Reading Links 2/14/17

Traci Kenworth

 

Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF:

1. http://www.fantasybookcafe.com/2017/02/the-leaning-pile-of-books-280/ The Gilded Cage. Kings of the Wyld.
2. https://litworldinterviews.com/2017/02/05/hell-holes-what-lurks-below-bookreview/ Quick, enjoyable read.
3. http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/empress-of-a-thousand-skies/ Old time science fiction with modern sensibility.
4. http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/the-burning-page/ Third book in the Invisible Library series.
5. http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/american-gods/ This is a bad land for gods…the old gods are ignored.
6. http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/caraval/ Remember, it’s just a game.
7. http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/to-green-angel-tower/ Final book in the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series.
8. 0/author-spotlight-p-s-winn-2/ Writing with a spiritual twist.
9. http://www.talesoftheravenousreader.com/2017/02/check-out-starfall-out-now-giveaway.html When Princess Cassia Rose fled her home planet to avoid an arranged marriage, she had no idea it would spark a war.
10. https://sffbookreview.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/s-l-huang-the-little-homo-sapiens-scientist/ A dark retelling of The Little Mermaid.
11. https://colleenchesebro.com/2017/02/08/colleens-book-reviews-the-termite-queen-the-speaking-of-the-dead-vol-i-by-author-termitewriter/ In the 30^th century, an off-world Earth expedition brings home a giant terminate.
12. https://shelleywilsonauthor.com/2017/02/07/bookreview-midnight-sisters-by-saraheboucher-tuesdaybookblog-rbrt/ Based on The Twelve Dancing Princesses.

 

MG/YA:

1. http://www.brenda-drake.com/2017/02/project-pandora-aden-polydoros-cover-reveal/ Olympus is rising.
2. http://avajae.blogspot.com/2017/02/book-review-history-is-all-you-left-me.html Powerful and important.
3. https://colleenchesebro.com/2017/02/09/my-book-review-of-the-heart-stone-chronicles-part-1-the-swamp-fairy/ A glowing review.
4. https://princessofthelight.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/happy-valentines-day-books-to-sweeten-your-weekend-fridayreads-valentinesday-kidlit/ Valentine children’s books.
5. https://journeytoambeth.com/2017/02/07/sallys-cafe-and-bookstore-author-update-teri-polen-colleen-chesebro-and-sally-cronin/ Sara and The Heart Stone Chronicles.

 

Romance/Women’s Fiction:

1. http://www.talesoftheravenousreader.com/2017/02/real-life-romeo-experiences-interview.html Understudies never get to perform.
2. http://www.superauthors.com/2017/02/children-children-everywhere.html Kids in the story. Check.
3. http://www.talesoftheravenousreader.com/search/label/Girls%20Night%20Out Two romance writers with a bit more.
4. http://kriswrites.com/2017/02/11/just-in-time-for-valentines-day-cats-and-romance-and-snow/ Fantasy with a touch of romance.
5. https://maeclair.net/2017/02/07/welcome-tammy-tate-with-the-homecoming-shifterromance/ Book one of the Bayou Shifter series.

 

Christian:

1. https://writerofftheleash.blogspot.com/2017/02/sharing-love-with-giveaway.html Out of the Frying Pan, a romantic mystery.

 

Historicals:

1. 6/sallys-cafe-and-bookstore/ Light-skinned newcomers are changing the land of the three tribes.
2. http://storitorigrace.blogspot.com/2017/02/a-book-review-of-girl-in-steel-corset.html In 1897, sixteen-year-old Finley Jane has no one except for the thing inside her.
3. https://rosieamber.wordpress.com/2017/02/08/rosies-bookreview-team-rbrt-turn-of-the-tide-by-margaretskea1-histfic-wwwblogs/ A notorious feud that lasted two centuries.
4. https://mytrainofthoughtson.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/kima-by-a-h-amin/ A Christmas 1928 gave birth to a yearly phenomenon in South Africa.

