The woods came to the edge of the property: to the gravel of the drive, the electronic gate, and the green twisted-wire fence that kept out the boars.
I’ve heard many good good things about Guy Gavriel Kay’s writing, his ability to create wonderful characters, and a sense of place that puts you right in the [...]

Little Peggy was very careful with the eggs.
Set in an alternate version of 19th Century America, Seventh Son, follows the story of Alvin Miller Jr, a ten year old boy (and the titular Seventh Son (of a Seventh Son)). The America in which Alvin lives is one coloured by the folk magic and lore of [...]

via Marcia at the Printed Page.
I’ve been really good this week and only brought one new book into the house (and from the library at that!).

Fifteen-year-old Canadian Ned Marriner accompanies his famous photographer father, Edward, on a shoot at Aix-en-Provence’s Saint-Saveur Cathedral while his physician mother, Meghan, braves the civil war zone in Sudan with [...]

If I close my eyes, and breath to the rolling rhythm of the sea, I can still remember that long ago day.
Washed up on the shores of ancient Wales, the boy had no home, no memory and no name…
He was determined to find all three.
Years after he washed up on the Welsh coastline, Emrys and [...]

Well, March turned out to be quite a successful month around here, with more visitors stopping by than ever before, far exceeding what even a 24 Hour Blog-a-thon month brings in. (Talking of which really looking forward to April 18th!) and I also hosted my first [intlink id="author-interview-kristin-callender" type="post"]Author Interview[/intlink].
Reviews you might have missed:

Apocalypse by [...]

It’s here!

Carl V, is once again hosting the, Once Upon a Time challenge which begins Saturday, March 21st and ends Friday, June 2oth. I missed out on this one last year having only been book blogging for a couple of months, but out of all the challenges I’ve come across in that time this is [...]

Cannongate Myth Series
A bold re-telling of legendary tales — The Myths series gathers the world’s finest contemporary writers for a modern look at our most enduring myths.
Ali Smith, takes on the myth of Iphis, retelling one of the few happy moments in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
Girl Meets Boy follows sisters, Anthea and Imogen ‘Midge’ Gunn. Starting with [...]

Well after behaving myself last week and not bringing any new books into the house, is was inevitable that the same was not going to happen this week! Still I don’t think four is too bad. Is it?

Marked, The Joshua Files: Ice Shock & Knife are all books [...]

Welcome to all Sunday Saloners old and new!
Well it’s been a quiet old week reading wise (and an even quieter one on the blog) I have mangaged to get to a little reading done, finishing up The Last Colony by John Scalzi (and you can expect a review on that later today).
Thursday, was World Book [...]

And as the year draws to a close, the my final reading challenge for the year is now done. The Mythopoeic Awards Challenge was completed with the final few stories in The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke unfortunately had to fight my way through the book as I didn’t really enjoy it. [...]