As always, my to-read list is in the 700s on Goodreads, but here are some that I'm most looking forward to in 2011, the ones I will drop everything to read (assuming I don't have deadlines on my professional reading, which will be picking up thanks to the Morris Award committee around February). They're not quite in order of SQUEE!ment, but close ( Read more... )

Since all the books from Part One are out and I have either read them or have them at home on my to-read pile, I thought I'd make another post of books I'm waiting for. These are all series books in the pretty far future still: March 2010, April, and beyond.

A Conspiracy of Kings, by Megan Whalen Turner: Yes, it's still on the list, and still ( Read more... )

The official blurb is out, and it's probably a violation of copyright to post the whole thing, but here's the part that made me go jump up and down lik a little kid:

Sophos, heir to Sounis, doesn’t look like much of a prince. At least, according to those in power. At least, to those who do not know him or the size of his heart and the depth of his ( Read more... )

I always have a huge to-read list (the master list is kept in an Excel spreadsheet), but I prioritize it frequently. Here are six books that will go into my must-read-NOW pile, in order of how badly I want to read them. I didn't really include links, because I'm lazy and ya'll know how to Google already.

A Conspiracy of Kings, by Megan Whalen Turner ( Read more... )