), these were my favorites.
OK, I know I just posted something about Suz Brockmann yesterday, but today, she put up this wonderful story about having dinner with Joss Whedon. And since I adore both Suz and Joss, and the story was awesome, I couldn’t resist posting a link. Read about Suz’s dinner with Joss here.
One of my favorite authors is Suzanne Brockmann, and she’s currently doing a countdown to the release of her next book, Force of Nature. As part of that, she’s doing a contest over the next three days, where the prize is five of her hard-to-find books. I actually own (and have read) all five, so I’m not going to enter the contest myself, but I do want to see what the results are.
Danse Macabre
If you haven’t already, read part 1.
Danse Macabre
The introduction to Dark Descent
Found an interesting post on podcasts being put out by universities, and another list of college podcasts here. In addition to the sites they lists, I also found several more universities that are now putting out podcasts. Here’s are some of them:
Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print by Lawrence Block
One of our requirements for school is to write five reading journals each semester. Here is a portion of one of this semester’s journals.
Check out this interesting article about the upcoming Harry Potter book. Scholastic has agreed to print Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Popularity: 16% [?]
Contests and Fun Stuff
To celebrate making the final four of the American Title III contest, KJ “Kim” Howe is holding a really fun “kill me off” contest. She explains it in detail on the Drunk Writer Talk blog.
Odyssey has announced their summer 2007 fantasy writing workshop.
Contests and Fun Stuff
These aren’t necessarily books that were published in 2006 (most weren’t), just books I read in 2006. I hit an all-time high, reading 60 books this year. So while my favorites list might seem long, it’s still only a subset of all I read. In several cases, I read multiple books by the same author, but only put one of them on the favorites list, even if I enjoyed all of them.
City of Bones
by Cassandra Clare
Twice Dead
by Kalayna Price