 

Scary:

1. https://horrornovelreviews.com/2017/02/05/underworld-blood-wars-adaptation-review/ Entertaining read and offers quite the thrill ride.
2. http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/book-review-great-british-horror-1-green-and-pleasant-land-edited-by-steve-shaw/ The first in an annual themed anthology.
3. http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/midnight-mix-tape-february-2017-when-the-women-come-out-to-dance/ Some of the latest and greatest women horror writers.
4. http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-out-for-ararat-by-christopher-golden/ Snowbound slaughter.
5. http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/book-review-conceiving-by-thomas-s-flowers/ An old school monster story.
6. http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/tattered-tomes-into-dragon-valley-koko-by-peter-straub-revisited/ One of Straub’s most emotional books.
7. http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/the-fisherman/ Story about bereavement.
8. https://authorsteveboseley.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/steve-bosley/ A collection of darkly, disturbing stories.
9. https://horrornovelreviews.com/2017/02/11/have-you-read-todd-keislings-the-final-reconciliation/ The answer to what happened to The Yellow Kings will terrify you.
10. https://coldhandboyack.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/the-astronomers-crypt-on-lisa-burton-radio/ Could the observatory be haunted?
11. https://teripolen.com/2017/02/07/the-bone-witch-by-rin-chupeco-bookreview-tuesdaybookblog/ When Tea resurrects her brother from the dead, she learns she is a bone witch.

 

Mystery/Thrillers/Suspense:

1. http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/march-bookwatch-blood-tide-by-claire-mcgowan/ Called in to investigate a young couple’s disappearance, Paul Maguire, forensic psychologist, has mixed feelings about returning to Bone Island.
2. http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/latest-reads-a-darkness-absolute-kelley-armstrong/ Rockton town detective, Casey Duncan, makes a terrible and dangerous discovery in the woods outside of town.
3. https://rosieamber.wordpress.com/2017/02/04/rosies-bookreview-team-rbrt-ardent-justice-by-peter-taylor-gooby-petert_g-weekendblogshare/ A novel that brings to light the corruption of the financial world in the city.
4. http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/six-wakes/ A locked-room mystery.
5. http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2017/02/09/lara-elena-donnelly-five-things-i-learned-writing-amberlough/ A vintage glam spy thriller.
6. http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/six-stories-with-matt-wesolowski-the-beast-of-belkeld/ The coven would dance, sometimes in their own shapes, sometimes in animals such as hares or dogs.
7. http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/the-hit-nadia-dalbuono-blog-tour-review/ When the family of top TV executive goes missing, it seems everyone has an axe to grind with him.
8. https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/sallys-cafe-and-bookstore-new-on-the-shelves-the-sleeping-serpent-by-luna-saint-claire/ She was the storm.
9. http://mysterysuspence.blogspot.com/2017/02/review-assault-and-beret.html The fifth book in The Hat Shop mysteries.

 

Short Stories/Anthologies/Novella/Comics:

1. http://kriswrites.com/2017/02/06/free-fiction-monday-the-perfect-man/ A dangerous man uses the romance fiction a woman reads to be her “perfect” man.
2. http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2017/02/lowcountry-crime-fridayreads.html Crimes that take place north of cozy, south of noir, in an area called lowcountry.
3. http://writewithfey.blogspot.com/2017/02/candace-sams-meet-muse-his-holiday.html Wild Rose Publishing with a hero who finds his miracle on his front lawn.
4. https://horrornovelreviews.com/2017/02/11/heres-an-early-peek-at-kim-newman-and-paul-mccaffreys-anno-dracula-1/ Anno Dracula gets the graphic novel treatment.

 

Poetry:

 

Indie:

1. https://teripolen.com/2017/02/10/indie-author-friday-matt-doyle-indieauthors-scifi-lgbt/ The Spark Form Chronicles, Teller Tales, and Addict.
2. https://scvincent.com/2017/02/11/a-review-by-paul-andruss/ Imagine walking through an ancient landscape, exploring their sacred sites.
3. https://rosieamber.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/china-blue-by-madalyn-morgan-actscribblerdj-book-3-dudley-sisters-ww2-dramas/ Book 3 of the Dudley Sisters WWII drama.
4. https://rosieamber.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/applause-by-madalyn-morgan-actscribblerdj-ww2-histfic-dudley-sisters-series-book-2/ Book 2 of the Dudley Sisters WWII drama.

 

Craft:

1. https://maryblowers.com/2017/02/11/book-review-creating-stories/ The structure of a story.

 

Other:

1. https://legendsofwindemere.com/2017/02/04/autism-a-guest-post-by-kate-hughes-author-of-home/ “You need to come get my daughter. She’s not safe at home anymore.” How terrifying for both mother and child.