GUEST POST: Brian @ Babbling Books Discusses Star Trek (TOS), Part I

 

 

Star Trek, especially

The Original Series,

has gathered countless fans

throughout the years!

It has influenced SF writing,

producing Star Trek-related novels,

as well.

 

Please join me in welcoming

Brian @ Babbling Books,

who has written a very interesting

essay on how this beloved show

has influenced his life.

I will be presenting his fascinating

thoughts in two posts.

This is the first one.

Hope you enjoy!

 

 

I grew up watching the original Star Trek series, also affectionately known to fans as TOS (The Original Series). Much more than just a television show that I liked when I was young, the beloved five-year voyage was, in fact, a major influence upon my outlook on life, my viewpoints and certainly my literary tastes. This statement may seem a little odd coming from me. I am frequently negative about television viewing in general.

Shelf Candy Saturday #37: City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare

 

 

Welcome to

Shelf Candy Saturday!!

This weekly meme/blog hop, hosted here,

features beautiful book covers!

It was originally hosted by

Stephanie @

Five Alarm Book Reviews,

a blog I really miss...

If you'd like to participate, just grab my button (or create your own), write your own post, and link up in the Linky widget at the bottom of this post. Just be sure to click on "Read more" so that the entire post will open up.

 

As a bonus, you can include information on the artist, designer, and/or photographer in your post, but it's not required. You can simply feature a cover and explain why you love it!

Here's my pick for this week!

 

 

 

 

City of Bones

(The Mortal Instruments #1)

Cassandra Clare

Hardcover, 485 pages

Margaret K. McElderry Books

(An imprint of Simon & Schuster's

Children's Publishing Division)

March 27, 2007

Genres:

Paranormal Romance,

Urban Fantasy, Young Adult

 

 

Book Blogger Hop #10 (9/28 - 10/4): Highlight one post from the past week!

Welcome to

the Book Blogger Hop!

This is where bloggers and readers

connect every week!

This wonderful blog hop is

hosted by

Jennifer @ Crazy for Books!
 

What to Do:

1. Post on your blog answering this question:

  

This is the week to pick
one post to highlight for
the blogger hop!
Hosting a giveaway?
Tell us about it!
Write a great discussion post
this week?
Promote it!

2. Enter the link to your post in the

Linky list @ Crazy for Books

(enter your blog name, genre you review,

and a direct link to your post

answering this week's question).

3. Visit other blogs on the list.

This blog hop isn't about the number of

people you can visit,

but the quality of each visit.

Find new blogs to read by clicking

through the links on the list!
 

My Answer:

Yes, I'm having a giveaway

to celebrate two years

of highly enjoyable blogging!!

Check out all the details

HERE!!

What interesting posts

are you highlighting

for the hop this week?

Book Review: Tempest Rising, by Tracy Deebs (14th review for The 2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge)

 

 

 

Here's my fourteenth review for this

wonderful challenge!!

 

 

For the rules and a list of hosting blogs,

just click on the challenge button above.

There are great prizes involved,

so be sure to check out

the rules and consider joining in!

 

 

 

 

 


Title: Tempest Rising
Author: Tracy Deebs
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Walker Books for Young Readers
Published: May 10, 2011
Genre: Paranormal Romance, YA



I have always been fascinated by mermaid stories, although I haven't read that many of them.  However, I did read Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" as a child. 

This has been a wonderfully exhilarating experience!  The main character, Tempest Maguire, is a very likable heroine -- gutsy, yet vulnerable -- whose inner life is as interesting as her outer one.  Deebs has crafted a modern plot,  one in which Tempest is torn between her ocean heritage, which she has received from her mother, a mermaid herself, and her land heritage, which she gets from her father, who is human.  This makes for a psychologically riveting tale, as Tempest struggles to find a balance between her two worlds throughout the novel.  

Waiting On Wednesday #50: The Bridge, by Karen Kingsbury

This is a weekly book meme, hosted by

Jill @ Breaking the Spine,

which features future releases that
we book bloggers

are eagerly anticipating!


Here's my pick for this week!

The Bridge: A Novel

Karen Kingsbury

Hardcover, 258 pages

Howard Books

October 23, 2012

Genres: Christmas Romance,

Christian Fiction, Inspirational,

Contemporary Romance

From the Goodreads Synopsis

Molly Allen lives alone in Portland, but she left her heart back in Tennessee with a man she walked away from five years ago. They had a rare sort of love she hasn’t found since...

