Tag: books

So the comic I had pretty much resigned myself that I would never own in the format I wanted? Apparently the universe decided that I should have it after all. I mean I most definitely didn’t get it for FREE, but I was able to get it. It’s beautiful. It’s not coming out of the plastic until I’m ready to cover it, but I can wait that long.

Seriously heavy, seriously beautiful, and so glad to have this to go with my Jessica Jones blu ray.

Next to buy in the series, The Pulse, but that’s never been hard to find for a reasonable price. Alias was just ridiculously hard to get. Even the copy I found was a fluke – it came in a delivery to a comic store but wasn’t part of their order. They’d tried to get some months before, but couldn’t. Then, there it was. And there I was, in a comic book store over a hundred kilometres from where I live, a comic book store I didn’t know existed and stumbled across completely by accident less than half an hour from closing time. And they let me layby it, since I was too broke to buy it outright. And all those things had to happen for me to have this book. Amazing.

Have you ever wondered where books come from?

neil-gaiman:

allofthefeelings:

bluelightseven:

zwischendenstuehlen:

Well then, let me show you, because that’s what I do for a living.

Right now, it’s this time of the year, and the little ones have just freshly hatched:

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You’ll notice they’re still blind and naked when they hatch. So I make them little coats to keep them warm during their first winter:

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See how they happily line up to put them on:

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See? Better. Now they’re ready to go and explore the world.

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And if they make it through the winter and we take good care of them, they will grow up to be strong and wise like their older fellows:

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So, in case you were ever wondering, now you know.

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As a Publishing Professional I can say that this is 10000% accurate, and I am a little concerned you’re just giving away all of our industry secrets on Tumblr.

I am a famousy awards-winning author of BOOKS and I endorse this post.

On the tenth of December, 2007, I bought a book from Angus & Robertson for $7. It was an author unknown to me, Jane Yolen, but the cover illustration and blurb on the back caught my attention. Further inspection told me it was the third of a trilogy. “That’s okay,” though I. “I’ll just grab the other two when I see them.”

Fast forward nine years. I have never found copies of either, anywhere. I have seen copies of her solo fairy tale book Briar Rose (indeed, I got one eventually through Bookmooch), but nary a sighting of either of the Great Alta books I was missing. Had The One Armed Queen been the first of the lot, I would have read it and read the others when I found them. Alas, it is the third, and sits unread, waiting.

In November 2016, when BetterWorld has a sale on, I put in an order for a bunch of books, mostly to complete series I already own part of. To my chagrin, at the time of the order, only White Jenna is in stock. I buy it. I can’t read it yet either, since it’s book two, but I am one book closer to my goal.

In early January this year, my partner’s mother visits. She gives me $10 to cover something I bought, ostensibly to be my Christmas money. I talk to my partner when she leaves. “It’s back in stock at Betterworld. I want that for my gift.” With currency conversion, it’s just enough. Today, it arrived.

And that is my story of how I had to wait nine years to be able to read a bargain bin find. Now, I’m going to wait at least a little longer, since I’m in the middle of rereading a fifteen book series by Katharine Kerr, and I don’t want to shift gears. BUT I COULD, NOW. I COULD.

NOLA Day 4

copperbadge:

So, this afternoon I went to the Presbytere and the Calibdo, which sound like a pair of alien vessels in a golden age scifi thriller. 

The Presbytere is…interesting. The bottom floor is all a history of hurricane Katrina, everything from teddy bears found in the wreckage of the 9th ward flooding to film footage of the storm itself. It’s a sharp and creepy contrast to the second floor, which is entirely dedicated to Mardi Gras. I went there for the Mardi Gras exhibit and it was worth the $10 for the two museum tickets for just that exhibit alone – lots of gorgeous costumes, tons of film footage, and a great deal of really interesting history. 

The Calibdo is a more general history of New Orleans – Native American and early European colonials on the ground floor. The second floor had a good exhibit on the Battle of New Orleans but honestly my favourite part of the Battle of New Orleans is the song. 

I did find it…I’m torn between “amusing” and “inappropriate” that the third floor, which looks for all the world like an attic, is where they keep the exhibit on the Civil War and slave life in Louisiana. 

But then my phone was dying, and I was feeling tired and a little dehydrated despite not actually being dehydrated, so I swung past Sucre for some more gelato and then came back to the hotel. 

