{"id":1468,"date":"2015-05-29T15:45:43","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T15:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2015-05-29T15:48:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T15:48:35","slug":"read-like-a-viking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/2015\/05\/29\/read-like-a-viking\/","title":{"rendered":"Read Like A Viking!"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p><\/iframe><\/span>\nCheck out the new book trailer for Lou Anders\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Frostborn-Thrones-Bones-Lou-Anders\/dp\/0385387814\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1432913148&sr=1-1&keywords=frostborn\" target=\"_blank\">Frostborn<\/em><\/a>, the first book of his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thronesandbones.com\" target=\"_blank\">Thrones and Bones<\/a> series. I\u2019m endlessly inspired by this guy\u2019s journey as he transitions from being a Hugo Award-winning editor to best-selling\u00a0author. He\u2019s on his way, and the second book in the Thrones and Bones series, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nightborn-Thrones-Bones-Lou-Anders\/dp\/038539036X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1432913490&sr=1-1&keywords=nightborn\" target=\"_blank\">Nightborn<\/em><\/a>, is coming on July 14th. In the meantime, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Frostborn-Thrones-Bones-Lou-Anders\/dp\/0385387814\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=\" target=\"_blank\">Frostborn<\/em> is newly available in paperback<\/a>\u00a0as well as\u00a0Kindle, audio, and (my favorite version) hardcover. It\u2019s received a shipful of starred reviews from coveted venues\u00a0such as Publishers Weekly<\/em> and Kirkus<\/em>, and the fanbase is GROWING<\/em>.<\/p>\nI\u2019m fascinated at the ways in which Lou is building an epic gateway series, known for the\u00a0kind of addictive fantasy novels\u00a0for young readers\u00a0that J.R.R. Tolkien and George R. R. Martin have created\u00a0for adults. If you\u2019re looking for the best summer reads for the kids in your life, or even for yourself \u2014 now\u2019s the time to enter the world of Thrones and Bones!<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FROSTBORNanders.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1471 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FROSTBORNanders.jpg?resize=597%2C900\" alt=\"FROSTBORNanders\" width=\"597\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FROSTBORNanders.jpg?w=597 597w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FROSTBORNanders.jpg?resize=199%2C300 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FROSTBORNanders.jpg?resize=332%2C500 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Check out the new book trailer for Lou Anders\u2019 Frostborn, the first book of his Thrones and Bones series. I\u2019m endlessly inspired by this guy\u2019s journey as he transitions from being a Hugo Award-winning editor to best-selling\u00a0author. He\u2019s on his way, and the second book in the Thrones and Bones series, Nightborn, is coming on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Read Like A Viking!","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[140,139,141,142],"class_list":["post-1468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creators-creatives","tag-frostborn","tag-lou-anders","tag-nightborn","tag-thrones-and-bones"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5te7x-nG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1473,"href":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions\/1473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}