INNOVATIVE ONLINE BOOK TOURS: Weekly Guest Post #3/Giveaway - Andrew Cort, author of The Door Is Open

Welcome to the third

weekly guest post

at A Night's Dream of Books, 

on the tour for The Door Is Open,

sponsored by

Innovative Online Book Tours!!

Dr. Andrew Cort

The Door Is Open

Andrew Cort

Paperback, 186 pages

CreateSpace

May 19, 2012

Genre: Religion, Mythology, Spirituality

This is the third of several weekly guest posts by Dr. Cort, who is an authority on religion and spirituality, as well as mythology, politics, history, science, education, and healing.  He has written several books on these topics.  His most recent one, The Door Is Open, deals with the fascinating topic of the steps to spiritual awakening, as presented in world scriptures and mythologies.  Please join me in welcoming Dr. Cort to A NIGHT'S DREAM OF BOOKS!

I hope you will find Dr. Cort's third post to be as fascinating as I did!

 

Shelf Candy Saturday #36: Simply Perfect, by Mary Balogh

 

 

 

Welcome to

Shelf Candy Saturday!!

 

 

This weekly meme/blog hop, hosted here,

features beautiful book covers!

It was originally hosted by

Stephanie @

Five Alarm Book Reviews,

a blog I really miss...

If you'd like to participate, just grab my button (or create your own), write your own post, and link up in the Linky widget at the bottom of this post. Just be sure to click on "Read more" so that the entire post will open up.

 

As a bonus, you can include information on the artist, designer, and/or photographer in your post, but it's not required. You can simply feature a cover and explain why you love it!

 

 

Here's my pick for this week!

 

 

 

 

 

Simply Perfect

Mary Balogh

Hardcover, 352 pages

Delacorte Press

March 25, 2008

Genre: Historical Romance

 

 

Amazon Purchase Link

 

 

SECOND BLOGOVERSARY GIVEAWAY!!

Welcome to my second

blogoversary at

A Night's Dream of Books!!

Time really does fly!!

It's been two years (today) since I started

this blog, and that means quite 

an exhilarating journey!

Not only have I grown as a blogger,

reviewed many fascinating reads,

and met many wonderful

fellow bloggers,

but I've enjoyed every minute of it!

If you'd like to read it,

you can find my very first post

HERE.

Now I'd like to celebrate with

all of my faithful followers, so...

I'm having a giveaway!!

Here are the prizes!!

Book Blogger Hop #9 (9/21 - 9/27) What my blog readers probably don't know about me is...

 

 

 

Welcome to

the Book Blogger Hop!

 

This is where bloggers and readers

connect every week!

 

This wonderful blog hop is

hosted by

Jennifer @ Crazy for Books!

 

What To Do
 

1. Post on your blog answering this question:

 

What is one thing that your
blog readers probably
do not know about you?

 

2. Enter the link to your post in the

Linky list @ Crazy for Books

(enter your blog name, genre you review,

and a direct link to your post

answering this week's question). 

 

3. Visit other blogs on the list.

This blog hop isn't about the number of

people you can visit,

but the quality of each visit.

Find new blogs to read by clicking

through the links on the list!

 

My Answer:

What they don't know is how I started reading science fiction! 

I have to give a little bit of background first...

 

When I was around 10, I started reading a lot of horse books, and loved to draw winged unicorns whenever I got bored in class.  I read such books as the Black Stallion novels, by Walter Farley, My Friend Flicka, Black Beauty, National Velvet, etc.  I was really into horses, although my parents wouldn't let me get riding lessons because they were afraid I would fall off a horse.  (And break my glasses and/or some body part.) 

Waiting On Wednesday #49: Foretold, by Jana Oliver

This is a weekly book meme, hosted by

Jill @ Breaking the Spine,

which features future releases that
we book bloggers

are eagerly anticipating!


Here's my pick for this week!

Foretold
(The Demon Trappers #4)
Jana Oliver
Paperback, 352 pages
St. Martin's Griffin
Expected Publication:
December 11, 2012
Genre: Romance, Urban Fantasy

INNOVATIVE ONLINE BOOK TOURS: Weekly Guest Post #2/Giveaway: Andrew Cort, author of The Door Is Open

Welcome to the second

weekly guest post

at A Night's Dream of Books, 

on the tour for The Door Is Open,

sponsored by

Innovative Online Book Tours!!

