Witch Eyes Sequel!!

There was a TON of buzz for Witch Eyes when it came out. I will admit that I haven't read it yet, but then that's the case for so many books that I'm going to skip the being embarrassed about it part. ANYWAY, apparently there is now a deal in place for the sequel which shall be called Phantom Eyes although there is no release guess. For the official announcement, head on over to Scott Tracey's blog.

Bookish Proposal = Awwww!

Photo Credit: Omnivore Books
Here in the Bay Area, we had a bookish proposal! It took place at Omnivore Book, and from the looks of it, was super cute. Hit this link to get the full story.

[via Shelf Awareness via The Bay Citizen]

Jennifer L. Armentrout News

Apparently it's a news day here at Sniffly Kitty's Mostly Books.


So, there is going to be another set of books from Jennifer L. Armentrout who is the author of the highly anticipated Half-Blood. It's being published by Entangled Publishing.

What we know:
-Main guy lead is going to be called Julian
-It's an Adult Urban Fantasy Romance
-First book is titled Unchained
-It's a trilogy
-Release dates will be tentatively April, May and June of next year (2012)

She has also stated that Cursed is going to be a stand alone for the time being. Whether there are more books will depend on sales.

Half-Blood's publication date was pushed back because of the enormous amount of interest in it, and it will likely be carried at quite a few Barnes and Nobles as well as many many independent bookstores.

Kelley Armstrong Twitter Chat Recap

So, if you're a Kelley Armstrong fan like me, but missed the Twitter chat that went on earlier today then this recap is for you ^.^

Women of the Otherworld


Spell Bound is out really really soon! (July 26th!) The next is titled 13 (it is also the 13th book in the series) is probably slated for sometime next year and will be the final book in the series (super sad with dose of excitement!) although there is always the possibility that Kelley will come back in the far off future.

Facts on book 13 (the next one):
-Titled 13
-Due out probably sometime next year.
-Will be the FINAL book in the Otherworld series (super sad with dose of excitement!) although there is always the possibility that Kelley will come back in the far off future
-It will be narrated by Savannah.
-She says it will be super kick-ass
-There will be a return of a lot of our favorite characters.
-She's writing it for readers to be satisfied rather than saddened ^.^
-We will learn about the twins (Elena's kids) powers

There will definitely be more short stories/anthologies, and if Subterranean Press commissions another short story it will be about Jaime and Jeremy (Hey Subterranran Press, I really want to read this! I bought Counterfeit Magic, pre-ordered Hidden, and will definitely buy this one so this is my official plea for you to commission this ^.~). There will also be more on the twins in the upcoming short stories.


Darkest Powers



Chloe et al will be returning in book 3 of the Darkness Rising trilogy! There will be a total of 9 books in this vein so definitely one more trilogy by my count in the series to go.


Omens & Shadows
This is a new adult series set in a world that is similar to her popular Otherworld and Darkest Powers series. The first book is supposed to come out in 2013 and it is "lighter on paranormal, heavier on suspense/mystery." It's currently contracted for 3 books.


The Blackwell Trilogy
"a middle-grade Norse-based fantasy trilogy co-written with Melissa Marr" -Kelley Armstrong. Since it's a trilogy... the contract is for 3 books. They are writing this using split narration where each person writes one POV (point-of-view).

Nadia Stafford


YAY!!! There will be one more book although Kelley is looking at publishing it only as an ebook since she has so many other books on the docket already. I really hope there will be a print version!


Other Notes
She loves to drink coffee and eat chocolate while writing.

Random Tibits

I hope you don't mind if I share some interesting things I found!


What has been dubbed 'Cover Couples' as you can see above, all of these covers use the same photo as its base. The list where I pulled this from can be found here so that you can peruse the various covers which look eerily similar.




Photo Credit: BBC News
An Indian granny in a region where female empowerment is pretty nonexistent who learned how to shoot when she was 60 and is still pursuing it and serving as an inspiration for a couple generations of girls to do so. Apparently, her daughter has gone on to win prizes in competition (first woman to do so in those competitions). Bravo to the change this granny is inspiring. [via BBC via Tamora Pierce's blog]

Ocean Sky from Alex Cherney on Vimeo.

Pretty freaking amazing time lapse video of the night sky in Australia over the course of a year or so. [Alex Cherney via Wired via Gizmodo]




A catalogue that arrived with a book this week. I thought the layout was really creative. Each of the authors of the books listed inside is introduced upon opening the catalogue and has a 'crime' that they committed.

Scalzi Came to Town!

So John Scalzi, author of the Old Man's War Series, Fuzzy Nation, a few other books, and the blog Whatever, was in SF this past Sunday. I managed to fit seeing him into my schedule ^.^ and it was, to my delight an EXCELLENT evening of entertainment at Borderlands (which is an excellent sci-fi and fantasy bookstore in downtown San Francisco).

I didn't manage to take many pictures because I was majorly distracted by the hilarity that ensued. I did, however, challenge Scalzi to write something with stew if he writes more fantasy. (Generally he's a sci-fi writer although he did make a foray into dark fantasy with The God Engines)

As for what happened at the signing/reading, there was a snippet read from his upcoming 2012 book which is yet to be titled officially. Then he read from his April Fool's day piece "The Shadow War of the Night Dragons, Book One: The Dead City" you can read the entirety of that piece here. Then there was about a half hour where Scalzi regaled us (via a loosely constructed Q&A session) with many tales of his adventures.

And, that folks, was the signing.

Goodreads: Android App - FINALLY

So, many many months after Goodreads released their iPhone app, we Android users have one too!

It's a pretty light app, you can look at parts of your profile mostly the top part. Of course you can access your shelves, search for books, and add books. The book pages also have abbreviated page styles.

Most notably, the barcode app hasn't been integrated so it will be hard to add books by just scanning (which is available on the iPhone app).

It's nice to finally have an official app though ^.^ which can update your books, and help you check up info on books more quickly on the Android without having to specifically sync the lists as with some of the other third party apps.

Check out the official announcement, and here's a link to the actual app page.