Today, the American Library Association came out with their short list for the “outstanding genre literature” of 2010. Here’s the description, straight from the ALA website: “The Reading List annually recognizes the best books in eight genres: adrenaline (which includes suspense, thriller, and adventure), fantasy, historical fiction, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction, and women’s fiction.” [...]

Many of you have noticed that there is, in fact, no Blood Lily in Blood Lily. There’s a Marigold, a Moonflower, even the odd bit of frangipani, but not a single blood lily, of either the floral or pseudonymous variety. I’d like to claim that there’s some deep metaphysical reason for this. But there isn’t. [...]

A fabulous review of The Betrayal of the Blood Lily (with some great illustrations) from Merrimon Book Reviews.