I’m not gonna lie, you guys, I’ve eaten a lot of good food and a lot of fancy cuisine courtesy of my company this week, and much of it has been better than the meal I just ate, but none of it has been more satisfying than the flatbread pepperoni pizza I had for dinner in the hotel restaurant tonight. 

Now my roommate for the evening and I are watching Catch Me If You Can, marveling at the star cameos in this film. I’m going to have to catch the whole thing sometime. It’s one of the few heist films I haven’t seen in its entirety.

Tomorrow, the WWII Museum and the Ogden, and thence home. I’ve upped my goals from “do not break a limb” to also include “do not get a sunburn” with a side of “no brain amoebas”. 

Even when I raise my standards I still like to keep them low. 

Seconding the rec for the autobiography of the same name that the film Catch Me IF You Can was adapted from. Fiction like White Collar owes a hell of a lot to Frank Abagnale. TBH, I’d only not recced it to you before because I was certain you’d’ve read it already.

Unbound is Out Today!!!

jabberwockypie:

jimhines:

It’s been seventeen months since Codex Born was released, but Unbound is finally out today!

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This is the third book in the Magic ex Libris series. There will be at least one more (Revisionary, tentatively scheduled for February 2016), but this one wraps up a lot of the plotlines I’ve been playing with over the course of the series. As Carrie at Smart Bitches Trashy Books said in her review:

I liked how the book wrapped up a lot of major character arcs. If there’s no more to this series, I’ll feel that the story reached a satisfying conclusion. On the other hand, the series is potentially poised to take off in completely new directions that could be incredibly interesting. So I’m down with that, too … I’m in an odd state of one hand feeling like, “OK, we’re cool, you may move on to other projects, thank you for this satisfying conclusion” and on the other hand I’m all, “More, please, nomnomnom”. It’s Schrodinger’s Series.

Summary:

For five hundred years, the Porters have concealed the existence of magic from the world. Now, old enemies have revealed the Porters’ secrets, and an even greater threat lurks in the shadows. The would-be queen Meridiana, banished for a thousand years, has returned in the body of a girl named Jeneta Aboderin. She seeks an artifact created by Pope Sylvester II, a bronze prison that would grant her the power to command an army of the dead.

Michigan librarian Isaac Vainio is determined to rescue his former student Jeneta. With no magic of his own, Isaac must delve into the darker side of black-market magic, where he will confront beings better left undisturbed, including the sorcerer Juan Ponce de Leon.

With his loyal fire-spider Smudge, dryad warrior Lena Greenwood, and psychiatrist Nidhi Shah, Isaac races to unravel a mystery more than a thousand years old as competing magical powers battle to shape the future of the world. He will be hunted by enemies and former allies alike, and it will take all his knowledge and resourcefulness to survive as magical war threatens to spread across the globe.

Isaac’s choices will determine the fate of his friends, the Porters, the students of Bi Sheng, and the world. Only one thing is certain: even if he finds a way to restore his magic, he can’t save them all…

Purchase Links: If you’re interested in picking up a copy, I’ve gathered up some convenient links. Because I’m considerate that way, you know?

Reviewers: If you’re a reviewer and would like a copy of Unbound, please contact my publicist at anixon -at- penguinrandomhouse.com.

Guest Posts: I’ve also done some guest blogging for the release, and will be linking those here as they go live. My thanks to everyone who hosted me!

My thanks to everyone who’s supported the series so far. Tweets, reviews, links, and other word-of-mouth are always appreciated, but mostly, I just hope you enjoy the story. I’ve been waiting years to get to some of the events in this one, and I can’t wait to share it.

If anyone needs me, I’ll be flailing like Kermit and running around in circles until I either throw up or fall down.

Mirrored from Jim C. Hines.

I NEED IT! (Hrm. I wonder if I can get to Barnes & Noble today …)

I’d argue that Magic Ex Libris is Jim C. Hines’ bestest series. You should read the thing. The first one is Libriomancer. I feel like my Tumblr friends will appreciate the references.

Just put in a request for my local library to buy Libriomancer based on this rec 🙂

teachingliteracy:

thediscerningmagpie:

Hungarian student Kinsco Nagy, has re-imagined beautiful, new glow-in-the-dark covers for all seven of the Harry Potter books as part of her BA project in Design. She has also fully illustrated the first installment, Harry Potter and The Sorcerers Stone, which is filled with stenciled images that each have some “playing” part, popping up or opening to reveal further images.

The books aren’t for sale right now, but I am holding my breath for someone to pick up these gorgeous little beasts!

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