Advance Reader's Review of The City's Son (The Skyscraper Throne #1) by Tom Pollock

Overview
Running from her traitorous best friend and her estranged father, graffiti artist Beth Bradley is looking for sanctuary. What she finds is Urchin, the ragged and cocky crown prince of London's mystical underworld. Urchin opens Beth's eyes to the city she's never truly seen-where vast spiders crawl telephone wires seeking voices to steal, railwraiths escape their tethers, and statues conceal an ancient priesthood robed in bronze.

But it all teeters on the brink of destruction. Amid rumors that Urchin's goddess mother will soon return from her 15-year exile, Reach, a malign god of urban decay, wants the young prince dead. Helping Urchin raise an alleyway army to reclaim his skyscraper throne, Beth soon forgets her old life. But when her best friend is captured, Beth must choose between this wondrous existence and the life she left behind.

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About The City's Son
Available as: Hardcover $9.23 from Amazon.com / Paperback $17.38 from Amazon.com,  E-book $8.77 from Amazon.com Kindle's Edition , Paperback $12.74 from The Book Depository 

                                                  Recommended Ages: 15 and Up

                                                             Netgalley E-book: 247 pgs.

Published: Expected publication: September 8th 2012 by Flux Book (first published August 2nd 2012)

                 For This Review: *Netgalley Advance Reader Review Copy*

Fantasy Book Critic: Indie Days Giveaway, yes, Some Free E-books

Fantasy Book Critic is having some great e-book download shout-outs. If you're a Fantasy fan maybe you'd love to download some for free.  Here are some of the main ones [below]:

FREE today and on July 2nd,3rd,  and 4th. 

If you don’t have a Kindle, they have an app you can use to take advantage of this offer somewhere.

This Blog and Blogger has been named in Hey Canada! Blog Tour: Day 3

Day three for the Hey Canada! blog tour. The stops for today are:

• Rachee at Say it Rah-shay
• Cassandra at Book & Movie Dimension a Blog

-Review of Hey Canada! by Vivien Bowers

• Tina at Classic Children’s Books
• Sally at Sal’s Fiction Addiction
• Marianne at Marianne’s Reviews
• Marianne at Second Bookshelf on the Right
• Jenn at Lost in A Great Book
• Margriet at Margriet Ruurs Reads

Links will be updated to the direct post as they go live. Don’t forget, you can also follow@TundraBooks, the character Cal, and the participating bloggers on twitter! We will be using the hash tag, #HeyCanada.

Review of V Wars by Jonathan Maberry and other authors

Overview
A sweeping, threaded narrative of the global phenomenon known as the Vampire Wars!

Mankind is silently infected by a millennia-old bacteria unknowingly exhumed by a scientific expedition in Antarctica. Now, in some rare cases, a person's so-called "junk DNA" becomes activated, and depending on their racial and ethnic heritage they begin to manifest one of the many diverse forms of the "others" that are the true basis for the legends of supernatural creatures. These aren't your usual vampires and werewolves - it goes much deeper than that.

Conceived by Jonathan Maberry, V Wars features stories from various "frontlines" as reported by such contributors as Nancy Holder, Yvonne Navarro, James A. Moore, Gregory Frost, John Everson, Keith R.A. DeCandido, and Scott Nicholson (as well as Maberry himself, of course). The result is a compelling series of tales that create a unique chronicle of mankind's response to this sudden, hidden threat to humanity. For readers who enjoyed: World War Z, Robopocalypse, 30 Days of Night and Zombies vs Robots.

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About V Wars
Available as: Hardcover $20.05 from Amazon.com,  E-book $9.99 from Amazon.com Kindle's Edition , Paperback $18.74 from The Book Depository 

                                                  Recommended Ages: 15 and Up

                                                             E-book: 352 pgs.
Published: May 29th 2012 by Idea & Design Works (first published May 8th 2012)

                 For This Review: *Netgalley Advance Reader Review Copy*

A Movie Review: Men in Black III (2012)

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This movie starts out sick and twisted, but, thankfully, gets a lot better. If I walked out on movies in the first five minutes, I would have missed out on a pretty compelling story.

SUMMARY: Right off the bat you are introduced to the bad guy. Called Boris the Animal (Jemaine Clement) or “Just Boris” as he repeats, this evil alien is sick, sick, sick. With graphic violence, he escapes from Lunar Prison, seeking revenge on Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) for shooting off his arm and capturing him over forty years ago. Boris finds a time travel device and goes to the past to kill Kay before all this occurs.

