Just Arrived: "Graveminder" & "Phoenix Rising"

Another happy post office box day today—I opened it up and found:

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Graveminder by Melissa Marr

According to the back cover it is " … a story of the living, the dead, and the curse that binds them."

And the action takes place in Claysville, a town that "lures you back."

It all sounds a little spooky and I can't wait to find out more–and may I also say, I "just love" the cover!

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Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel by Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris.

The cover has already told me this is steampunk with a capital "S", but what does the back say:

"Evil is most assuredly afoot—and Britain's fate rests in the hands of an alluting renegade … and a librarian."

No question: in both cases I must assuredly read on—and shall do so!

And who knows, all going well—maybe some blog interviews will follow. I do hope so!

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In the meantime, following on from last Wednesday's post, I am charging ahead with the Hugo Awards reading and hope to bring you my initial findings on NK Jemisin's The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and Mira Grant's Feed, both contenders for the Hugo Award for Best Novel. If not Wedneday (because tomorrow is Tuesday poem day) then definitely Thursday.