Category: Site Announcements
Eon by Alison Goodman
Hooray! Today is finally Wednesday! And you know what that means: guest posting over at We Heart Reading. What am I posting today, you may ask? Well, a friend of mine highly recommended Eon by Alison Goodman to me, so I read it and reviewed it in my usual fashion. He doesn’t normally read that much, so I was both skeptical and interested. Want to know what I thought about it? Go over and check it out!
Also, Savindi over at The Streetlight Reader will be guest posting over here tomorrow. She’s reviewing another Neil Gaiman book, which probably means I’m going to end up buying it when I go to my local bookstore on Saturday.
The Surprising Benefits of Book Reviewing
A muse descended on my shoulder and I couldn’t stop typing, so guess what? I posted over at We Heart Reading, which has recently received a lovely new make-over. Go on and check out The Surprising Benefits of Book Reviewing, in which I reflect on posting one review per day for nearly 6 months.
Guest Posting: Part 2
Since I’m posting over at We Heart Reading today, I figured why not post over at Steam Trains and Ghosts as well? Margaret, the blog’s owner, asked me if I could write my thoughts on steampunk. Is steampunk a serious genre? Is it here to stay? Find out by clicking here!
Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari
Today is Wednesday which means I’m posting over at We Heart Reading, which has recently been re-vamped with a new author, a new look and new motivation. So go on over to see me completely trash a rather popular book: Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari.
The Best and Worst of June
Well, it’s that time of month again. The time for the recap of my 5 best and 5 worst posts of June. The statistics are wildly different than they were when I did my May recap, as you’ll notice. So here are the five best articles, not counting my homepage or site announcements.
1. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
3. The Hunger Games and Ancient Rome
4. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
5. The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
It’s hard to believe The Giver is right up there because school’s been out in America for a month, which is where most of my traffic comes from. But what’s really surprising is that The White Queen cracked the list while The Hunger Games and Ancient Rome article fell to third place. Now, here are the surprising five worst articles of June:
1. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
2. YA Release Dates to Look Forward To
4. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
5. Isabel: Jewel of Castilla by Carolyn Meyer
What’s surprising about the five worst articles and book reviews is that not one of them appeared on my May list, which means that the worst articles are at least rotating every month. However, I’m surprised none of the Pauline Gedge books appear on the list because she’s not exactly a well-known author outside of historical fiction circles. C’est la vie.