Covering the Cover - Curtsies & Conspiracies, by Gail Carriger

Yesterday, the always fabulous Gail Carriger revealed the cover art for the second book in her new four-book Young Adult series set in the Parasol Protectorate universe - Finishing School - Book the Second: Curtsies & Conspiracies!

The series is set 25 years before Soulless, and follows young Sophronia as she attends a rather unique finishing school, where she and her school mates learn the proper methods for finishing anything - and anyone - as needed.

I think the cover art is amazing, as always, and the detail is incredible.  I'm very excited to read this new series.

Curtsies & Conspiracies is due near the end of 2013, probably in November.  The first book in the series, Etiquette & Espionage, will be released next week, February 5, 2013!

Covering the Cover - Steelheart, by Brandon Sanderson

Earlier this week, Entertainment Weekly revealed the cover for a new novel by Brandon Sanderson that is due out in September 2013.  "Steelheart" is the first novel of Young Adult dark dystopian trilogy. 

The blurb from Goodreads:
"Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics.

But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his wills.

Nobody fights the Epics... nobody but the Reckoners. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them.

And David wants in. He wants Steelheart—the Epic who is said to be invincible. The Epic who killed David's father. For years, like the Reckoners, David's been studying, and planning—and he has something they need. Not an object, but an experience.

He's seen Steelheart bleed. And he wants revenge."

I'm crazy excited for this novel to come out; the story sounds intriguing, and I'm a big fan of Sanderson's other works, so I can't wait to read this.  The cover is interesting, but doesn't speak much to me about the story itself.  I don't hate it, but I don't love it, either.

What do you think?

Covering the Cover - Allanon's Quest

Suvudu released new information today about Allanon's Quest, by Terry Brooks, along with the cover art for the short story, which will be available as an ebook on July 9, 2012.  The cover is simply gorgeous!

I can't wait!  Allanon is one of my favorite characters in the Shannara series, and it will be fun to have a look into this enigmatic characters' past.

What do you think?

Movie Art - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

Recently a string of absolutely amazing movie posters have been released, all very simple with just the artwork (which IMHO is serious art) and the phrase "It All Ends 7.15."  Nothing else is needed really, everyone knows what the movie is and the artwork is so iconic as to need no description.

Since the movie opens at midnight tonight I thought I'd share some of my favorite posters - they're all amazingly fabulous, but these are my favorites!

I already showed this one several weeks ago, but I still love it.  It rocks and it rocks HARD!


















Here we see Hogwarts, our beloved castle, in flames above the lake.  The reflection in the water is incredible!

In this banner, we see our heroes escaping on the dragon - poor thing, it must be desperate to get back into the sky again!

This one is my favorite of them all, I think!  Little Neville is all grown up and ready to do battle!!  As the under-rated hero of the saga I think he's always been a little overlooked, until this final book, and here he has finally come into his own.  So look out, or he'll own you, too!

Even the villains are in on the action!  There are at least a dozen more out on the 'web, just do a quick search and you'll find plenty (there's lots more villains, along with all the good guys!)  I'd love to see which ones are YOUR favorites!


So while I won't be seeing the movie this weekend (This weekend will be a tad busy, so I think I'll wait until next week), to all of you who will I hope you have a great time, and I look forward to hearing your comments and reviews of what you thought of the final episode in the Harry Potter saga!

Happy Viewing!!