Hello my darling Gentle Reader, here’s my latest video Q&A for your amusement! Links to Fun Stuff Mentioned in the Video Competence UK & Competence USA Why are there 2 different covers? (Gail also addresses whether Reticence will also have 2 covers.) How to Marry a Werewolf Audiobook is now available! Audible & Amazon Audio & iTunes! Chirrup! Full […]
Jun132018
Tea Dueling, Books That Make Me Cry & The Next Novella (Video)
May22018
How Many Books Can Gail Carriger Read in One Day?
Every April (when I’m not travelling for an event) I try to participate in Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon. It falls in the same vicinity as my birthday and it is, so far as I’m concerned, the ideal way to celebrate. (Nope, I’m not telling you my birth date. The internet is wrong. I put a concerted […]
Nov292017
Gail Carriger Reviews TJ Klune’s The Lightning-Struck Heart
Alright, my darling Gentle Reader, I decided to end our reading year on an upswing. For my final book of 2017 I chose The Lightning-Struck Heart by TJ Klune. Why did you choose this book, Gail? For those who know my taste you will know this has many things I like. Adorable snarky gay boy main […]
Sep112017
Forgotten Beasts of Eld, Gail’s Desert Island Read
A little while I go I was immeasurably honored to be asked to write the foreword for the recent re-release of Patricia McKillip’s remarkable Forgotten Beasts of Eld. This is one of my favorite books of all time. The re-release is now available, and because it is also finally in ebook form (also in audio), I’ve […]
Mar312017
Gail Carriger Reviews Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith
Hello Gentle Reader! Notice I have NAMED the book group? Henceforth we shall be known as “Coop de Book” kind of a play on Carriger Pigeons. Anycoo… (See what I did there, huh huh? So this last month I chose Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith which is actually an omnibus of two shorter works. I, […]
Aug312016
Not Really a Book Review of Alanna by Tamora Pierce (possibly my favorite book)
OK, up front confession, the The Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce pretty much changed my life, Gentle Reader. I was eight when I first read Alanna and it altered my world view on fantasy and books in general ~ the very I idea that a young girl could be the central character and […]
Sep112015
Book Addiction & Book Withdrawal Syndromes AKA Book Hangover
Imagine, Gentle Reader, a young Gail, sort of Sophronia-like, with a predilection for Goth wear (but too cheerful a personality to carry it off). Imagine, her as an avid reader bonding with other readers and developing the following philosophical concepts: Book Addiction Syndrome Book Addiction is when you read a book, or a series of […]
Jul182014
On the Heartbreak of an Unfinished Series
In addition to the Paradox series I read another book last month, To Play the Lady by Naomi Lane. (I also finished More Usefully Employed by Brenda Moon, the Amelia B. Edwards biography. But that is not germain to this post.) Finishing To Play the Lady was both a euphoric experience and utterly soul crushing. […]
May302014
What is the Nature of Authorial Intent? Analyzing Judith Tarr
Recently I poked my nose into a local book group. I enjoy these kinds of things so much. I wish I had the time and friendship group able to undertake such a gathering regularly locally. (More on that to come next week.) I’ve visited one or two book groups in the past but they have […]
May212014
Crudrat Drops, Prudence Tease, Plus 4 Book Reviews!
Hello Gentle Reader, I’m back on the grid after several days of restorative rest and relaxation. While Gail Was Away Crudrat audiobook released to backers! Hooray! I will let you know when it’s available for purchase to the general public. (Official kickstarter announcement.) What Gail Got Up To I managed to stay on top of […]
Sep272013
The Book That Changed My Life from Gail Carriger
Twenty-five years ago (or thereabouts) I wandered into a bookstore, picked up newly released hard back with a redhead, a horse, and a sword on the cover and managed to persuade my rather poor parents to see to the exorbitant expense by simply refusing to let that book out of my grasp. Alanna: The First […]
Apr222011
In Which Tamora Pierce Has Victorian Breakfast Consequences
Ah, Gentle Reader, I was ceased with the sudden mad desire to read Tamora Pierce on Wednesday night. Possibly because I’m trying to get in touch with my teenage self while writing this Finishing School young adult series. Well, my teenage self took over.Stupid teenage self. It was 11:30 when I picked up First Test […]