Of books, writing, and life in general
Leah@WSP
Today’s my review stop for Golden Chariot, book 1 of the Dangerous Waters series by author Chris Karlsen. I signed up for this tour because the book summary said something about a sunken ship! You know what that means–pirate treasure! Aarrggh! (Um, yes, I have a very extensive criteria when it comes to choosing blog tours.) Anyway, quickie review down below. Be sure to check out the tour-wide giveaway at the end of this post.
I am such a sucker for fantasy and science fiction. This anthology has the best of both worlds by combining the best portal fantasy stories and parallel world stories. Come, let’s dive into other worlds!
About the anthology
What if you could not only travel any location in the world, but to any possible world?We can all imagine such “other worlds”—be they worlds just slightly different than our own or worlds full of magic and wonder—but it is only in fiction that we can travel to them. From The Wizard of Oz to The Dark Tower, from Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass to C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, there is a rich tradition of this kind of fiction, but never before have the best parallel world stories and portal fantasies been collected in a single volume—until now.
It’s my review stop for the I Am Just Junco Dot Com blog tour! This science fiction series by author J.A. Huss totally took me by surprise. “Just Junco” turns out to be a foul-mouthed super badass heroine and the series totally kicks ass.
In the first pages of book one we are introduced right away to Junco, our heroine who is by no means a girly-girl. She’s the type who knows all her weapons and firearms, would probably go nuts over a motorcycle helmet sale, and could care less about fashion and anything frilly. All she knows are secret military ops and assassinations. She’s been trained to be a ruthless killer since birth and she’s pretty good at what she does, but we learn that there’s so much more to her and everybody wants her for themselves. Everybody here means the aliens or Avians as they are called, and the humans, all the different factions and republics. They all have an agenda and Junco is right smack in the middle of it all.
Lemme first congratulate Alina for winning the Jane Austen Giveaway on my blog! BIG thanks to everyone who joined the giveaway! If you didn’t win, don’t worry. There are more giveaways coming up! I’ll be posting about another big one on November 5th and we have the Gratitude Giveaway Hop on November 15th. Of course, I’ll be hosting giveaways in December, too. :)
In the meantime, have you joined any these ongoing giveaways yet?
Here’s a great interview with Marisol Murano, author of Valentina Goldman’s Immaculate Confusion. Part “Bridget Jones Diary,” part “Modern Family,” Valentina Goldman’s Immaculate Confusion is the story of a South American woman trying to get a handle on her wacky life in America.
Read on to know more about Marisol and enter the giveaway to win one of three e-book copies of her book!
Paranormal teens with unimaginable powers. An evil organization with deep secrets. When Sam, a girl who reads minds, meets a boy who controls minds, she discovers her future isn’t what she thought. Together they must escape and free the others… or risk losing everything–and everyone–they love.
Forbidden Life, the last book of the Forbidden trilogy by author Kimberly Kinrade, is finally out! To celebrate its launch, I’m finally posting my quick reviews of the first two books, Forbidden Mind and Forbidden Fire. Better late than never. YAY.
Hey, another review stop! This is a review of YA fiction We’re Done by Judy Irwin. I joined the blog tour because the book description seemed quite interesting and it’s about a very real and important topic. It’s about a bully who finds himself on the other side of things.
Yes, T-Shirt Thursdays are back! Woohoo. This was supposed to go up, er, last Thursday, but then I already had posts scheduled so I had to move this super awesome post to today. I know, weird, but still, YAY for cool tees! What better way to greet the week than with these cute I-wanna-hug-you-and-squeeze-you-and-call-you-George* tees.
The Teddy Bear Picnic by Alison Acton, Threadless: Zombie teddies, anyone? Would you really run away if zombie teddy bears were after you?
Jack-O-Full Moon by Marvin Pedro, Threadless: It’s Jack the pumpkin king! Who doesn’t love The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Retro Villains by Cristofer Bernabe-Sanchez, Threadless: “The part of Al will be played by a tall dark and sinister ugly man,” says the Genie. Sigh. I heart Disney.
Curse of the Care Were by Sean Anton Husbands, Threadless: Care Were stare?? I think just the mere sight of a care were would scare the bad guys.
Tea Rex, SnorgTees: Tea Rex is a polite and proper rex. Wait, can he even drink from his teacup? OH NOESSSS!!
*Anybody know from which cartoon this line came from? ;)
Ah, here’s another one from my review list that I have yet to get to. Yes, yes, I shall post a review soon, but for now, read more about this cool fantasy novel, Dream Magic: Awakenings by author Dawn Harshaw.
About the book
A young boy battles demons and learns magic in a shared lucid dream.
Eric, a young boy, has enough of nightmares ruining his dreams. Determined to grow stronger, he tackles magical disciplines one at a time – be it flying, blade magic, or telepathy – and stares down his fears. But, will he survive the battles and the trial of nightmare mastery? And at what cost?
“Dream Magic: Awakenings” reaches for deep metaphysical concepts and uses introspective experiences to offer an immersive feeling of MAGIC.
