October 2011 Releases

Finished with September 2011 Releases? Here are October 2011 Releases. To see future dates, check Reading Wishlist.

August 2011 Releases

Done with July 2011 Releases? Here are August 2011 Releases. To see future releases, check Reading Wishlist.

8 New Covers: Anthony, Chan, Duncan, Mahoney, O’Brien, Ryan & Wasserman

[REVIEW] Wired – Liz Maverick

Liz Maverick
Wired (Wired, Book 1)
Dorchester (US: 3rd July 2007; 1st March 2011 [re-release])
Buy (US) Buy (UK) Buy (CA) Buy (Worldwide)

Time-travel, alternate realities, wire splices…you don’t have to understand any of these things in order to enjoy Wired. I still don’t get all the little details, but it’s nonetheless a cracking good read, sparking with intrigue plus an unexpected emotional hard-hit. Generally speaking, escapist fiction doesn’t tend to have heroines with psychological disorders, so L. Roxanne Zaborovsky is surprisingly relatable. She loves spy pop culture, but living the espionage life isn’t as glamorous as she hoped. Still, she takes to it rather easily, and that she remembers previous reality splices is rather “speshul snowflake”, but the novel is as entertaining as it is incongruous. The banter between Roxy and Kitty is fun, and their Girls’ Own adventure in the future is a delight. I love the way Liz Maverick’s weird and wacky creativity works!

November 2010 Releases

Done with October 2010 Releases? Here are November 2010 Releases (behind the cut). To see further into the further, check Reading Wishlist.

September 2010 Releases

Done with August 2010 Releases? Here are the September 2010 Releases. To see further into the publishing future, check Reading Wishlist.

YA Releases – 2010 & Beyond

C. A. Moulton called out for a list of 2010 & 2011 YA fantasy fiction, but my list here contains other YA subgenres, too 😉 These are only the ones with known release dates – those without are on my Reading Wishlist. Release dates can and probably will change in the lead-up to the books’ publication. Some are re-releases, international editions, etc. Of course, I don’t list every single book – only the ones that I’ve heard of and am interested in.

ANN AGUIRRE – Razorland – Dec 2010
KELLEY ARMSTRONG – The Reckoning – 27 Apr 2010/6 May 2010
JENNIFER LYNN BARNES – Raised by Wolves – 8 Jun 2010
HOLLY BLACK – White Cat – 4 May 2010/17 Jun 2010/1 May 2011
S. A. BODEEN – The Gardener – 25 May 2010
RACHEL CAINE – Kiss of Death – 3 May 2010/4 May 2010
KRISTIN CAST et al – Kisses from Hell – 8 Aug 2010
CASSANDRA CLARE – The Clockwork Angel – 1 Sep 2010/14 Sep 2010
ANDREA CREMER – Nightshade – 14 Oct 2010
HEATHER DAVIS – The Clearing – 15 Mar 2010/12 Apr 2010
KAT FALLS – Dark Life – 29 Apr 2010/1 May 2010
CATHERINE FISHER – Incarceron – 26 Jan 2010
BECCA FITZPATRICK – Crescendo – 2010
AMY GARVEY – Cold Kiss – 2011
TERI HALL – The Line – 4 Mar 2010/9 Mar 2010
STACEY JAY – Undead Much? – 21 Jan 2010/26 Jan 2010
STACEY JAY – My So-Called Death – 1 Mar 2010/1 Apr 2010
CARRIE JONES – Captivate – 5 Jan 2010/5 Apr 2010
KELLY KEATON – Darkness Becomes Her – 2011
JACKIE MORSE KESSLER – Hunger – 11 Aug 2010
JACKIE MORSE KESSLER – Rage – 2011
KAREN KINCY – Other – 1 Jul 2010
GEMMA MALLEY – The Returners – 1 Feb 2010/2 Mar 2010
RICHELLE MEAD – Spirit Bound – 18 May 2010
JACKSON PEARCE – Sisters Red – 3 Jun 2010/7 Jun 2010
SUSAN BETH PFEFFER – This World We Live In – 4 Mar 2010/1 Apr 2010/3 May 2010
CARRIE RYAN – The Dead-Tossed Waves – 9 Mar 2010/8 Apr 2010/1 Mar 2011
JERI SMITH-READY – Shade – 4 May 2010/18 May 2010
MARIA V. SNYDER – Inside Out – 1 Apr 2010
LILI ST. CROW – Jealousy – 29 Jul 2010/3 Aug 2010
MAGGIE STIEFVATER – Linger – 20 Jul 2010
JESSICA VERDAY – The Haunted – 31 Aug 2010
ROBIN WASSERMAN – Wired – 14 Sep 2010

[COVER ART] Wired – Robin Wasserman

US cover for Robin Wasserman’s Wired. Am still waiting for Crashed to be released here in Oz. Really enjoyed the first novel, Skinned. Fiction needs more mechs, y’all.

P.S. Maybe this isn’t the final cover, but I found it on Amazon nonetheless. Check out the tagline right above the title 😉

Happy Birthday, Liz Maverick

It’s 22nd September – Liz Maverick’s birthday. I’m not sure how many years it’s been since I learned of her existence. But I remember borrowing Crimson City from the library. At the time, it wasn’t really what I was looking for. I read the first few chapters, and skim-read the rest.

At the time I thought it was just vampires and werewolves. But only recently have I learned there are mechs in the series. So of course now I want to get my mitts on the entire series, and read them properly. If only for the mechs 😉

Interestingly enough, Liz’s first novel is the one that most interests me: The Shadow Runners, the third book in the Susan Grant-created 2176 series. The premise of the series is intriguing on its own, but Liz’s contribution is the one most likely to connect with me because…it’s set in Australia. New South Wales, so not Victoria, but let’s not be picky. And in this futuristic Australian incarnation, my fair country is the world’s dumpyard. For toxic waste. In real life, Oz was originally settled by British and Irish convicts – by sending felons away, the theory was that their own countries would be much nicer. Never mind how the native Australians might feel. Convicts, toxic waste…social commentary, people. We are the world’s doormat. And it’s true. Depressing, really, but we have to laugh about it – gallows humour…

Ahem. Naturally, like everyone else, I’m interested in Dorchester’s SHOMI imprint, of which Liz’s Wired was the launch title. It, like The Shadow Runners, is waiting politely on my shelf to be read. (My system of working through my To-Be-Read pile is ever-changing, and ever-lengthening.) As for the sequel, Irreversible, I don’t have it yet. But it hasn’t been released yet, so that’s not my fault 🙂

Liz deserves gifts of royalties, and not just because she’ll be visiting my fair city of Melbourne in February. She’s had published many more books than I’ve mentioned here, but you can start off by buying/pre-ordering The Shadow Runners, Wired and Irreversible.

We dare not measure the size of Liz’s ego after this post 😉

Cat with Books

(Images from here.) Manny with various books, including:

Gena Showalter’s Awaken Me Darkly, Enslave Me Sweetly & Savor Me Slowly
Liz Maverick’s The Shadow Runners & Wired
Eve Kenin’s Driven & Hidden
Kay Austin’s Time Transit
Michelle Maddox’s Countdown
Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight & The Host
Richelle Mead’s Succubus Blues, Vampire Academy & Succubus on Top