Shelf Candy Saturday No. 248: The Falconer, by Elizabeth May

Welcome to Shelf Candy Saturday!

This is my weekly feature

showcasing beautiful covers!

It also provides information, 
if available, on their 
very talented creators!

Here's my choice for this week!

The Falconer
(The Falconer, Book 1)
Elizabeth May
Hardcover, 378  pages
Chronicle Books
May 6, 2014
Fantasy, Historical Fiction, 
Paranormal Romance, Science Fiction,
Steampunk, Young Adult Fiction

  

My Thoughts About This Cover

This is the type of cover, with bold, yet detailed images, that I find simply STUNNING! 

I LOVE all the detail in the dagger's hilt, as well as in the rings, which appears to match it. The young woman's hair is beautifully detailed, as well, and I think its softness contrasts very nicely with the sharpness of that blade. 

The buttons on the young woman's richly green gown are also nicely detailed, as is the delicate lace embroidery on the sleeve of the blouse she's wearing beneath the gown.

Then there's that necklace, or whatever it might be called. It looks PERFECT with the rest of the girl's clothes. It, too, is bold, yet detailed.

The colors used are perfect, too. That green gown contrasts so nicely with the light red hair! And the shade of lipstick the young woman has on is perfect, too, although it IS an anachronism. Lol. But it picks up the highlights on the hair just right!

There is one quibble I have about this cover, and that's the title and author's name. I think the font used should have been a more ornate one, in keeping with the overall medieval feel of the cover, and I would have been happier if the title had been a bit bigger. Other than that, though, I do LOVE this cover!

The brilliant cover designer is Sara Schneider, who is the Executive Design Director at Chronicle Books. She is a graduate of the California College of the Arts as well as Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (not to be confused with the University of Miami, in Miami, Florida).

Schneider was previously the Marketing Specialist at MCI, and the Senior Designer at Jennifer Moria Design, where her clients included Levis, William Sonoma, San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art, and Rizzoli.

Online Links
LinkedIn
California College of the Arts




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Book Blitz/Giveaway!! Golden Dragon, by V.E. Ulett (YA Bound Book Tours)

 

Welcome to the Book Blitz for 

Golden Dragon, 

sponsored by 

YA Bound Book Tours!!

Be sure to enter the giveaway!!

Golden Dragon

(Code Black, Book 1)

V.E. Ulett

Trade Paperback, 210 pages

V.E. Ulett

October 30, 2016

Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance,
Science Fiction, Steampunk,
Young Adult Fiction

Romance, Intrigue, and Airships -- Code Black 1

Miriam Kodio Blackwell is caught between East and West. When a Code Black arises she is recruited by Lord Q, head of British intelligence and airships, who helps Miriam escape Iran only to press her into service of the Crown. Will Miriam survive when she's put aboard the airship Nonesuch—with her captain, crew, and a Hell-Cat of fearsome reputation—and the assignment to rescue the niece of a Dutch ally taken captive in the South China Sea?

Golden Dragon is a witty new Steampunk adventure, set in the Romantic age of Byron and Shelley.


Buy Links
Amazon/Barnes & Noble
Indiebound 



Praise for Golden Dragon
 "Miriam is a great character. She figures out quickly how to use what she has in order to make an impact. I am very excited to see what new adventures will await the characters in the next book! This is a solid pick!" - MEGAN WESSELL, A Bookish Affair

"...a delightful fusion between historical fiction and fantasy with believable characters and an entertaining plot: highly recommended." - ALARIC BOND, author of The Guinea Boat, Turn a Blind Eye, and The Fighting Sail Series

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V.E. Ulett is a longtime resident of California, but spends most of her time in a romantic nineteenth century world of airships and adventure. When she isn't head down in a first- hand account of capture by pirates, battle at sea, or experimental flight, V.E. is an ordinary Silicon Valley warrior. Rare leisure hours are spent with her own small Hell-Cats. 

Website/Goodreads

 

 

Book Blogger Hop No. 76: Favorite Black Friday Book Deal

Welcome to the Book Blogger Hop,

hosted by Billy @

Ramblings of a Coffee-Addicted Writer!

For more information, and 

to find out the topic of next week's question, click HERE.

This Week's Question

 Name one book that you would

fight for on Black Friday!

(submitted  by Billy@ 

Ramblings of a Coffee-Addicted Writer)

My Answer

Actually, I don't like Black Friday, except online. The whole concept of people fighting over store deals sounds really horrible. I've heard that some folks have been seriously injured, and even killed, after being trampled by Black Friday store crowds. 