Affiliated to Seventh Star Press: New Young Adult Steampunk Series with the Addition of J.L. Mulvihill to its SSP Author Family

The Steampunk out there, huh? Ever growing and ever liked by book lovers. Seventh Star Press recently on their website revealed on June 8, 2012 that J.L. Mulvihill would be one of the authors to join the Seventh Star Press family.


Seventh Star Press had this to say:
Seventh Star Press proudly announces the addition of J.L. Mulvihill to its author family with Steel Roots, an exciting new young adult steampunk series set in an alternate history with a dash of folklore.  The first title, The Box Car Baby, is slated for release in the 2nd quarter of 2013, with new titles following at the beginning of 2014 and 2015. Readers can look forward to meeting a host of enthralling, distinctive characters within a richly-developed landscape woven by the imagination of J.L. Mulvihill.

The Box Car Baby by J.L. Mulvihill

 

(Steel Roots illustration by Rachael Ward)

The Weeping Paperback Cover Reveal

Twenty years ago, Catherine Whitley was the victim of a horrible crime. Betrayed by her friends, including the boy she loved, she was left to die when the Rock Harbor Opera House caught fire, taking a disturbing secret with her to her grave.

Seventeen-year-old Heath Ingram was driving the night his Jeep careened off the road, killing three of his closest friends. Once a popular, outgoing athlete, Heath now suffers from severe depression and crippling anxiety. His parents decide to send him to stay with his uncle in Rock Harbor, Oregon for the summer, praying that by getting away he will be able to put this awful tragedy behind him.

When Heath starts working at the newly renovated Rock Harbor Opera House, he meets Molly, a young dancer who awakens in him a desire to start over and move on. But, when he begins having visions of a half-burned girl in a white dress, he starts to think he may be slipping even further over the edge. 

As the apparent hauntings become more intense, Heath begins to fear for his safety. With the help of his friend Josie, Heath discovers an unsettling secret that ties the mysterious girl to both their families. When two of their friends die unexpectedly, Josie and Heath realize that something, or someone, is after the children of those who wronged Catherine, and they are next.
Paperback Release Date: Tuesday, August 28th

The Reckoning Online Book Tour: Review of The Reckoning (Book 2 of The Taker Trilogy) by Alma Katsu

Overview
A love triangle spanning 200 years…Alma Katsu takes readers on a breathtaking journey through the landscape of the heart.

New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld (Leviathan) praises Alma Katsu’s The Taker as, “a centuries-spanning epic that will keep you turning pages all night. This marvelous debut is a thinking person’s guilty pleasure.” And Keith Donohue (The Stolen Child) says, “The Taker is a frighteningly compelling story about those most human monsters—desire and obsession. It will curl your hair and keep you up late at night.”

Now Alma Katsu delivers the highly anticipated follow-up to her haunting novel about an immortal woman learning firsthand that the heart wants what the heart wants…no matter how high the stakes. Fans of The Taker can finally indulge in their next juicy fix with the second book of the trilogy, The Reckoning. In this gripping, pulse-pounding supernatural sequel, discover what happens to Lanny, Luke, Adair—and Jonathan. The Reckoning picks up where The Taker leaves off, following Lanny on her path to redemption—and creating a whole new level of suspense.

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About The Reckoning
Available as: Hardcover $15.20 from Amazon.com (and lower prices) / Paperback $9.99 from Amazon.com , E-book $11.99 from Amazon.com Kindle's Edition, Hardcover $18.23 from The Book Depository 

                                                    Recommended Ages: 17 and Up

                                                                  Hardcover: 352 pgs.

Published: June 19th 2012 by Gallery Books (first published April 2nd 2012)

          For This Review: *Advance Reader's Edition Provided For Book Tour*

T.V. Casual Talk: The Legend of Korra on Nickelodeon "General Iroh's First Appearance"

By: Cassandra (The Book & Movie Dimension Blogger)

In "Turning the Tides" (Episode 10) - Book One: Air

The tides are turning for sure! A perfectly named episode title-"Turning the Tides". Korra has been building her strength after having recently been kidnapped by Tarrlok and then almost being captured  by Amon.

Review of Black Dawn (The Morganville Vampires #12) by Rachel Caine

Overview
The hotly-anticipated twelfth installment in the Morganville Vampires series

In Last Breath, the rain brought a new and dire threat to Morganville and its vampires... their ancient enemies, the draug. Now, the vampires are fighting a losing war, and it will fall to the residents of the Glass House: Michael, Eve, Shane and Claire, to take the fight to an enemy who threatens to destroy the town, forever.

Lovers of Morganville, rejoice: Black Dawn takes the intrigue, romance and nail-biting suspense of the series to its highest level yet!