Dr. Andrew Cort

The Door Is Open

Andrew Cort

Paperback, 186 pages

CreateSpace

May 19, 2012

Genre: Religion, Mythology, Spirituality

This is the second of several weekly guest posts by Dr. Cort, who is an authority on religion and spirituality, as well as mythology, politics, history, science, education, and healing.  He has written several books on these topics.  His most recent one, The Door Is Open, deals with the fascinating topic of the steps to spiritual awakening, as presented in world scriptures and mythologies.  Please join me in welcoming Dr. Cort to A NIGHT'S DREAM OF BOOKS!

I hope you will find Dr. Cort's second post to be as fascinating as I did!

Shelf Candy Saturday #35: Innocent Darkness, by Suzanne Lazear

 

 

 

Welcome to

Shelf Candy Saturday!!

 

This weekly meme/blog hop, hosted here,

features beautiful book covers!

It was originally hosted by

Stephanie @

Five Alarm Book Reviews,

a blog I really miss...

If you'd like to participate, just grab my button (or create your own), write your own post, and link up in the Linky widget at the bottom of this post. Just be sure to click on "Read more" so that the entire post will open up.

As a bonus, you can include information on the artist, designer, and/or photographer in your post, but it's not required. You can simply feature a cover and explain why you love it!
 
 

 

Here's my pick for this week!

 

 

 

 

Innocent Darkness

Suzanne Lazear

Paperback, 408 pages

Flux

August 8, 2012

(first published January 1, 2012)

Genre: Steampunk, Fantasy

 

Amazon Purchase Link

 

 

Book Blogger Hop #8: My favorite recent review is... (9/14 - 9/20)

 

 

 

Welcome to

the Book Blogger Hop!

 

This is where bloggers and readers

connect every week!

 

This wonderful blog hop is

hosted by

Jennifer @ Crazy for Books!

 

What to Do:


1. Post on your blog answering this question:

 

Highlight one of your favorite

reviews from the past month!

 

2. Enter the link to your post in the

Linky list @ Crazy for Books

(enter your blog name, genre you review,

and a direct link to your post

answering this week's question). 

 

3. Visit other blogs on the list.

This blog hop isn't about the number of

people you can visit,

but the quality of each visit.

Find new blogs to read by clicking

through the links on the list!

 

 

My Answer:

 

 

 

Waiting On Wednesday #48: Dreamspinner, by Lynn Kurland

This is a weekly book meme, hosted by

Jill @ Breaking the Spine,

which features future releases that
we book bloggers

are eagerly anticipating!


Here's my pick for this week!

Dreamspinner
(Nine Kingdoms #7)
Lynn Kurland
Paperback, 104 pages
Berkley
Ezpected Publication:
December 31, 2012
Genre: Fantasy, Romance

INNOVATIVE ONLINE BOOK TOURS: Weekly Guest Post #1/Giveaway - Andrew Cort, author of The Door Is Open

 

 

Welcome to the first weekly

guest post at A Night's Dream of Books, 

on the tour for The Door Is Open,

sponsored by

Innovative Online Book Tours!!

 

 

 

 

Dr. Andrew Cort

 

 

 

 

The Door Is Open

Andrew Cort

Paperback, 186 pages

CreateSpace

May 19, 2012

Genre: Religion, Mythology, Spirituality

 

 

 

This is the first of several weekly guest posts by Dr. Cort, who is an authority on religion and spirituality, as well as mythology, politics, history, science, education, and healing.  He has written several books on these topics.  His most recent one, The Door Is Open, deals with the fascinating topic of the steps to spiritual awakening, as presented in world scriptures and mythologies.  Please join me in welcoming Dr. Cort to A NIGHT'S DREAM OF BOOKS!

 

The topic of this first post is an absolutely fascinating, as well as vitally important, one.  Enjoy!

 

 

Shelf Candy Saturday #34: The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis

 

 

 

Welcome to

Shelf Candy Saturday!!

 

 

 

This weekly meme/blog hop, hosted here,

features beautiful book covers!

It was originally hosted by

Stephanie @

Five Alarm Book Reviews,

a blog I really miss...

 

 

If you'd like to participate, just grab my button (or create your own), write your own post, and link up in the Linky widget at the bottom of this post. Just be sure to click on "Read more" so that the entire post will open up.

As a bonus, you can include information on the artist, designer, and/or photographer in your post, but it's not required. You can simply feature a cover and explain why you love it!

 

 

 

Here's my pick for this week!

 

 

 

 

 

The Chronicles of Narnia

C. S. Lewis

Leatherbound Hardcover, 800 pages

Barnes & Noble

August 13, 2009

Genre: YA Fantasy

 

 

Barnes & Noble Purchase Link