I can certainly think of not one, but three books that I would love to get, but I can do so online. No fighting off other shoppers to get them! All I need to do is to go to Amazon, where they have GREAT Black Friday deals!!

Here are the three books. I really want to get started on this series!!   Also, those covers are just EXQUISITELY beautiful!!!!

 

 

Have any of you heard of these books? I've seen them on several blogs, and they do have great reviews on Goodreads and Amazon! (Well, the first two do; the third will be published in January, but I'm sure it will be just as good as the previous two!)

 

What are your thoughts on

this topic?

Please leave a comment!

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I'll go comment on your 

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If not, I will then comment on one 

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Thanks for visiting!!! 

Waiting On Wednesday No. 175: The Alchemists of Loom, by Elise Kova

This is a weekly event hosted by

Jill @ Breaking the Spine!!

It showcases future releases which

we book bloggers

are eagerly anticipating!!

Here's my choice for this week!

  The Alchemists of Loom   

 (Loom Saga, Book 1)

Elise Kova

Hardcover, 380 pages

Keymaster Press

January 10, 2017

Fantasy, Science Fiction, Steampunk, 

Young Adult Fiction 

   

Her vengeance. His vision.

Ari lost everything she once loved when the Five Guilds’ resistance fell to the Dragon King. Now, she uses her unparalleled gift for clockwork machinery in tandem with notoriously unscrupulous morals to contribute to a thriving underground organ market. There isn’t a place on Loom that is secure from the engineer turned thief, and her magical talents are sold to the highest bidder as long as the job defies their Dragon oppressors.

Cvareh would do anything to see his sister usurp the Dragon King and sit on the throne. His family’s house has endured the shame of being the lowest rung in the Dragons’ society for far too long. The Alchemist Guild, down on Loom, may just hold the key to putting his kin in power, if Cvareh can get to them before the Dragon King’s assassins.

When Ari stumbles upon a wounded Cvareh, she sees an opportunity to slaughter an enemy and make a profit off his corpse. But the Dragon sees an opportunity to navigate Loom with the best person to get him where he wants to go.

He offers her the one thing Ari can’t refuse: A wish of her greatest desire, if she brings him to the Alchemists of Loom.

Why I'm waiting on this one!

I have just discovered another series to loooove!!!  And the really GREAT thing here is that this is the very FIRST book! So I have some time to catch up!  The plot sounds totally exciting and riveting, too, and the idea of including alchemy in it is totally fascinating! In short, I will be on the lookout for this one come next January!!
 


 

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Waiting On Wednesday No. 166: The Burning Page, by Genevieve Cogman

This is a weekly event hosted by

Jill @ Breaking the Spine!!

It showcases future releases which

we book bloggers

are eagerly anticipating!!

Here's my choice for this week!

The Burning Page

(The Invisible Library, Book 3)   

Genevieve Cogman

Trade Paperback, 336 pages

Roc

December 6, 2016

Bibliophilia, Fantasy, Steampunk, 
Science Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

Librarian spy Irene and her apprentice Kai return for another “tremendously fun, rip-roaring adventure,” (A Fantastical Librarian) third in the bibliophilic fantasy series from the author of The Masked City.
 
Never judge a book by its cover...
 
Due to her involvement in an unfortunate set of mishaps between the dragons and the Fae, Librarian spy Irene is stuck on probation, doing what should be simple fetch-and-retrieve projects for the mysterious Library. But trouble has a tendency of finding both Irene and her apprentice, Kai—a dragon prince—and, before they know it, they are entangled in more danger than they can handle...

Irene’s longtime nemesis, Alberich, has once again been making waves across multiple worlds, and, this time, his goals are much larger than obtaining a single book or wreaking vengeance upon a single Librarian. He aims to destroy the entire Library—and make sure Irene goes down with it.

With so much at stake, Irene will need every tool at her disposal to stay alive. But even as she draws her allies close around her, the greatest danger might be lurking from somewhere close—someone she never expected to betray her...

Why I'm waiting on this one!

Here's yet another AWESOME series I've come across! And what I love most about it is that it's a series about BOOKS!! Well, that's more than enough to hook me, but then, on top of that, there's a dragon prince, and lots of magic, so now I want to read all the books published so far!
This is a never-ending story.....lol.
 

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