I keep a release list on Google docs of all the upcoming books that I want to purchase. Sometimes, "upcoming" turns into "missed that pub date last month," sadly. I also keep an excel spreadsheet of all the books I've been reading (which I started because the Glamazombies, Mark Henry's mailing list community, put up spreadsheets for everyone to ( Read more... )

The news is out (via Publishers Weekly): Bloomsbury is changing the cover of Justine Larbalestier's Liar to stop misrepresenting the main character of the book. They're rejacketing the hardcover for the October release. The new jacket has not been decided on yet -- it may be a text version like the Australian jacket, or it may feature an African ( Read more... )

So many book birthdays today!

Welcome to the world, Thorn Queen by blue_succubus; The Eternal Kiss, featuring a short story by kazdreamer; My Soul to Take, rkvincent's first YA novel; Destined for an Early Grave, the fourth installment of frost-light's Night Huntress series; and Demon Inside by stacia_kane, who is a guest today over at Bitten by Books. Whew ( Read more... )

Picking the novels to come along with me as international travelers this year was a challenge. I packed course books and extra resources and had to hem and haw over which novels I would take along for this project. I also have a tendency to buy books while I'm abroad, so along with the large number of books in my bag, I knew I'd come home with more ( Read more... )

I just have to say: you livejournal people are far too interesting and difficult to keep up with. I had far more concrete writing plans for today, but spent a good chunk of the day reading other people's ljs instead ( Read more... )

Highlights roughly in order:

• Spent quality time with my parents
• Helped set marks for a sail boat race
• Took a cruise of the Thimble Islands
• Helped pick monster zucchini on one of the Thimbles
• Ate blueberry coffee cake and Dad's Blueberry Pie (TM) with real Michigan blueberries

I've been busy working on the Tam Lin short story (tentatively titled "Don't Let Go") over here, and so don't have much to blog about (although I did recently visit a bookstore and followed blue_succubus's example of photographing a display for a fellow blogger, whom I will post about when I have a cord that connects my camera phone to my computer). As you may ( Read more... )

I don't work at the library on Wednesdays. When I'm in a deadline crunch, Wednesdays are my best work-at-home days, because I can spend the whole day focusing on one project or another. In theory, I should be feeling one of these now. I have projects to work on, one due in less than two weeks. (I tell myself that it's percolating, and am actually ( Read more... )