Karen Ostertag's blog http://newcitylibrary.org/blog/7 Here is where people, One frequently finds, Lower their voices And raise their minds. ~Richard Armour, "Library" en New Romance Fiction for May 2015 http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2715 <p><font color="#FF00FF"><strong>In paperback:</strong></font></p> <p><strong>Blush</strong> by Cherry Adair <strong>C, M, E</strong><br /><strong>The Daring Exploits of a Runaway Heiress </strong>by Victoria Alexander (5, <em>Millworth Manor</em>) <strong>H</strong><br /><strong>Bite at First Sight</strong> by Brooklyn Ann (3,<em> Scandals with Bite</em>) <strong>H, S</strong><br /><strong>Fall with Me</strong> by Jennifer L. Armentrout (J. Lynn) (4, <em>Wait for You</em>) <strong>C, NA</strong> (<strong>Pbk-Romance</strong> Armentrout) <br /><strong>I Loved a Rogue</strong> by Katharine Ashenden (3, <em>Prince Catchers</em>) <strong>H, M, O</strong><br /><strong>Married To a Perfect Stranger</strong> by Jane Ashford <strong>H</strong><br /><strong>Force of Attraction</strong> by D. D. Ayres (2, <em>K-9 Rescue</em>) <strong>C, M</strong><br /><strong>Too Dangerous for a Lady</strong> by Jo Beverley (16, <em>Company of Rogues</em>) <strong>H, M</strong><br /><strong>His To Take </strong>by Shayla Black (9, <em>Wicked Lovers</em>) <strong>C, E, M</strong><br /><strong>A Sinful Deception</strong> by Isabella Bradford (2, <em>Breconridge Brothers</em>) <strong>H, M</strong></p> <p><a href="http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2715" target="_blank">read more</a></p> New Romance Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:22:15 +0000 Karen Ostertag 2715 at http://newcitylibrary.org New Speculative Fiction for May 2015 http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2714 <p><font color="#FF00FF"><strong>New to our shelves:</strong></font></p> <p><strong>Within These Walls</strong> by Ania Ahlborn <strong>H, M</strong><br /><strong>Undercity</strong> by Catherine Asaro (1, <em>Skolian Empire: Major Bhaajan</em>) <strong>SF, M</strong><br /><strong>Once Walked with Gods</strong> by James Barclay (1, <em>Elves</em>) <strong>F, M</strong><br /><strong>Doctor Who: Time Trips </strong>by&nbsp; BBC (<em>Doctor Who</em>)<strong> SF, A</strong> (<strong>SF</strong> Doctor) <br /><strong>Vision in Silver</strong> by Anne Bishop (3, <em>Others</em>) <strong>F, A, R</strong><br /><strong>The Silver Witch</strong> by Paula Brackston (4, <em>Witch</em>) <strong>F, H, A, M, R</strong><br /><strong>Voyage of the Basilisk</strong> by Marie Brennan (3, <em>Memoirs of Lady Trent</em>) <strong>F, M, R</strong><br /><strong>The Skull Throne</strong> by Peter V. Brett (4, <em>Demon Cycle</em>) <strong>F</strong><br /><strong>Darkside War</strong> by Zachary Brown (1,<em> Icarus Corps</em>) <strong>SF</strong><br /><strong>Graceling</strong> by Kristin Cashore (1, <em>Graceling/Seven Kingdoms trilogy</em>) <strong>F, M, R</strong></p> <p><a href="http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2714" target="_blank">read more</a></p> New Speculative Fiction Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:51:31 +0000 Karen Ostertag 2714 at http://newcitylibrary.org The Age of Love http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2699 <p>Have you ever wondered how old the heroine is in that romance you're reading?&nbsp; </p> <p>In a historical romance, that's an easy question to answer: unless she's a widow or a spinster, she's probably under 25.&nbsp; Historically, women were married off at a much younger age than they are today.&nbsp; A Regency lady was considered "on the shelf" (no longer marriageable) by 25.