Archive | June, 2011

Books I Say No To: Recent DNFs

by on 30. Jun, 2011 in book review, Books I Say NO To, fantasy authors, fantasy fiction, science fiction, urban fantasy

Books I Say No To is an informal review segment where I take time to discuss why I couldn’t finish a book or dislike something about it enough to say so and why. This is not a means of discouraging reading of the book. You are always encouraged here at Lurv to seek out and [...]

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Lurv’s 2011 Mid Year Roundup

by on 28. Jun, 2011 in Lurv in Review

Some books discussed below might have slight spoilers. Not defcon level 1 spoilers or anything, but ye be warned. Pirate arrrrg! Oh, em, GEE. I can’t believe 2011 is halfway over. I know we all say that kind of thing at each yearly midpoint, but with good reason. Time flies and before we know it [...]

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Cover Spotlight: Get Your YA Here!

by on 24. Jun, 2011 in cover spotlight, fantasy authors, fantasy fiction, science fiction, young adult fiction

Releases September 8, 2011. Here’s an interesting tidbit – this appears to be an M/M YA book. It sounds pretty good. Author’s site here. Braden was born with witch eyes: the ability to see the world as it truly is: a blinding explosion of memories, darkness, and magic. The power enables Braden to see through [...]

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Solo vs. Group Blogging & Publisher Expectations

by on 16. Jun, 2011 in books, musings, reading

Yeah, it’s a post about blogging – but I swear it’s without any preachage. Well, not much. At least I don’t think so. Hmm, not sure. Proceed at normal speeds? I was having an interesting 140-character-centric-per-tweet twitter convo with a few other book bloggers and it sparked the ‘ole post light bulb. I thought, Solo [...]

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