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Book Review: Firebrand by Gillian Philip

Posted on July 1, 2013 Leave a Comment

Firebrand byGillian Philip It’s been a while since I’ve come across such a difficult book to write about. Part of the issue involves the subject matter, themes, and ideas in Firebrand which all seem at variance with each other. This in turn gives me mixed feelings about the novel, because I struggle to even pin […]

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 […]

Cover Lover: Dag and Fawn

Posted on June 29, 2013 Leave a Comment

Welcome to Cover Lover, a feature on this blog dedicated to book covers! For a long time, I’d wanted a place where I can share some of my favorite covers, or talk about any that might have caught my eye. So when I came across this idea on fellow gamer/book lover Angelya’s site The Oaken […]

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: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Posted on June 25, 2013 1 Comment

Seraphina byRachel Hartman Know how I’ve always marveled and pondered the many ways authors handle the subject of dragons? Well, in Seraphina, they are intelligent, possess advanced technology, and have a magical ability that lets them take human form. The book takes place in a world where humans and dragonkind exist in a constant state […]

Book Review: A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

Posted on June 24, 2013 3 Comments

A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent byMarie Brennan Wow, I really liked this book — everything from the story and the characters and the writing down to its stark yet elegant cover which first drew my eye to its spot sitting on a store bookshelf. I blame my background in the […]

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 […]

Cover Lover: Revolution

Posted on June 22, 2013 Leave a Comment

Welcome to Cover Lover, a feature on this blog dedicated to book covers! For a long time, I’d wanted a place where I can share some of my favorite covers, or talk about any that might have caught my eye. So when I came across this idea on fellow gamer/book lover Angelya’s site The Oaken […]

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 […]

Mogsy: A Book That I’ve Read More Than Three Times

Posted on June 5, 2013 Leave a Comment

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Okay, I’m going to cheat a little for this question. The thing is, I don’t typically reread books. If I were to read a book again, it would be a book that I love, and generally books that I love, I remember very, very well, and that’s why rereading isn’t […]