&nbsp; Medieval and Renaissance heroines are 18-plus only as a concession to modern sensibilities; the average medieval woman was already a mother by the age of 17.</p> <p>But what about contemporaries?&nbsp; I'm going to continue to use the age of marriage as a benchmark-- a contemporary romance doesn't <em>have </em>to end in a proposal, but it's still a pretty standard HEA ("Happily Ever After").&nbsp; If New Adult romance heroines (18-24) are "younger than average," that would suggest that "average" is going to be 25 or older.&nbsp; But how <em>much</em> older?&nbsp; Do they track with the age of their readership? Older? Younger?</p> <p><a href="http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2699" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Romance in the Air Mon, 20 Apr 2015 21:07:45 +0000 Karen Ostertag 2699 at http://newcitylibrary.org New Romance Fiction for April 2015 http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2675 <p><font color="#339966"><strong>In paperback:</strong></font></p> <p><strong>In His Keeping </strong>by Maya Banks (2, <em>Slow Burn</em>) <strong>C, M, S, E</strong><br /><strong>One Kiss More</strong> by Mandy Baxter (2, <em>U.S. Marshals</em>) <strong>C, M</strong><br /><strong>The First Kiss </strong>by Grace Burrowes (2,<em> Sweetest Kisses</em>) <strong>C</strong><br /><strong>Quarterback Draw</strong> by Jaci Burton (9, <em>Play by Play</em>) <strong>C, E</strong><br /><strong>The Amish Clockmaker</strong> by Mindy Starns Clark &amp; Susan Meissner (3, <em>Men of Lancaster County</em>) <strong>C, I</strong><br /><strong>Betting on Hope</strong> by Debra Clopton (1, <em>Four of Hearts Ranch</em>) <strong>C, W, I</strong><br /><strong>Before We Fall</strong> by Courtney Cole (3, <em>Beautifully Broken</em>) <strong>C, E, NA</strong><br /><strong>Better When He's Bad</strong> by Jay Crownover (1, <em>Welcome to the Point</em>)<strong> C, NA</strong><br /><strong>Flirting with Disaster</strong> by Victoria Dahl (2, <em>Jackson: Girls' Night Out</em>) <strong>C</strong></p> <p><a href="http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2675" target="_blank">read more</a></p> New Romance Wed, 01 Apr 2015 01:50:28 +0000 Karen Ostertag 2675 at http://newcitylibrary.org New Speculative Fiction for April 2015 http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2674 <p><font color="#339966"><strong>New to our shelves:</strong></font></p> <p><strong>The Silence of Ghosts</strong> by Jonathan Aycliffe <strong>H, M</strong><br /><strong>Karen Memory</strong> by Elizabeth Bear <strong>SF, A, M, R</strong><br /><strong>Dead Heat</strong> by Patricia Briggs (4, <em>Alpha and Omega</em>)<strong> F, H, R</strong><br /><strong>The Diabolical Miss Hyde</strong> by Viola Carr (1, <em>Electric Empire</em>)<strong> F, A, SF, M, R</strong><br /><strong>Castaway Planet</strong> by Eric Flint and Ryk E. Spoor (4, <em>Boundary</em>) <strong>SF</strong> (<strong>SF</strong> Flint) <br /><strong>Dead Spots</strong> by Rhiannon Frater<strong> H, F</strong><br /><strong>The Eterna Files</strong> by Leanna Renee Hieber <strong>F, A, SF, M</strong><br /><strong>The Lady</strong> by K. V. Johansen (2, <em>Marakand</em>) <strong>F</strong><br /><strong>The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women</strong> by Alex Dally MacFarlane <strong>SF</strong> (<strong>SF</strong> Mammoth) <br /><strong>Fortune's Blight</strong> by Evie Manieri (2, <em>Shattered Kingdoms</em>) <strong>F, M, R</strong></p> <p><a href="http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2674" target="_blank">read