And a quick shout out to Book Smugglers, Lost in Books , Electrifying Reviews and Miss Bookiverse for putting Burn Bright on their Most Anticipated Books list. And to Justified Lunacy for adding BB to their reading list.
Happy New Year everyone – this is the year we shall all Burn Brightly!
This is just a quick hello from me to say that the cover for Angel Arias will be posted here in January and it will knock your socks off. It certainly popped mine!
Also a new feature for the Vamp lovers amongst you. We’ll be adding a new For Vamps category which will feature reviews of vampire fiction and blogs about our fanged friends.
Some are saying that vampires are a thing of the past but we know better! Vamps have been around for thousands of years and they will well and truly outlive us!
Mandy will be heading up this section with an up close look at the Vampire Diaries books and DVD’s, but everyone will be contributing. So check the Categories>> For Vamps section in the sidebar on a regular basis.
Burn bright!
MDP
Bel Says
I invite you to come on a wild adventure with me and some of my newest friends; well, maybe they’re not personal friends, but they sure do feel like it after reading the steampunk-esque novel, Quillblade, by Ben Chander.
Lenis and his twin sister Missy have joined the crew of the Hiryu. They’re thrown into a life of intrigue and the whole crew is embroiled in a mission to save the world by finding and rescuing the last untainted Totem.
Ben Chandler has single-handedly rewritten what I think of as steampunk. His use of small mammals in place of coal, a mixture of East meets West for fashions, and an almost Middle Eastern flavour to the demons all contribute to sweeping you up in Ben’s unique worldbuilding.
If you even remotely enjoyed the movie Treasure Planet, this book will spark something inside of you that may have been dormant for a while. A sense of hope, a yearning for adventure, and a pure frustration that the next book in this six part series isn’t yet on the shelves.
I was enthralled by the gentle hints of spirituality. Between the tainted mind of the soul-stealing Lord Raiko, and the constant pursuit of ’the way’, I was left feeling intensely invested in the motley crew aboard the Hiryu.
If you decide to join me on this adventure, hold on tightly. With Lenis and his bestia, Aeris, powering the ship we’re in for a hair-raising ride.
All Aboard!
XBelindaX
“Quillblade” by Ben Chandler
September 1, 2010, by Random House Australia
Paperback, 432 Pages
ISBN: 9781864719789
Jamie Says:
Bibliophilic:worth my weight in books
Disposable income can be a dangerous thing for an avid reader; not only are you able to cease reliance on libraries for your literary fix, but you are at risk of becoming … a bibliophile.
While the world is languishing under the iron fist of the E-book, a resistance has built up around strange icons made of paper and ink. I speak, of course, of books: tangible, solid, heavy (and, occasionally, expensive) tomes of knowledge and imagination.
I won’t go as far as to lay down a history of written text – around 5,000 years ago with clay tablets, or the use of papyrus as a writing medium (it’s from this that we gain the Greek word biblios or biblio for book) – but instead focus on the modern word and the medium and love of these volumes of text. As a species we have a habit of hoarding items of interest – as a dragon does with her pile of gold, so is the bibliophile with their books. And I am unashamed to admit my own hoard is of great importance to my life.
Love of the common book is a hard thing to explain; some are attracted to the smell of dusty pages, or the feel of well-bound pages, or just out of a magpie-like desire to collect. Whatever the reason, there is beauty and wonder to be found in the written word.
Bibliophilia can take many forms, although to the uninitiated these may all be equally strange. A classic bibliophile is a person 
who delights in the collection of rare or specialised texts. First editions, autographed copies and misprints are all delights of a traditional bibliophile’s collection.
In modern times, the bibliophile has become an almost socially acceptable role, with many
literate people collecting multi-part epics, the popular series at the time, and the mundane book club recommendations. Piles of mass-market paperbacks stacked high on bedside tables, bookshelves filled with overcooked modern fantasy, and randomly arranged volumes of the latest big thing have become status symbols just like the cups from trendy multinational coffee houses.
For the true bibliophiles, there is always a place for the majesty of real literature. Books that start genres take pride of place beside the signed first edition trilogy of a favourite author. Classics that have the market price of a small house are regularly traded among those who have money to burn.
But, as our primeval ancestors knew, the true joy is in the hunt. Second hand bookstores are grazing grounds for forgotten tomes. Booksellers who don’t realise the value of what they hold are often oblivious to the treasures that await the specialist shopper.
This is a love that no manner of assault by the lovers of electronic books will be able to quell. A book requires no battery, has no screen that can shatter, or moving parts to cease functioning. It can be read when all power as stopped flowing or while you’re stranded at sea or on a deserted island. They can be enjoyed in a group or on their own and they will make you a better person for involving them in your life.
I am a bibliophile. I love books.
Below is an updated list of all the sites who have blogged about Burn Bright. They’ll be going into the draw to win an autographed copy of the book in March. If you’d like to be added, add the link where you have blogged about the book in the comments section, and we’ll add you to the list. Three copies will be given away. More, perhaps, depending on the length of the list!
The Book Fairy’s Haven blogspot
Lilitheternaeinmortal blogspot
