Review: Double Dead by Chuck Wendig

Review: Double Dead by Chuck Wendig

Double Dead is the first full-length novel from Penmonkey Chuck Wendig. It features a vampire who wakes up in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. It rocks. It was released November 15th, 2011 from Abaddon. I read the e-book. The Blurb (as posted on Terrible Minds) Poor, poor Coburn. Once the...
Upcoming: Kiaras Festivus 2012!

Upcoming: Kiaras Festivus 2012!

What is Kiaras Festivus? Kiaras Festivus is, literally ‘The Festival of Kiara’. This usually happens in February, mostly because my birthday is the 28th and I like to celebrate for as long as possible! This year, Waiting for Fairies’ also turns 5 years old (as a book review site) during the...
Review: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson

Review: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson

The Alloy of Law is a Mistborn book, which takes place roughly 300 years after the events in the original trilogy. Theoretically, you could probably read this without reading the rest – but I wouldn’t recommend it, because you’d be missing out on some awesome world-building. The Blurb Three hundred...
Top 10 Books I Read in 2011

Top 10 Books I Read in 2011

Since everyone else was busy doing end-of-year posts, I figured I’d throw my 10 cents out there as well. Here are my top 10 from 2011. These are books that I read in 2011, not necessarily that were published in 2011.  1. Number one, of course, has to be Jim Butcher’s Ghost...
Review: Child of Fire by Harry Connolly

Review: Child of Fire by Harry Connolly

The Blurb: Ray Lilly is living on borrowed time. He’s the driver for Annalise Powliss, a high-ranking member of the Twenty Palace Society, a group of sorcerers devoted to hunting down and executing rogue magicians. But because Ray betrayed her once, Annalise is looking for an excuse to kill him–or...
Review: Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Review: Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Graceling The Seven Kingdoms #1 Written:  Kristin Cashore Published: October 2008 Publisher: Harcourt Children’s ISBN:  9780152063962 Obtained via: Gift Blurb:  Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill....
Review: The Death of Torberta Turchin by Shannon Mawhiney

Review: The Death of Torberta Turchin by Shannon Mawhiney

The Death of Torberta Turchin Written:  Shannon Mawhiney Published: 03/11/11 Publisher: Createspace ISBN: 1460937902 Obtained via: Author Blurb:  Torberta Turchin, or Torby for short, is a 14-year-old girl who has spoken to the dead ever since she can remember. After her parents’ death in a tragic car accident when she was very young,...
Review: Hard Spell by Justin Gustainis

Review: Hard Spell by Justin Gustainis

Hard Spell  Occult Crimes Investigation Unit #1 Written:  Justin Gustainis Published: July 26, 2011 Publisher: Angry Robot ISBN: 0857661159 Obtained via: Purchase (So long, Borders, we hardly knew ye!) Blurb: (Reviewers note: This ‘blurb’ is a mash-up of the ones found on the author’s website and GoodReads.)  Stan Markowski is a...
Review: Dragon Virus by Laura Anne Gilman

Review: Dragon Virus by Laura Anne Gilman

Dragon Virus Written:  Laura Anne Gilman Published: June, 2011 Publisher: Fairwood Press ISBN:  1933846259 Obtained via: Purchase Blurb:  It began soon after the Millennium. Reports of newborns with strange malformations, too weak to live . . . caused by a single genetic mutation. Or, as the press quickly dubbed it,...
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Review: In the Dead Volume 1 by Jesse Petersen

Review: In the Dead Volume 1 by Jesse Petersen

In The Dead: Volume 1  Companion to Living with the Dead Series Written:  Jesse Petersen Published: July 2011 ISBN: 0012768200 Obtained via:  Author Blurb:  When the Zombie Apocalypse began in Seattle and spread within days to almost the entire western half the country, the survivors had to figure out how to deal with the plague and...
Review: The Mumbo Jumbo Circus by Jane George

Review: The Mumbo Jumbo Circus by Jane George

The Mumbo Jumbo Circus  Written:  Jane George [website] Published: April 15, 2011 Publisher: Red Willow Publishing ISBN: 9781936539086 Obtained via: Author Blurb:  Magic. Mystery. Mayhem. The MUMBO JUMBO CIRCUS…  When the enigmatic Ringmaster asks 15-year-old Evanja (Evan) Leane to run away and join the circus, she says yes. Anywhere’s got to be better than foster home Number Eight....
White Trash Zombie Giveaway Winners

White Trash Zombie Giveaway Winners

I am insanely late with announcing these winners, since the contest ended on — what? the 14th? I can only apologize profusely. I forgot. No excuses — I just completely forgot. So here’s what I’m going to do. I only had 3 comments on this giveaway. So everybody wins! Christine, Pamela (Spaz), and Blaise please...
Review: Hounded by Kevin Hearne

Review: Hounded by Kevin Hearne

Hounded The Iron Druid #1 Written: Kevin Hearne [website] Published: May 3, 2011 Publisher: Del Ray Obtained via: Purchase Blurb: Atticus O’Sullivan has been running for two thousand years and he’s a bit tired of it. After he stole a magical sword from the Tuatha Dé Danann (those who became the Sidhe or the Fae)...
Review: Goblin Tales by Jim C Hines

Review: Goblin Tales by Jim C Hines

Goblin Tales by Jim C. Hines My rating: 5 of 5 stars I adore Hines’ Goblin books about Jig, the reluctant goblin hero, because of the way they poke fun at the old “D&D” fantasy tropes. Plus, I enjoy rooting for the underdog, and there’s nothing quite as ”underdog” as an entire race of creatures known...
Review: My Life As A White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland

Review: My Life As A White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland

My Life As A White Trash Zombie White Trash Zombie #1 Written: Diana Rowland Published: July 5, 2011 Publisher: DAW ISBN: 9780756406752 Obtained via: Purchase Blurb: Teenage delinquent Angel Crawford lives with her redneck father in the swamps of southern Louisiana. She’s a high school dropout, addicted to drugs and alcohol, and has a police...