more</a></p> New Speculative Fiction Wed, 01 Apr 2015 01:29:21 +0000 Karen Ostertag 2674 at http://newcitylibrary.org Living On in L-Space http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2657 <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10.12.12TerryPratchettByLuigiNovi1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/10.12.12TerryPratchettByLuigiNovi1.jpg" alt="Novelist Sir Terry Pratchett, NY ComicCon 2012" title="Novelist Sir Terry Pratchett, © Luigi Novi / Wikimedia Commons" width="138" height="171" style="margin: 2px; border: 1px solid black; float: right;" /></a>I was working on an entirely different speculative fiction blog entry when I got the news that Sir Terry Pratchett, creator of the Discworld universe, had died at the age of 66.&nbsp; If you would rather have read about imaginary books today, my apologies.&nbsp; (Don't worry, I'm sure you'll see that blog entry eventually.)&nbsp; Instead, I'm going to talk about an author who's been on my personal "top five" list since high school, whose books I first discovered on the shelves of this very library.</p> <p><a href="http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2657" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Care to Speculate Sat, 14 Mar 2015 04:28:32 +0000 Karen Ostertag 2657 at http://newcitylibrary.org New Romance Fiction for March 2015 http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2677 <p><font color="#008080"><strong>In paperback:</strong></font></p> <p><strong>It Must Be Your Love</strong> by Bella Andre (11:2, <em>The Sullivans: Seattle Sullivans</em>) <strong>C, E</strong><br /><strong>Kaleidoscope </strong>by Kristen Ashley (6, <em>Colorado Mountain</em>)<strong> C</strong><br /><strong>Love Me If You Dare</strong> by Toni Blake (2,<em> Coral Cove</em>) <strong>C</strong><br /><strong>The Trouble with Texas Cowboys</strong> by Carolyn Brown (2, <em>Burnt Boot, TX</em>) <strong>C, W</strong><br /><strong>Ahead in the Heat</strong> by Lorelie Brown (2, <em>Pacific Blue</em>) <strong>C</strong><br /><strong>Tangled </strong>by Emma Chase (1, <em>Tangled</em>)<strong> C, E, NA</strong><br /><strong>Last Call</strong> by Alice Clayton (5, <em>Cocktail</em>) <strong>C, E</strong><br /><strong>If You Leave</strong> by Courtney Cole (2, <em>Beautifully Broken</em>) <strong>C, E, NA</strong><br /><strong>Never Surrender to a Scoundrel</strong> by Lily Dalton (3, <em>One Scandalous Season</em>) <strong>H, M</strong><br /><strong>Bound by Flames </strong>by Jeaniene Frost (3, <em>Night Prince</em>) <strong>C, S, M</strong></p> <p><a href="http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2677" target="_blank">read more</a></p> New Romance Sat, 28 Feb 2015 19:04:40 +0000 Karen Ostertag 2677 at http://newcitylibrary.org New Speculative Fiction for March 2015 http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2676 <p><font color="#008080"><strong>New to our shelves:</strong></font></p> <p><strong>Half the World</strong> by Joe Abercrombie (2, <em>Shattered Sea</em>) <strong>F</strong><br /><strong>Unbreakable </strong>by W. C. Bauers (1, <em>Chronicles of Promise Paen</em>) <strong>SF</strong><br /><strong>The Witches of Echo Park</strong> by Amber Benson (1, <em>The Witches of Echo Park</em>) <strong>F, H, M</strong><br /><strong>Golden Son</strong> by Pierce Brown (2, <em>Red Rising trilogy</em>) <strong>SF</strong><br /><strong>Letters to Lovecraft: Eighteen Whispers to the Darkness</strong> by Jesse Bullington, ed. <strong>H</strong> (<strong>Horror</strong> Letters) <br /><strong>Drifters</strong> by John L. Campbell (3, <em>Omega Days</em>) <strong>H</strong><br /><strong>The Deep</strong> by Nick Cutter <strong>H, M</strong><br /><strong>Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Discoveries</strong> by Neil Gaiman <strong>F, SF, H</strong><br /><strong>Gideon </strong>by Alex Gordon<strong> F, H, M</strong><br /><strong>The Last American Vampire</strong> by Seth Grahame-Smith (2, <em>Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter</em>) <strong>H</strong></p> <p><a href="http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2676" target="_blank">read more</a></p> New Speculative Fiction Sat, 28 Feb 2015 18:53:22 +0000 Karen Ostertag 2676 at http://newcitylibrary.org New Romance Fiction for February 2015 http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2702 <p><font color="#33CCCC"><strong>Note:</strong></font> <strong><font color="#FF0000">X</font></strong>=holiday title</p> <p><strong><font color="#33CCCC">In paperback:</font></strong></p> <p><strong>The Shape of My Heart</strong> by Ann Aguirre (3, <em>2B</em>)<strong> C, NA</strong><br /><strong>In Bed with a Spy</strong> by Alyssa Alexander (2, <em>Spy in the Ton</em>) <strong>H, M</strong><br /><strong>Cover Him with Darkness</strong> by Janine Ashbless (1,<em> The Watchers</em>) <strong>C, E, S, F, M</strong><br /><strong>Mine to Take</strong> by Jackie Ashenden (1,<em> Nine Circles</em>) <strong>C, E, M</strong><br /><strong>I've Got My Duke to Keep Me Warm</strong> by Kelly Bowen (1,<em> Lords of Worth</em>)<strong> H, M</strong><br /><strong>The Deepest Night</strong> by Kara Braden (2,<em> Longest Night</em>) <strong>C</strong><br /><strong>Want, Need, Love</strong> by Niobia Bryant (1, <em>Hot in Hotsville</em>)<strong> C, O</strong><br /><strong>Full Blaze</strong> by M. L. Buchman (2, <em>Firehawks</em>) <strong>C, M</strong><br /><strong>A Single Kiss</strong> by Grace Burrowes (1,<em> Sweetest Kisses</em>)<strong> C</strong></p> <p><a href="http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2702" target="_blank">read more</a></p> New Romance Fri, 30 Jan 2015 21:43:27 +0000 Karen Ostertag 2702 at http://newcitylibrary.org New Speculative Fiction for February 2015 http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2701 <p><strong><font color="#33CCCC">New to our shelves:</font></strong></p> <p><strong>Zombies &amp; Calculus</strong> by Colin Adams <strong>H</strong><br /><strong>The Immortals of Meluha</strong> by Tripathi Amish (1,<em> The Shiva trilogy</em>) <strong>F, M</strong><br /><strong>Proxima</strong> by Stephen Baxter (1, <em>Proxima</em>)<strong> SF</strong><br /><strong>The Kraken King</strong> by Meljean Brook (4,<em> Iron Seas</em>) <strong>A, SF, M, R</strong><br /><strong>Andromeda's War</strong> by William C. Dietz (3,<em> Legion of the Damned: Prequel</em>)<strong> SF</strong><br /><strong>The Boy Who Drew Monsters</strong> by Keith Donohue <strong>H</strong><br /><strong>The Abyss beyond Dreams</strong> by Peter F. Hamilton (1, <em>Commonwealth: Chronicle of the Fallers</em>)<strong> SF</strong><br /><strong>Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson </strong>by Daryl Jones, ed. <strong>H</strong> (<strong>Horror </strong>Horror)<br /><strong>Saint Odd</strong> by Dean Koontz (7, <em>Odd Thomas</em>) <strong>H, M</strong><br /><strong>The Galaxy Game</strong> by Karen Lord (2, <em>Best of All Possible Worlds</em>) <strong>SF, M</strong></p> <p><a href="http://newcitylibrary.org/node/2701" target="_blank">read more</a></p> New Speculative Fiction Fri, 30 Jan 2015 21:31:45 +0000 Karen Ostertag 2701 at http://newcitylibrary.org
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