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Recommended: Yes.

About Black Dawn
Available as: Hardcover $11.98 from Amazon.com (and lower prices) / Paperback $9.99 from Amazon.com ,  E-book $10.99 from Amazon.com Kindle's Edition , Paperback $14.04 from The Book Depository 

                       Recommended Ages: 15 and Up

                                      E-book: 270 pgs.

                                   Published: May 1st 2012 by NAL

          For This Review: *Self-Provided E-book Copy For Review*

Review of Endure (Need #4) by Carrie Jones

Overview

It’s all-out war (and no-holds-barred romance) in the climactic conclusion to Carrie Jones’s bestselling series.

Zara is at the center of an impending apocalypse. True, she’s successfully rescued Nick from Valhalla, but it simply isn’t enough. Evil pixies are ravaging Bedford, and they need much more than one great warrior; they need an army. Zara isn’t sure what her role is anymore. She’s not just fighting for her friends; she’s also a pixie queen. And to align her team of pixies with the humans she loves will be one of her greatest battles yet. Especially since she can’t even reconcile her growing feelings for her pixie king . . .

Unexpected turns, surprising revelations, and one utterly satisfying romantic finale make Endure a thrilling end to this series of bestsellers.

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About Endure
Available as: Paperback $15.50 from Amazon.com ,  E-book $7.69 from Amazon.com Kindle's Edition , Paperback $13.03 from The Book Depository 

                    Recommended Ages: 15 and Up

                                  E-book: 270 pgs.

                             Published: May 8th 2012 by Bloomsbury USA Children's Books

   For This Review: *Self-Provided E-book Copy For Review*

Request for A Blogger to Blogger Interview!

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Giveaway of The Devil's Scribe (A Short story in The Taker Trilogy) by Alma Katsu

After decades of running from her past, Lanore McIlvrae returns to America for the first time in 20 years to confront the source of her fear. The year is 1846 and Lanore—Lanny—has just landed in Baltimore after a long transatlantic crossing. That very night, she meets an “unattractive man with a high forehead and sunken eyes, and a tiny, pinched mouth like a parrot’s beak” who claims to write stories so dark and unsettling that he could be the Devil’s Scribe. His name? Edgar Allan Poe. Has Lanny finally met her match in this macabre man…or is it the other way around?

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The Taker Trilogy

 [Soon The Reckoning (Book 2 of The Taker Trilogy) by Alma Katsu will be reviewed as part of a one-day (Thursday, June 21st) Online Book Tour stop @ Book & Movie Dimension a Blog. In other words, do not forget as an online book tour there are other stops on other blogs.]

 

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Spirit of Fire Online Book Tour: Character Interview with Wanderer from the Fires of Eden Series

By: Stephen Zimmer


Stephen Zimmer

Born in Denver Colorado in 1974, Stephen Zimmer is an author and filmmaker currently residing in Lexington, Kentucky. 

The Exodus Gate, the first book in the Rising Dawn Saga, was Stephen's debut novel, published through Seventh Star Press.

Stephen's independent films as a writer/director include the indie feature Shadows Light (Modern Fantasy/Supernatural Thriller) and the horror short film The Sirens (on the Indie Movie Masters Festival of Horrors Vol. 1 DVD)"


Thank you for joining us on the Book and Movie Dimension blog for this interview.  Cassandra was kind enough to let me pick the questions to ask,  but I am glad that you agreed to spend a moment here.  I know that you have been very busy in Ave.

Lyrical Press Friday Blitz!

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Worth Fighting For by Sondrae Bennett

Author: Sondrae Bennett

Genre: Romance/Paranormal/Shifter

ISBN: 9781616503734

Length: Novel

Word Count: 42,000

ePub Page Count: 112

Formats: pdf, epub, mobi

Publication Date: May 7, 2012

Series: Alpine Woods Shifters Book Four

Sample this book: pdf, epub, mobi, html

As leader of a fox skulk, Cody is used to feeling protective of his people. But when his best friend, Misty, gets attacked, the panic he feels has nothing to do with duty. Suddenly, he’s noticing Misty as a woman instead of the girl he grew up with. Is he willing to risk their friendship to pursue a relationship with her?

Misty has loved Cody for years, but he’s always viewed her as one of the guys. She’s tried everything to show him how perfect they would be together, without success. Now, he’s looking at her like she always dreamed he would. But every time she gets close, he pulls away.

Neither see the danger lurking in the background. Someone is plotting against the foxes, leaving them all in jeopardy…especially Misty. Can Cody overcome his fears in time to save the woman he loves.

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