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#RRSciFiMonth: The Dire Earth: A Novella by Jason M. Hough

Posted on November 23, 2014 4 Comments

The Dire Earth: A Novella by Jason M. Hough Genre: Science Fiction Series: Dire Earth Cycle #0.5 Publisher: Del Rey (November 2014) Author Info: jasonhough.com Wendy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars After reading a great novel or series of novels, you always want more. Origin stories give you a chance to see your favourite (or not […]

#RRSciFiMonth: Echopraxia by Peter Watts

Posted on November 17, 2014 17 Comments

Sci-Fi November is a month-long blog event hosted by Oh The Books and Rinn Reads this year, created to celebrate everything amazing about science fiction! From TV shows to movies, books to comics, and everything else in between, it is intended to help science fiction lovers share their love and passion for this genre and its many, […]

YA Weekend: Mortal Gods by Kendare Blake

Posted on November 15, 2014 13 Comments

Mortal Gods by Kendare Blake Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Series: Book 2 of Goddess War Publisher: Tor Teen (October 14, 2014) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m a mythology buff, so naturally I became drawn to Kendare Blake’s Goddess War series. The first book introduced us to the concept that the Old Gods of Greek […]

Book Review: Daring by Elliott James

Posted on November 12, 2014 7 Comments

Daring by Elliott James Genre: Urban Fantasy Series: Book 2 of Pax Arcana Publisher: Orbit (September 23, 2014) Author Information: Website Mogsy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars Given my heavy reading load and lack of time, this book almost didn’t make it onto my review list. I enjoyed its predecessor Charming, though as a first […]

#RRSciFiMonth: Star Wars: A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller

Posted on November 11, 2014 20 Comments

Sci-Fi November is a month-long blog event hosted by Oh The Books and Rinn Reads this year, created to celebrate everything amazing about science fiction! From TV shows to movies, books to comics, and everything else in between, it is intended to help science fiction lovers share their love and passion for this genre and its many, […]

Book Review: Sword of the Bright Lady by M.C. Planck

Posted on October 21, 2014 17 Comments

Sword of the Bright Lady by M.C. Planck Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 1 of World of Prime Publisher: Pyr (September 9, 2014) Author Information: Website Mogsy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars Many will probably read Sword of the Bright Lady and think what a peculiar world our protagonist Christopher Sinclair has landed in, with all these funny magical rules and strange […]

Book Review: The Shadowed Sun by N.K. Jemisin

Posted on October 14, 2014 16 Comments

The Shadowed Sun by N.K. Jemisin Genre: Fantasy Series: Dreamblood #2 Publisher: Orbit (2012) Author Info: http://www.nkjemisin.com Wendy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars I was hard on the first book in this series, The Killing Moon, mainly because I had read Jemisin’s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms first and fallen in absolute complete and total love with […]

YA Weekend: Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

Posted on October 4, 2014 11 Comments

Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor Genre: Young Adult, Supernatural, Romance, Urban Fantasy Series: Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1 Publisher: Little Brown Books (September 2011) Author Info: http://www.lainitaylor.com Wendy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars Karou is a nice, blue-haired enigma living in Prague and attending art school where her friends love to see her […]

Book Review: The Godless by Ben Peek

Posted on September 23, 2014 17 Comments

The Godless by Ben Peek Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 1 of Children Publisher: Tor (UK: August 14, 2014), Thomas Dunne (US: August 19, 2014) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars The Godless caught me off guard a bit, as it ended up not being the kind of book I was expecting at all. Mainly, it doesn’t read […]

Book Review: The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley

Posted on September 5, 2014 19 Comments

The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 1 of Worldbreaker Saga Publisher: Angry Robot (August 26, 2014) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars Needless to say, putting this review together was quite difficult for me, on account of how very different it is from the one I thought I would be writing. I […]