Fantasy Category
Book Review: The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
Posted on February 16, 2013 2 Comments
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 1 of Chalion Publisher: Voyager (December 1, 2000) Author’s Information: Website Tiara’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars First, I should say that if you enjoy a fantasy story full of action, then, this may not be the story for you. There’s more talk […]
Book Review: The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin
Posted on January 25, 2013 1 Comment
The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin Wendy’s rating: 3 of 5 stars This was a good but disappointing book. I blame my likely unfair review on N.K. Jemisin for writing The Inheritance Trilogy first. Comparisons inevitable happened, mainly over the way The Killing Moon was crafted and presented. Where The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms – a book […]
Book Review: The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
Posted on January 23, 2013 Leave a Comment
The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis Tiara’s rating: 3 of 5 stars The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe has for, quite some time, been a movie that I’ve enjoyed, and I’ve enjoyed in just about every incarnation of it. I first remember seeing the movie as a young girl on PBS. I had to […]
Archive Book Review: Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines
Posted on January 5, 2013 4 Comments
Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines My rating: 3 of 5 stars Libriomancers have the ability to “pull” things such as objects and even people/animals (albeit, it’s a bit dangerous to pull anything other than objects from the books) from books. Isaac is a libriomancer who has been delegated to a librarian job after something went […]
Book Review: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Posted on December 5, 2012 1 Comment
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Spoilerish. Hm. Where do I start with this? I really enjoyed this book. I would be lying if I said that part of the reason I picked up this book wasn’t because the writer is a woman of color. It’s so rare […]
Book Review: Stars Wars: The New Jedi Order: Traitor by Matthew Stover
Posted on November 19, 2012 Leave a Comment
Traitor by Matthew Stover The issue I have with the Force is that the movies made everything so black and white. Give in to your hate and passion and poof, you’re dark side. The Sith have their code about killing all the things and power, and the Jedi have their code about not having sex and only killing all the things when you […]
Graphic Novel Review: Dragon Age: Those Who Speak by David Gaider
Posted on November 19, 2012 Leave a Comment
Dragon Age: Those Who Speak by David Gaider The Silent Grove re-opened a few issues raised in Dragon Age: Origins and the prequel book, The Stolen Throne, and added a few new ingredients. I was worried that Those Who Speak would fail to deliver an appropriate conclusion to all of that in a mere three issues – and I was right. […]
Posted on October 19, 2012 1 Comment
The Stolen Throne by David Gaider I’ve recently finished two playthroughs of Dragon Age: Origins and in both, my Warden permitted the same fate for Loghain Mac Tir. It was the fate deserving of his crime against king and country, but I never could appreciate the reasoning given for his betrayal as there seemed to […]
Book Review: Dragon Age: The Calling by David Gaider
Posted on October 19, 2012 Leave a Comment
The Calling by David Gaider Story-wise, this wasn’t as good as its predecessor, The Stolen Throne, with a somewhat shaky plot pushed a long by the questionable motivations of the characters. Fortunately, it was the characters that made me want to read these books in the first place in order to learn more about them, and Gaider again […]
Musings: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Posted on September 15, 2012 2 Comments
I adore this book. I could not sleep after reading it – after staying up ridiculously late to finish reading it – my mind was too busy. I bought the trade paperback of the book and read it again within two months because I love this book so much. It was even better the second […]
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