ROMANCE. FANTASY. BADASSERY.
Rating: A Romance: 3.5/5 Raunch: 3/5 Redonk Nutshell: Dragon speaker gets pulled into dragon politics while dealing with a former flame DRACIM agent Myrna Banks has spent the last year of her life cleaning up a cluster of a mess when her ex took off with documents relating to her work. When […]
Romance Writers of America announced the winners of the 2012 RITA and Golden Heart Finalists for their annual awards In July 2012. The nominees are listed below with the winner of each in bold. I’m proud I’ve read a few, and also excited to check out some authors I have yet to read. Have you […]
Redonk Nutshell: Young woman struggles to find her purpose amid a political marriage and a predestined expectation of greatness I had heard some interesting buzz about this YA fantasy novel by newcomer Rae Carson, so I was excited to pick it up. The Girl of Fire and Thorns is the story of Princess Elisa, the chosen […]
Book One: The Thief – In which we first meet Gen, a notoriously talented thief who is pulled from prison and tasked to steal an impossible artifact “I want you to steal something.” I smiled. “Do you want the king’s seal? I can get it for you.” If I were you,” said the magus, “I’d […]
Every now and then a book comes along that is so amazing we just have to push it on other people to read. This is what happened to me a few years ago when my Book Pimp handed me The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. “It’s sooo good,” she says, “I was […]
After hitting up a library book sale recently, I got my hands on a vintage Anne Stuart book I’d never read before. And lemme tell you, I was REALLY excited about it. I first read Anne Stuart this past fall when Barnes & Noble kept insisting I check out her Rohan Series. The covers are […]
Romance Writers of America recently released their 2011 finalists for their RITA awards and Golden Heart (unpublished manuscripts) Finalists. Winners will be announced at the RWA Conference in NYC June 28 – July 1 2011. I’m pleased to see a few familiar titles and authors on there! Yeah! Click here to see the full list. […]
Yalsa’s Alex Awards recognize ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year’s publishing. The Alex Awards were first given annually beginning in 1998 and became an official ALA award in 2002. 2012 Winners: 2011 Winners: […]
Every year Romance Writers of America holds it’s RITA awards, spotlighting the best of the best in romantic fiction for novels and novellas. For the complete list of previous winners please visit RWA’s site. 2012 RITA Winners: 2011 RITA Winners: All 2011 finalists: 2011 RITA & Golden Heart finalists
The New York Times Best Seller list is a constantly changing beast. For the most current list, please see their site: NYT Best Sellers NY Times Best Fiction books of 2012: NY Best Fiction books of 2011: 2011 seemed to be the year of Stieg Larsson. His Millenium trilogy graced the NY […]
The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It’s the best of the best in YA. 2012 Printz Award Winner: 2012 Printz Honor Books: 2011 Printz Award Winner: 2011 Printz Honor Books: Complete list of previous Printz award winners and […]
The Young Adult Library Services Association puts out a list of best-of’s for each year. 2012 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults Full List Here 2012 Teen’s Top Ten Past Lists 2011 Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011 Top […]