The Shape of Mercy Contest Winner
Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 12 Timestamp: 2008-10-18 12:58:04 UTC Tanya in post #12, please email me your address (superfastreader -at- gmail -dot- com) and I will send out your copy!
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Cyndere’s Midnight and a Meditation on Speculative Fiction
Read my essay at The Curator, and watch me defend genre like a champ.
Book Giveaway–The Shape of Mercy
Read my rave review of The Shape of Mercy, and leave a comment below to enter a drawing for a free copy. I can only afford to send within the US right now, so sorry to my beloved international reader friends. Contest closes on Friday, 10/17 at 11:59EST. Thanks so much to the good folks at WaterBrook!
The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner
Synopsis: A wealthy young woman takes a job transcribing the diary of a victim of the Salem witch trials, discovering a powerful love story that changes her perspective on her privileged life. Review: Deftly interweaving the very different stories of three headstrong women, Susan Meissner has crafted a novel that delivers a powerfully moving reading experience. I found myself on the verge of tears many times, overcome by Lauren’s journey as she inhabits the world of Mercy, a young woman fated to die by hanging…
Follow-up Interview with Jeffrey Overstreet
I interviewed Jeffrey Overstreet, author of Auralia’s Colors last year. Now, with the release of Cyndere’s Midnight, the second book in the Auralia Thread, I had him answer a few more questions. The Keeper is seeming a bit more Yahweh-esque in Cyndere’s Midnight. Without revealing too much by way of spoilers, how are you fighting against the “Christian fiction” pigeonhole? Well, I object when reviewers start calling the Keeper “God”, or Auralia “Jesus.” It’s true that every character in The Auralia Thread dreams of this…
Cyndere’s Midnight by Jeffrey Overstreet (The Auralia Thread)
Synopsis: Auralia and her colors are missing and the beastmen are amassing an army, while bereaved ruler Cyndere dreams of transforming the world. Review: So tough to do a one-liner of a fantasy series installment. My review of Cyndere’s Midnight will go up at The Curator next week. In the mean time, just go read the book, willya? I am such a fan!
Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Synopsis: A young woman discovers that she is cursed to go mad on the birth of her first child unless she can complete three impossible tasks. Review: Woven from the lyrics of the ballad Scarborough Fair, made famous by Simon and Garfunkel, Impossible successfully places a fairy tale in the context of modern life without sacrificing any magic at all. Lucy Scarborough was raised by foster parents after her mother, Miranda, went mad on Lucy’s birth. Now Lucy finds herself pregnant at 17, and discovers…
In the Face by Lorelei Armstrong
Synopsis: When a famous movie star appears to have dumped a body on his plastic surgeon’s balcony, a simulation-obsessed detective delves into a seamy world where there are no limits to what people will do for fame. Review: Babies getting plastic surgery–that’s all I needed to hear to get interested in Lorelei Armstrong’s debut, In the Face. Melding a hard-boiled style in the tradition of James M. Cain and Andrew Vachss with a cyberpunk sensibility, Armstrong delivers a fast-moving, intellectually stimulating thriller with a strong…