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Book Review: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

Posted on July 31, 2013 1 Comment

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin The book is called A Wizard of Earthsea and that’s exactly what it is about, no more and no less. It introduces Duny, a young boy who displays power that leads him to study with a local witch, draws the attention of a great mage, and […]

Book Review: Warbound by Larry Correia

Posted on July 22, 2013 Leave a Comment

Warbound byLarry Correia Expected Date of Publication: August 6, 2013 Thank you to Netgalley and Baen for providing me with an e-ARC of Warbound in exchange for an honest review. This is the third book of bestselling author Larry Correia’s Grimnoir Chronicles series, and because I had such a blast with the two previous books, […]

Comic Review: Dragon Age: Until We Sleep by David Gaider

Posted on July 18, 2013 2 Comments

Dragon Age Volume 3: Until We Sleep by David Gaider In the final volume of the trilogy, Dragon Age‘s King Alistair Theirin continues the search for his father Maric, accompanied by the pirate queen Isabela and the storytelling dwarf merchant, Varric. They are aided by the Tevinter mage, Maevaris, as they track down the evil […]

Review Bites

Posted on July 11, 2013 2 Comments

Water Witches by Chris Bohjalian Scottie Winston’s wife, sister-in-law, and daughter are all dowsers or “water witches,” meaning they can divine the location of water sources. He finds himself at odds with his family when he lobbies for a ski resort that wants to move into the drought stricken town and use the river to […]

Audiobook Review: Path of Beasts by Lian Tanner

Posted on June 30, 2013 Leave a Comment

Path of Beasts byLian Tanner We return to the adventures of Goldie and Toadspit in this final installment of the series, which picks up right where we left them in City of Lies. The children return to Jewel after their harrowing escape from the kidnappers in Spoke to find that their enemy the Fugleman has […]

Audiobook Review: Turn Coat by Jim Butcher

Posted on June 28, 2013 Leave a Comment

Turn Coat by Jim Butcher I seem to have developed a habit of reading the first book in a series then skipping a whole bunch to read from the series again. It worked well for me with Star Wars: A New Jedi Order and I can’t complain about my recent run with The Dresden Files. […]

Book Review: The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron

Posted on June 23, 2013 Leave a Comment

The Spirit Thief byRachel Aaron Rachel Aaron’s The Legend of Eli Monpress is a series that has repeatedly popped up on my recommendations lists in the past; I swear every few weeks I’ll be browsing through suggestions on my online book stores or Goodreads pages as usual and this blue cover will show up, with […]

Book Review: The Magicians’ Guild by Trudi Canavan

Posted on June 17, 2013 Leave a Comment

The Magicians’ Guild byTrudi Canavan Trudi Canavan is an author I’d been looking forward to read for a long time, which is why she’s pretty high on my list for the WWEnd Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge. Thanks to my book hoarding habits, I found that I actually own the first books from both […]

Book Review: The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson

Posted on May 24, 2013 2 Comments

The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson Huge fan of Brandon Sanderson here, which is why I was all over this book even though I knew it would take place outside of his Cosmere universe and be a little different from his usual epics. I admit I was mostly curious as to what reading a young adult […]

Book Review: Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch

Posted on May 17, 2013 12 Comments

Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch Wow, never have I snapped up and read all the currently available books in a series so quickly. With my enthusiasm waning for Harry Dresden in light of the new direction the Dresden Files series has taken in the last few books, someone else has recently dethroned him as […]