Monthly Re(ad)cap, Review, and TBR: February 2016

Book Reviews

   

• The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentlemn Bastard Sequence #1) by Scott Lynch – 5/5
• Chains of the Heretic (Bloodsounder’s Arc #3) by Jeff Salyrads – 4/5
• The Dinosaur Lords (Dinosaur Lords #1) by Victor Milan – 2/5
• The Well Of Ascension (Mistborn #2) by Brandon Sanderson – 5/5 *Backlist Burndown

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 TheBastard Read-Along!!!

Kaja from OfDragonsAndHearts and myself at hosting a read along of The Gentlemen Bastards series by Scott Lynch.

The Bastard Read-Along Review Schedule:

• The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentlemen Bastard #1) 

• Red Seas Under Skies (Gentlemen Bastard #2) – TBD

• The Republic of Thieves (Gentlemen Bastard #3) – TBD

This reading schedule is also perfect timing too, because The Thorn of Emberlain is scheduled for release next July.

Fellow Bastards Reading-Along:

• Kaja @ OfDragonsandHearts

• Nicole @ FeedYourFantasyAddiction

We are not being selfish though, and would love for you to join us and read along! 🙂 If you are interested please comment down below, we will add your name to the list of readers. Or, if you decide to join in later, link up your review in the comments on either my or Kaja’s review, and we will add you name to the list and so we can all share! Also, you don’t have write a review to participate. Fell free to just read the the books, and then comeback and read everyone’s review and join in on the discussions 🙂

You read the full introduction post here

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 The Time Traveler’s Almanac Read Along

Myself and a group of fellow time-travel enthusiasts are committed to reading and reviewing every single story in The Time Traveler’s Almanac. 

We are doing by reading one story per week and posting out review every Thursday.

To see a full list of The Time Traveler’s Almanac reviews and reading schedule, visit The Time Traveler’s Almanac Page

Follow along on Twitter with #TimeTravelThursday

Feel free to join in any join time! Just leave a comment down below 🙂

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• Fire Watch by Connie Willis – 3.5/5
• Noble Mold by Kage Baker- 4/5
• Under Siege by George R.R. Martin – 3.5/5
• Where or When by Steven Utley – 3/5

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Interviews, Guest Posts, and Spotlight

 

Guest Post: Quantum Mechanics in Science Fiction: Why am I so Mad? by S.K. Slate, author of the novel, Thurm

 

Guest Post: It’s Magic! by Frank Morin, author of the YA fantasy novel, Set in Stone

 

Spotlight & Except: All Roads Lead to Terror by Richard Schaver

 

Interview: Bernadette Allen, author of the new dystopian, science fiction novel, Sovereign Social Protocol

 

Interview: Justyna Plichta-Jendzio, author or the high/dark fantasy anthology, Damned Children of Naor

 

Spotlight: Cherry Wilder, author of the novel, Yorath the Wolf

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Book Collecting

• Book Collecting: Update #21

• Book Collecting: Update #22

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Best of Lists

• Top 12 Reads of 2015: 4 Stars!

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What I Read

  

• Chains of the Heretic (Bloodsounder’s Arc #3) by Jeff Salyrads – 4/5
• I Hate Fairyland #2 (I Hate Fairyland #2) by Skottie Young – 4/5
• World War Kaiju by Josh Finney – 2/5

This month I read 3 books (1 novel, 1 graphic novel, 1 comic)

*** I have now read 4 of my 20 book goal for the year. 1 book ahead of schedule!

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Next Escapes?

I have an eARC for Snakewood by Adrain Shelly, which I received on Net Galley. I also have a little less than a hundred pages left in Read Seas Under Reas Skies, but since Kaja and myself are postponing out review date for that, I decided to put that book on hiatus until we decide a date, and read and review some new releases until then.

I am planning on going to an author event in March for the release of Brian Staveley’s (Max Gladstone will be there too) new book, The Last Mortal Bond!!!!!! So that means, I will be reading, finally, The Providence of Fire. Before that one though, I will be reading Arena by Holly Jennins, another title from Net Galley. Then, later this month, I should be receiving a review copy of Dragon Hunters  by Marc Tuners, in the mail.

Also, I have two more graphic novels from 01 Publishing to check out: Crazy Mary and Utopiates

What do you plan on reading?

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Check me out on:

Goodreads or Twitter 

And The Time Traveler’s Almanac Group Read Page

And The Bastard Read-Along Page

Thank you to everyone who has taken time to read, like, comment, subscribe, share, or even just look at anything on my blog! 😀

-DJ