NaNoWriMo – The Month of Writing Dangerously (or Obsessively, or Desperately…)

What the heck is NaNoWriMo, you ask?  The short version: National Novel Writing Month. (aka November, but why use such a boring word?) The long version: NaNoWriMo is a 30-day long phenomenon where people from all over the world – ’cause it’s gone international – get together at http://www.nanowrimo.org or with other participants from their [...]

Barnes & Noble announces Color Nook

In one of the worst-kept secrets since the iPhone 4, Barnes & Noble today officially announced a new Color Nook. It is a color, LCD Nook.
The device plays video and runs Android. It has no physical buttons but allows you to download books, magazines, and children’s books along with video content.

The Law of Nines, by Terry Goodkind

After the last book of the Sword of Truth series came out, I was devastated. No, really! A friend of mine loaned me the first book when we were in high school – it was the second Fantasy novel I had ever read. (I keep track of these things.) I read it in a day, [...]

Book Review: Warbreaker, by Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson’s book, Warbreaker, is the fourth of his books that I have read. Sanderson first caught my attention as an author because of his work in completing the Wheel of Time series following the death of Robert Jordan. I had only just begun reading Jordan’s work when Sanderson went on tour for his work [...]