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Teaser Tuesday & Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Characters Who Are Fellow Book Nerds

Posted on July 28, 2015 28 Comments

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what […]

Book Review: The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milán

Posted on July 27, 2015 36 Comments

A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milán Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 1 of The Dinosaur Lords Publisher: Tor (7/28/15) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars Ever wondered what a tournament joust would look like, if both opponents were charging […]

Book Review: Queen of Fire by Anthony Ryan

Posted on July 26, 2015 12 Comments

A review copy was provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Queen of Fire by Anthony Ryan Genre: Epic Fantasy Series: Book 3 of Raven’s Shadow Publisher: Ace (7/7/15) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars This highly anticipated novel is the final volume of Anthony Ryan’s epic […]

YA Weekend: Daughter of Dusk by Livia Blackburne

Posted on July 25, 2015 5 Comments

A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Daughter of Dusk by Livia Blackburne Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Series: Book 2 of Midnight Thief Publisher: Disney Hyperion (8/4/15) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars Full disclosure: I was a beta reader for an earlier draft of […]

Book Review: Half a War by Joe Abercrombie

Posted on July 24, 2015 17 Comments

A review copy was provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Half a War by Joe Abercrombie Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Series: Book 3 of The Shattered Sea Publisher: Del Rey (7/28/2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Joe Abercrombie’s Young Adult series comes to a close […]

Book Review: Faces by E.C. Blake

Posted on July 23, 2015 5 Comments

A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Faces by E.C. Blake Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 3 of Masks of Aygrima Publisher: DAW (7/7/2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Faces is book three of the Masks of Aygrima, a series about a magically gifted young […]

Waiting on Wednesday 07/22/15

Posted on July 22, 2015 11 Comments

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that lets us feature upcoming releases that we can’t wait to get our hands on! Mogsy’s Pick: Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay: May 16, 2015 (NAL) I have a feeling we will see this book featured on many epic fantasy readers’ WoWs today as […]

Full Fathom Five Read-A-Long Week No.1

Posted on July 20, 2015 5 Comments

Here’s something new for us at The BiblioSanctum — a Read-A-Long! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be joining many other fellow bloggers in a read through of Max Gladstone’s Full Fathom Five. Full Fathom Five is the the third book in the Craft Sequence, however, each book stands alone. Want to know a little bit […]

Book Review: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Posted on July 20, 2015 25 Comments

A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 1 of The Broken Earth Publisher: Orbit (August 4, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars This book had the distinction of being on both my most anticipated […]

Audiobook Review: Death with Interruptions by José Saramago

Posted on July 19, 2015 6 Comments

Genre: Magical Realism, Fantasy, Science-Fantasy Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (October 6, 2008) Author Information: Website Tiara’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble Narrator: Paul Baymer | Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins | Audiobook Publisher: Audible Studios (December 20, 2011) | Whispersync Ready: Yes “…or if, on the contrary, he should bite back his […]