Sue's Saturday Suggestions #34

Interesting Books

(Descriptions from Goodreads)

Dead Things by Stephen Blackmore, review at My Bookish Ways

Necromancer is such an ugly word, but it's a title Eric Carter is stuck with. He sees ghosts, talks to the dead. He’s turned it into a lucrative career putting troublesome spirits to rest, sometimes taking on even more dangerous things. For a fee, of course.

When he left L.A. fifteen years ago he thought he’d never go back. Too many bad memories. Too many people trying to kill him. But now his sister’s been brutally murdered and Carter wants to find out why. Was it the gangster looking to settle a score? The ghost of a mage he killed the night he left town? Maybe it’s the patron saint of violent death herself, Santa Muerte, who’s taken an unusually keen interest in him. Carter’s going to find out who did it and he’s going to make them pay. As long as they don’t kill him first.

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan, reviews at Bookish & Bookworm Blues

In this first volume, I will relate to you how my career as a lady adventurer and dragon naturalist began, commencing at the creation of my childhood fascination with all things winged, and for the bulk of its length describing my first foreign expedition, to study the rock-wyrms of Vystrana. Common gossip has made the bare facts well-known, but I warn you, dear reader, that all was not as you have heard.

Isabella, Lady Trent

Casselthwaite, Linshire

11 Iyar, 1895

I have listed these titles in earlier SSS posts: check out my SSS Books Page for links to more reviews:

After The Fall, Before The Fall, During The Fall: A Novel by Nancy Kress, review at Calico Reaction

The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord, review at Far Beyond Reality

Cinder by Marissa Meyer, review at Logan E. Turner

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken, review at Cuddlebuggery

Every Day by David Levithan, reviews at Smash Attack Reads

The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke, review at Stainless Steel Droppings

The Red Knight by Miles Cameron, reviews at Bookworm Blues & SF Signal

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman, review at Gossamer Obsessions

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer, reviews at Annette’s Book Spot, On A Book Bender & Reading the Paranormal

Giveaways

Dead Things by Stephen Blackmore at My Bookish Ways

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan at Bookish

The Six Gun Tarot by R.S. Belcher at My Bookish Ways

Author Interviews

Marie Brennan at Bookish

Gail Carriger at My Bookish Ways

#BBTC – Book Blogger Twitter Con 2013

This event will run April 1 – 7 and be the first Twitter-based book blogger conference. Check out Parajunkee’s post for more information.

I knew she couldn’t stay away!

Jessica from Read, React, Review has launched a new blog The Hypeless Romantic