Showing posts with label Carol Carr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carol Carr. Show all posts

Monday, February 3, 2014

Tuesday Tomorrow

Cress by Marissa Meyer
Published by: Feiwel and Friends
Publication Date: February 4th, 2014
Format: Hardcover, 560 Pages
To Buy

The official patter:
"In this third book in Marissa Meyer's bestselling Lunar Chronicles series, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth.

Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on a satellite since childhood who’s only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she’s being forced to work for Queen Levana, and she’s just received orders to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.

When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is splintered. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a higher price than she’d ever expected. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai, especially the cyborg mechanic. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has. "

I have been very impatiently waiting for this book. That's right, IMpatiently.

Wildwood Imperium by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis
Published by: Balzer + Bray
Publication Date: February 4th, 2014
Format: Hardcover, 608 Pages
To Buy

The official patter:
"The third book in the New York Times bestselling fantasy-adventure series from Colin Meloy, lead singer of the Decemberists, and Carson Ellis, the acclaimed illustrator of The Mysterious Benedict Society

A young girl's midnight séance awakens a long-slumbering malevolent spirit...

A band of runaway orphans allies with an underground collective of saboteurs and plans a daring rescue of their friends, imprisoned in the belly of an industrial wasteland..."

Séances? Sold.

India Black and the Gentleman Thief by Carol K. Carr
Published by: Berkley Trade
Publication Date: February 4th, 2014
Format: Paperback, 320 Pages
To Buy

The official patter:
"India Black’s double life operating a high-class brothel and running high-stakes espionage for Her Majesty’s government can take its toll. But there’s no rest for the weary—particularly when an international conspiracy comes knocking…

India Black is one of Victorian London’s most respected madams—not a bloody postmistress. So when Colonel Francis Mayhew forwards a seemingly innocuous shipping bill to her address, she’s puzzled. And when three thugs bust down her door, steal the envelope, and rough up both her and fellow agent French…well, that’s enough to make India Black see red.

The veteran spies soon discover that Mayhew has been butchered in his own bedroom. An impromptu investigation leads them to London’s docks, where India makes a startling discovery she can’t bear to tell the rakish French—she has a history with their chief suspect, the gentleman thief who once stole her heart…"

Totally behind on this series, guess there's no better time to catch up then now!

Monday, October 3, 2011

Tuesday Tomorrow

In Charm's Way by Madelyn Alt
Published by: Berkley
Publication Date: October 4th, 2011
Format: Hardcover, 304 Pages
To Buy

The official patter:
"A brand new Bewitching mystery that will leave readers spellbound. When a real corpse is discovered among the props of a Halloween haunted house, Maggie O'Neill- resident witch of Stony Mill, Indiana- must use her charms to prove her friend innocent of the crime and get to the bottom of the mystery. "

So, I'm a huge fan of this series. It's fun, it's like, it's a perfect fall read... I mean what goes better together than witches and October I ask you?

India Black and the Widow of Windsor by Carol Carr
Published by: Berkley
Publication Date: October 4th, 2011
Format: Paperback, 320 Pages
To Buy

The official patter:
"Black is back-Her Majesty's favorite spy is off to Scotland in this new adventure to ensure the Queen doesn't end up getting killed.

When Queen Victoria attends a séance, the spirit of her departed husband, Prince Albert, insists she spend Christmas at their Scottish home in Balmoral. Prime Minister Disraeli suspects the Scottish nationalists plan to assassinate the Queen-and sends the ever resourceful India and the handsome British spy, French, to the Scottish highlands.

French will take the high road, looking for a traitor among the guests-and India will take the low road, disguised as a servant in case an assassin is hiding among the household staff. India is certain that someone at Balmoral is determined to make this Her Majesty's last Christmas..."

Queen Victoria and a séance? You really need to know nothing more, expect perhaps my love of the Doctor Who episode where Queen Victoria becomes, how shall I say... a werewolf. Yeah Victoria and Scotland!

Wolf at the Door by Mary Janice Davidson
Published by: Berkley
Publication Date: October 4th, 2011
Format: Paperback, 288 Pages
To Buy

The official patter:
"The howlingly good spin-off of the Undead series from the New York Times bestselling author.

Rachel, a werewolf/accountant, is asked to keep one eye on Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor and the other peeled for a rogue werewolf who's itching to start a war. But her attention is mostly on a sexy, mysterious stranger she wishes she could trust."

Ok, so maybe the start of October means I just recommend things with wicthes and werewolves... I love a good werewolf story done right!

Down These Strange Streets by Charlaine Harris et al.
Published by: Ace
Publication Date: October 4th, 2011
Format: Hardcover, 496 Pages
To Buy

The official patter:
"All new strange cases of death and magic in the city by some of the biggest names in urban fantasy.

In this all-new collection of urban fantasy stories, editors George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois explore the places where mystery waits at the end of every alley and where the things that go bump in the night have something to fear...

Includes stories by New York Times bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Diana Gabaldon, Simon R. Green, S. M. Stirling, and Carrie Vaughn, as well as tales by Glen Cook, Bradley Denton, M.L.N. Hanover, Conn Iggulden, Laurie R. King, Joe R. Lansdale, John Maddox Roberts, Steven Saylor, Melinda Snodgrass, and Lisa Tuttle."

Look at all the writers I love! Many of which have written about werewolves... hmm, this is a disturbing trend. I must be lupine-centric of something.

The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
Published by: Hyperion
Publication Date: October 4th, 2011
Format: Hardcover, 544 Pages
To Buy

The official patter:
" In The Lost Hero, three demigods named Jason, Piper, and Leo made their first visit to Camp Half-Blood, where they inherited a blood-chilling quest:

Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,
To storm or fire the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.

Who are the other four mentioned in the prophesy? The answer may lie in another camp thousands of miles away, where a new camper has shown up and appears to be the son of Neptune, god of the sea. . .

With an ever-expanding cast of brave-hearted heroes and formidable foes, this second book in The Heroes of Olympus series offers all of the action, pathos, and humor that Rick Riordan fans crave."

No werewolves here! (That I know of). Sure to be an instant hit...

Gossip Girl Psycho Killer by Cecily von Zeigesar
Published by: Poppy
Publication Date: October 4th, 2011
Format: Paperback, 320 Pages
To Buy

The official patter:
"Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live, go to school, play, and sleep-sometimes with each other. It's a luxe life, but someone's got to live it . . . until they die.

So begins Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer, a re-imagined and expanded slasher edition of the first groundbreaking Gossip Girl novel, featuring all new grisly scenes and over-the-top gore by #1 New York Times bestselling author Cecily von Ziegesar.

Just as in the original story, Serena returns from boarding school hoping to make amends with her BFF Blair Waldorf--things just haven't been the same since Nate Archibald came between them. But here's where our dark tale takes a turn: Serena decides that the only way for her to make things right with Blair is to eliminate Nate. If that means killing him, well, c'est la vie. Her attempted murder doesn't go unnoticed by Blair, however, who isn't about to let Serena kill whoever she wants-not when there's Cyrus Rose and Chuck Bass and Titi Coates and everyone else who's ever irritated Blair to get rid of first . . . .

American Psycho's Patrick Bateman has met his match in Manhattan's newest, most fabulous trendsetting serial killers, Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen."

Ok, so, changing a novel like Pride and Prejudice to add Zombies, stupid really... unless Jane did it herself, maybe it would work. But Gossip Girl where they're all killers, that just sounds a) plausible and b) full of win. Then have the actual author write it, totally full of win!

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